Reading the sky…
Reading the sky…
Thursday · New Delhi, India · Margashirsha month, Shukla Paksha · Vikrama 2087
These divide the daylight into eight equal parts from sunrise, so their length tracks the season rather than the clock.
Eight slots by day and eight by night, each ruled by a planet walking the Chaldean order. The day opens with Thursday's own lord, Jupiter.
Twelve planetary hours by day and twelve by night — so an hora is only sixty minutes at the equinox. Twenty-four of them advance the Chaldean order by three places, which is exactly why the weekdays run in the order they do.