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Monday in Vedic astrology: Moon and local sunrise

Monday is Somavara, the weekday associated with Moon in Vedic astrology. The traditional day runs from one local sunrise to the next, rather than from midnight. Its planetary association offers a theme for reflection; it does not make every Monday favorable for the same activity or determine a birth personality.

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What does Monday mean in the Vedic week?

The planet supplies a symbolic association with responsiveness and familiar habits. It does not make every Monday suitable for every related activity, and it does not establish a personality type for people born that day.

Monday: weekday facts
MeasureValue
Traditional nameSomavara
PlanetMoon
StartsLocal sunrise on Monday
EndsLocal sunrise on Tuesday
First daytime planetary hourMoon

Which planets rule the daytime hours?

The first hour belongs to the weekday planet. Subsequent hours follow the seven-planet sequence below. Divide the time from sunrise to sunset into twelve equal parts; these are not necessarily sixty-minute hours.

Monday: daytime planetary hours
Hour after sunrisePlanet
1Moon
2Saturn
3Jupiter
4Mars
5Sun
6Venus
7Mercury
8Moon
9Saturn
10Jupiter
11Mars
12Sun

How can I work with this theme?

Try this reflection: What support can you describe in concrete terms rather than assume others will understand? Write down one practical action instead of treating a weekday as permission to ignore other information.

For actual times, choose your city in the panchang. Sunrise, sunset and the daylight-hour lengths change with location and season.

Questions about Monday

When does Somavara begin?

At local sunrise on Monday. Before sunrise, a sunrise-based tradition still counts the previous Vedic day, even though the civil date has changed.

No. Traditional electional methods consider the complete panchang and the activity. An urgent obligation should not be delayed on the basis of a weekday alone.

Are planetary hours always sixty minutes?

No. Daytime hours divide sunrise to sunset into twelve equal parts. Nighttime hours divide sunset to the next sunrise separately.

What can I explore next?

Browse the weekday directory, check your local panchang, or see today's sky. The calculation method explains the astronomy and its limits.

Sources and method

The tables use the lunar-angle, weekday or ninefold-division definitions described above. Astronomy Engine supplies the positions used by our calculators. Interpretations are cultural context, not guaranteed outcomes.

How we calculate

Is astrology a guarantee of what will happen?

No. These calculations locate celestial bodies; astrology is a reflection and timing tradition, not evidence of guaranteed health, financial or relationship outcomes.

How are these results calculated?

Positions come from Astronomy Engine, an open-source astronomy library, and are checked against Swiss Ephemeris in our methodology tests. Western readings use the tropical zodiac; Vedic readings subtract the Lahiri ayanamsa. Terms are defined in the glossary.

Next: compare your birth chart, see today's sky, or make a private vision board.