Today's Almanac

London · 2026-09-07 · UTC

Each hour of the day and night is ruled by one of the seven classical planets. The hour's ruler colours what the moment favours — a light, traditional way to time small actions.

Right now
Hour of Jupiter · growth & fortune

Favours expansion, learning, law, travel, generosity and asking for favours or opportunities.

Day of Moon — feeling & the everyday
Sunrise 05:22
Sunset 18:33
Moon Cancer · Waning Crescent · 15%

Today's sky

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Retrogrades

  • Saturn retrograde in Aries
  • Neptune retrograde in Aries
  • Pluto retrograde in Aquarius

Retrograde shadows

  • Venus: Rx 2026-10-03 → direct 2026-11-14 · pre-shadow 2026-08-31→2026-10-03 · post-shadow 2026-11-14→2026-12-15

Void-of-course Moon

  • Moon void in Cancer → Leo (13:39–16:49)

Active major aspects

  • Neptune Sextile Pluto (orb 0.1°, applying)
  • Jupiter Trine Saturn (orb 1.76°, separating)
  • Uranus Sextile Neptune (orb 2.19°, separating)
  • Uranus Trine Pluto (orb 2.29°, separating)
#TimeRulerFavours
1 05:22–06:28 Moon feeling & the everyday
2 06:28–07:34 Saturn structure & discipline
3 07:34–08:40 Jupiter growth & fortune
4 08:40–09:46 Mars drive & action
5 09:46–10:52 Sun vitality & leadership
6 10:52–11:58 Venus love & harmony
7 11:58–13:03 Mercury mind & messages
8 13:03–14:09 Moon feeling & the everyday
9 14:09–15:15 Saturn structure & discipline
10 15:15–16:21 Jupiter growth & fortune
11 16:21–17:27 Mars drive & action
12 17:27–18:33 Sun vitality & leadership
13 18:33–19:27 Venus love & harmony
14 19:27–20:21 Mercury mind & messages
15 20:21–21:16 Moon feeling & the everyday
16 21:16–22:10 Saturn structure & discipline
17 22:10–23:04 Jupiter growth & fortune
18 23:04–23:58 Mars drive & action
19 23:58–00:53 Sun vitality & leadership
20 00:53–01:47 Venus love & harmony
21 01:47–02:41 Mercury mind & messages
22 02:41–03:35 Moon feeling & the everyday
23 03:35–04:29 Saturn structure & discipline
24 04:29–05:24 Jupiter growth & fortune

Planetary hours split day and night into twelve unequal parts each; the ruler of the first hour after sunrise gives the day its name. Times shown in local time (UTC).