Aestus - Magical Timing Tools

Planetary Hour + Velocium (Tattvic Tide) Finder

Date:

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Location Search: Start typing location and select a result to auto-fill Lat/Lon & Elevation.

+ Advanced Options (Lat/Lon, Elev, Offset)

Coordinates & Elevation:

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation (m)

Elevation defaults to 0m (sea level) if not fetched or entered.

Manual Sunrise Offset (minutes): Optionally adjust calculated sunrise/sunset times +/- minutes.

Select Planetary Hour(s):

Select All

Select Tattvic Tide(s) / Velocia:

Select All

Use 12-hour time format

Times calculated for selected location, displayed in your local time zone:

Note: Sunrise calculated from SunCalc library for apparent sunrise (sun's upper edge) at the specified coordinates and elevation. Times may differ slightly from other sources.

Behenian Fixed Star Election Finder

Start Date:

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The search will cover 30 days from this date.

Location Search: Start typing location and select a result to auto-fill Lat/Lon & Elevation.

+ Advanced Options (Orbs, Lat/Lon/Elev, Lunar Afflictions)

Coordinates & Elevation (Manual Override):

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation (m)

Elevation defaults to 0m if not fetched or entered.

Orb Definitions (degrees):

☽ ☌ Star

☽ △ Star

☽ ⚹ Star

Star ☌ Asc/Mc

Lunar Afflictions to Exclude:

Combust (within 8.5° of ☉, except cazimi)

Detriment/Fall (☽ in Capricorn/Scorpio)

Applying aspects to malefics (☌/□/☍ to ♄/♂)

Within 12° of the Nodes

Waning Phase

Selected afflictions will be excluded from the results.

Select Fixed Star(s):

Select All Stars

Select Lunar Aspect(s) to Star:

Select All Aspects

Select Angle Condition(s) for Star:

Use 12-hour time format

Times calculated for selected location, displayed in your local time zone:

Lunar Mansion Election Finder

Start Date:

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The search will cover 30 days from this date.

Location Search: Start typing location and select a result to auto-fill Lat/Lon & Elevation.

+ Advanced Options (Lat/Lon/Elev, Orbs, Lunar Afflictions)

Coordinates & Elevation (Manual Override):

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation (m)

Elevation defaults to 0m if not fetched or entered.

Orb Definition (degrees):

☽ ☌ Asc/Mc

Lunar Afflictions to Exclude:

Combust (within 8.5° of ☉, except cazimi)

Detriment/Fall (☽ in Capricorn/Scorpio)

Applying aspects to malefics (☌/□/☍ to ♄/♂)

Within 12° of the Nodes

Selected afflictions will be excluded from the results.

Select Lunar Mansion(s):

Select All Mansions

Select Lunar Phase(s):

Select All Phases

Angle Condition for Moon:

Mansion Numbering System:

Use 12-hour time format

Times calculated for selected location, displayed in your local time zone:

Decan Election Finder

Search Mode:

Find Next Election for Specific Decan(s) Find All Possible in Period

Start Date:

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Search Forward For: Select how far into the future to search for the next occurrence for each selected decan.

Location Search: Start typing location and select a result to auto-fill Lat/Lon & Elevation.

+ Advanced Options (Lat/Lon/Elev, Orbs, Solar Afflictions)

Coordinates & Elevation (Manual Override):

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation (m)

Elevation defaults to 0m if not fetched or entered.

Manual Sunrise Offset (minutes): Optionally adjust calculated sunrise/sunset times +/- minutes.

Orb Definitions (degrees):

☉ ☌ Asc

Decan Ruler △ ☉

Decan Ruler ⚹ ☉

Decan Ruler Afflictions to Exclude:

Combust (unless Cazimi)

In Detriment or Fall

Retrograde

Applying hard aspects from malefics

Solar Afflictions to Exclude (when ☉ ☌ Asc):

Applying hard aspects from malefics

In Detriment (♒) or Fall (♎)

Within 12° of the Lunar Nodes

Select Decan(s)/Ruler(s): Select up to 3 decans. Search finds the next election for each.

Additional Conditions:

Aspect from Decan Ruler to Sun:

Use 12-hour time format

Times calculated for selected location, displayed in your local time zone:

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About Aestus & Data Sources

Aestus tools are built by a practitioner, based on the needs of their own magical Work - specifically within the Ogdoadic Tradition of High Magick - and more generally within the greater Hermetic Tradition. The accuracy of these tools relies on several excellent open data sources and software libraries. We gratefully acknowledge their contributions:

Geocoding & Location Search

Location search and geocoding data provided by Nominatim, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Data is available under the Open Database License (ODbL).

Elevation Data

Elevation data by Open-Meteo.com. Used under the CC-BY 4.0 license.

Astronomical Calculations

Core ephemeris and astronomical calculations are powered by the Swiss Ephemeris, © Astrodienst AG, Zurich. The Swiss Ephemeris used in this project is available under the GNU AGPL.

Other Libraries

This application also utilizes several open-source JavaScript libraries, including Luxon (for date/time) and Flatpickr (for date selection), among others. We thank their developers and communities.