Commentary on the Planetary Hours

It should be no secret that there are twenty-four hours in a day. What's not commonly known (except by those with Occult knowledge), is the fact that there are forces by which the hours are influenced. As each day of the week has a ruling planet, so too do the hours. The days and hours should be observed for your rites of Magick, which can greatly influence your success or failure. There are seven planets of antiquity. These seven planets are the foundations of Magick. Each planet rules one day of the week, and in turn, each planet rules a specific hour, respectively. The days of the week follow in this order...

As for the hours which are governed by the planets, the first hour of each day reveals the planet which controls its influence, and the planets fall in order, repeating this cycle, for every hour of every day. It's a great responsibility for the Occultist to correctly understand the planetary hours in order to properly use them in Ritual.  Below is the formula I've familiarized myself with for determining planetary hours.  The minute/decimal chart is my own idea which is easier than counting the minutes on a clock.

In case I lost you I'll give an example so that you may have a better understanding.  January 1st, 2001 in Las Vegas saw the sun rise at 6:52 a.m. and set at 4:37 p.m.  52 minutes is converted to .86.  37 minutes is converted to .61.

Let's assume that we were going to work a ritual on January 1st, 2001 which landed on a Monday, the day of the Moon and our chosen time for that day was 10:30 a.m.  According to the chart below that hour would belong to Saturn.