HOW TO CALCULATE THE MAGICAL HOURS
OF THE DAY AND NIGHT


   IN 'CHARMED', PHOEBE SAYS THERE ARE THREE ESSENTIALS IN CALCULATING A SPELL, FEELING, TIMING, AND PHASES OF THE MOON. SHE IS RIGHT !  IN THE TIMING, WICCAN DAYS ARE CALCULATED FROM SUNRISE TO THE NEXT SUNRISE.  YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN THE SUN RISES WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED WHEN YOU CAST YOUR SPELL *.

   YOU FIND THIS OUT AND YOU DO A CALCULATION BASED ON HOW MANY ACTUAL MINUTES THERE ARE IN THE DAY (SUNRISE TO SUNSET), AND HOW MANY IN THE NIGHT (FROM SUNSET TO THE NEXT SUNRISE).  FOR INSTANCE, A SUNRISE TIME OF 6:23 AM AND A SUNSET TIME OF 7:29PM GIVE YOU 13 HOURS AND 6 MINUTES OF DAY HOURS, OR 786 MINUTES.  YOU DIVIDE 786 BY 12, AND YOU COME UP WITH A DAY HOUR LENGTH OF 65 MINUTES (do not round up!).  SO, STARTING AT 6:23AM YOU ADD 65 MINUTES, AND COME TO 7:28 AS THE START OF YOUR SECOND DAY HOUR.  THE LAST HOUR IS YOUR "FLEX" HOUR, WHERE ALL THE REMAINDERS ARE STORED.  THIS WILL BE A DIFFERENT LENGTH THAN THE PREVIOUS HOUR LENGTHS, AND THAT IS CORRECT.

   FOR NIGHT HOURS, DO THE SAME.  7:29PM IN MY EXAMPLE, TO THE NEXT SUNRISE, WHICH WILL BE WITHIN TWO OR THREE MINUTES OF 6:23AM, THE PLUS OR MINUS DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR IT IS. SAY, IT IS 6:25AM.  SO, 7:29PM TO 6:25AM GIVE YOU 10 HOURS AND 56 MINUTES, OR 656 MINUTES.  DIVIDE BY 12, AND YOUR NIGHT HOURS ARE 54 MINUTES LONG.  YOUR SECOND NIGHT HOUR STARTS AT 7:29PM PLUS 55 MINUTES, GIVING YOU 8:24PM.  AND SO ON...

* ( I usually use http://www.sunrisesunset.com because you can not only custom set your city, but you can view the data for a whole month, and even print out a custom calendar.  My listing of certain sources and/or websites is not to be considered a personal endorsement, paid or otherwise, for these items, but merely an honest accounting of what I, personally, do to prepare/execute a spell/curse.  YOU USE WHATEVER MEANS TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL THAT YOU WISH !  IT IS, AFTER ALL, YOUR WILL ! )