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=== Days, hours, and shorter times === | === Days, hours, and shorter times === | ||
The (solar) day (''pārṇam'') is the base measure of time, which is divided in 28<sub>12</sub> (32<sub>10</sub>) hours (''garaṇa'') — note that there is a separate term for “day” as the part of the 28-hour day with daylight, namely ''chlærdhūs''. One Calemerian day lasts about 35 hours on Earth.<br/> | The (solar) day (''pārṇam'') is the base measure of time, which is divided in 28<sub>12</sub> (32<sub>10</sub>) hours (''garaṇa'') — note that there is a separate term for “day” as the part of the 28-hour day with daylight, namely ''chlærdhūs''. One Calemerian day lasts about 35 hours on Earth.<br/> | ||
These hours are divided in four groups called ''garaṃlāṇa'', each one made of eight hours and corresponding to different times of the day. They are ''yartām'' (morning), ''bhraṃšai'' (afternoon), and ''prājamnā'' (evening), and '' | These hours are divided in four groups called ''garaṃlāṇa'', each one made of eight hours and corresponding to different times of the day. They are ''yartām'' (morning), ''bhraṃšai'' (afternoon), and ''prājamnā'' (evening), and ''lalyā'' (night) — they may be referred to either with these simple names or ''genitive + garaṇai'' (''lalei garaṇai, yartāmi garaṇai'', …). | ||
The first hour of ''yartām'' - the morning - is the first one of the whole day (a stark contrast to the Western calendar, where the day begins at midnight and - traditionally - at dusk); every last hour of each garaṃlāṇa has a specific name, respectively ''lalla hånna'' (high[est] sun — colloquially just ''lalla''), ''nīhenā'' (sunset), ''kutīkṣaire hånna'' (lowest sun — colloquially just ''kutīkṣayā''), and ''ājva'' (dawn). For ''lalla'' and ''kutīkṣayā'' there are also the older terms - still used in some areas - ''chlærdaniāmita'' (halfpoint of the day) and '' | The first hour of ''yartām'' - the morning - is the first one of the whole day (a stark contrast to the Western calendar, where the day begins at midnight and - traditionally - at dusk); every last hour of each garaṃlāṇa has a specific name, respectively ''lalla hånna'' (high[est] sun — colloquially just ''lalla''), ''nīhenā'' (sunset), ''kutīkṣaire hånna'' (lowest sun — colloquially just ''kutīkṣayā''), and ''ājva'' (dawn). For ''lalla'' and ''kutīkṣayā'' there are also the older terms - still used in some areas - ''chlærdaniāmita'' (halfpoint of the day) and ''lalyādaniāmita'' (halfpoint of the night) respectively. | ||
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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 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>. | ||
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 ('' | 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. | ||
The next division, the ''namišoe'' (pl. ''namišenī''), is 1/40<sub>12</sub> (1/48<sub>10</sub>) of a raila, therefore about 1.8986 seconds of Earth. ''Namišenī'' then follow the normal duodecimal subdivisions: 12 ''(namišeni) māmendvāṭ'' (pl. ''-vaḍai'' - about 0.1582 seconds of Earth), divided in 12 ''(namišeni) nihælendvāṭ'' (about 0.0131 seconds), divided in 12 ''(namišeni) tildhaindvāṭ'' (about 1.0987 milliseconds), and so on. | The next division, the ''namišoe'' (pl. ''namišenī''), is 1/40<sub>12</sub> (1/48<sub>10</sub>) of a raila, therefore about 1.8986 seconds of Earth. ''Namišenī'' then follow the normal duodecimal subdivisions: 12 ''(namišeni) māmendvāṭ'' (pl. ''-vaḍai'' - about 0.1582 seconds of Earth), divided in 12 ''(namišeni) nihælendvāṭ'' (about 0.0131 seconds), divided in 12 ''(namišeni) tildhaindvāṭ'' (about 1.0987 milliseconds), and so on. | ||