Western Astrology

Planetary hours

The 24 planetary hours for a date and place, with the planet ruling each hour. Sunrise to sunset and sunset to the next sunrise are each split into 12 equal parts, so hours are longer by day in summer and shorter in winter. The first hour after sunrise belongs to the planet of the weekday (Sunday Sun, Monday Moon, Tuesday Mars, Wednesday Mercury, Thursday Jupiter, Friday Venus, Saturday Saturn); the rest follow the Chaldean order Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. Same calculation as /v1/astro/panchanga/hora, with Western naming and both local and UTC times.

post/v1/western/planetary-hours

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.asterwise.com
  • URL: https://api.asterwise.com/v1/western/planetary-hours
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Request body

datestring required

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format

locationstring nullable

City name. Example: 'Mumbai'

latitudenumber nullable

Latitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Use with longitude and timezone instead of location.

longitudenumber nullable

Longitude in decimal degrees, east positive. Use with latitude and timezone instead of location.

timezonestring nullable

IANA timezone string

Example request

{
  "date": "2026-03-23",
  "location": "Mumbai",
  "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
}

Response

Successful Response

successboolean

True if the request succeeded

messagestring

Human-readable status message

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "hours": [
      {
        "planet": "Venus"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Changes