Planetary hours by city · United States
Planetary hours in Boston today
In Boston, the planetary day of the Sun begins at sunrise, 6:52 AM, and runs until the next sunrise. With the sun setting at 6:08 PM, each day hour lasts 56 minutes and each night hour 64: night hours outlast day hours by 8 minutes. On Massachusetts Bay, with some of the earliest sunrises of any large US city.
Sunday, October 11
Boston · America/New York
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 6:08 PMDay of the Sun
| Hour | Planet | Begins | Ends | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day hours 6:52 AM → 6:08 PM | ||||
| 1 | SunDay ruler | 6:52 AM | 7:48 AM | 56m |
| 2 | Venus | 7:48 AM | 8:45 AM | 56m |
| 3 | Mercury | 8:45 AM | 9:41 AM | 56m |
| 4 | Moon | 9:41 AM | 10:37 AM | 56m |
| 5 | Saturn | 10:37 AM | 11:34 AM | 56m |
| 6 | Jupiter | 11:34 AM | 12:30 PM | 56m |
| 7 | Mars | 12:30 PM | 1:26 PM | 56m |
| 8 | Sun | 1:26 PM | 2:23 PM | 56m |
| 9 | Venus | 2:23 PM | 3:19 PM | 56m |
| 10 | Mercury | 3:19 PM | 4:15 PM | 56m |
| 11 | Moon | 4:15 PM | 5:12 PM | 56m |
| 12 | Saturn | 5:12 PM | 6:08 PM | 56m |
| Night hours 6:08 PM → 6:53 AM | ||||
| 1 | Jupiter | 6:08 PM | 7:12 PM | 1h 04m |
| 2 | Mars | 7:12 PM | 8:16 PM | 1h 04m |
| 3 | Sun | 8:16 PM | 9:19 PM | 1h 04m |
| 4 | Venus | 9:19 PM | 10:23 PM | 1h 04m |
| 5 | Mercury | 10:23 PM | 11:27 PM | 1h 04m |
| 6 | Moon | 11:27 PM | 12:31 AM | 1h 04m |
| 7 | Saturn | 12:31 AM | 1:34 AM | 1h 04m |
| 8 | Jupiter | 1:34 AM | 2:38 AM | 1h 04m |
| 9 | Mars | 2:38 AM | 3:42 AM | 1h 04m |
| 10 | Sun | 3:42 AM | 4:46 AM | 1h 04m |
| 11 | Venus | 4:46 AM | 5:49 AM | 1h 04m |
| 12 | Mercury | 5:49 AM | 6:53 AM | 1h 04m |
About today in Boston
Daylight lasts 11h 16m and the night 12h 45m. Sun rules 4 of today’s 24 hours, including the first; the other planets take three or four each, always in the Chaldean order. Read about the day and hour of the Sun, or see today’s hours for where you are.
Boston: 42.36°N, 71.06°W · times in America/New York · updated daily.
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