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The four ''garaṃlānai'' work roughly like the AM/PM system, thus e.g. hour 17 (19<sub>10</sub>) is normally called hour 3 of the evening.<br/>
The four ''garaṃlānai'' work roughly like the AM/PM system, thus e.g. hour 17 (19<sub>10</sub>) is normally called hour 3 of the evening.<br/>
Time zones, in all areas with the Chlouvānem timekeeping system, depend on the Eastern/Chlouvānem standard for longitudinal measure, which uses as its prime meridian the one of Līlasuṃghāṇa, capital of the Inquisition. It should be noted that, as the Western system uses the meridian of Mánébodin, capital of Ceria, as its prime one<ref>The difference between the two prime meridians is 143º35′11.6586″.</ref>, in the case of two cities on the same meridian but using the two different standards, the one using the Eastern system is (in Chlouvānem time) 16<sub>12</sub> railai (18<sub>10</sub>) and 8 namišenī behind - about 10 minutes and 56 seconds in time of Earth (this difference is not precisely solar but established by law between Eastern and Western countries - a single time zone ideally spans 11º15’).<br/>In international contexts, the Chlouvānem time zones are depicted as being +53′40″ (+45′34″<sub>12</sub>) on the preceding Cerian time zone (for example the country of New Égélonía is in time zone CER+15 (geographically spanning more) while the Chlouvānem diocese of Bivarteloga just south of it is noted as being in time zone CER+14:53′40″<sub>10</sub>. In official contexts in the Inquisition (as well as in Brono, Fathan, and iKalurilut), Bivarteloga diocese is in time zone LIL+2, while New Égélonía is noted as being in time zone LIL+2:16′08″<sub>12</sub>.
Time zones, in all areas with the Chlouvānem timekeeping system, depend on the Eastern/Chlouvānem standard for longitudinal measure, which uses as its prime meridian the one of Līlasuṃghāṇa, capital of the Inquisition. It should be noted that, as the Western system uses the meridian of Mánébodin, capital of Ceria, as its prime one<ref>The difference between the two prime meridians is 143º35′11.6586″.</ref>, in the case of two cities on the same meridian but using the two different standards, the one using the Eastern system is (in Chlouvānem time) 16<sub>12</sub> railai (18<sub>10</sub>) and 8 namišenī behind - about 10 minutes and 56 seconds in time of Earth (this difference is not precisely solar but established by law between Eastern and Western countries - a single time zone ideally spans 11º15’).<br/>In international contexts, the Chlouvānem time zones are depicted as being +53′40″ (+45′34″<sub>12</sub>) on the preceding Cerian time zone (for example the country of New Ézélonía is in time zone CER+15 (geographically spanning more) while the Chlouvānem diocese of Bivarteloga just south of it is noted as being in time zone CER+14:53′40″<sub>10</sub>. In official contexts in the Inquisition (as well as in Brono, Fathan, and iKalurilut), Bivarteloga diocese is in time zone LIL+2, while New Ézélonía is noted as being in time zone LIL+2:16′08″<sub>12</sub>.


Every hour is then divided (in an internationally agreed, Calémerian-wide, standard) in 60 (72<sub>10</sub>) timeframes called ''raila'' (pl. ''railai''), each one of about 54.6805 seconds of Earth; in common use in the Inquisition they are most commonly grouped into three double dozens (''hælmāmya'', pl. ''-māmyai''), each one of 20 (24<sub>10</sub>) railai.
Every hour is then divided (in an internationally agreed, Calémerian-wide, standard) in 60 (72<sub>10</sub>) timeframes called ''raila'' (pl. ''railai''), each one of about 54.6805 seconds of Earth; in common use in the Inquisition they are most commonly grouped into three double dozens (''hælmāmya'', pl. ''-māmyai''), each one of 20 (24<sub>10</sub>) railai.