The sapient species of Nekenalos ([[:kavkem]]a and [[:Nayabaru]]) share their time-keeping systems. The terms are derived from //[[:Kendane͡ivash]]//. In difference to other //Kendane͡ivash// nouns, the terms used for time-keeping serve as **their own plural form** - in other words, the plural of //skuro// is still //skuro//, not //skuroa//. ===== Celestial, Chiefly Used In Mythological Contexts ===== ==== skuro ("Era") ==== One [[planet:Daskuvar]] orbit around [[:Mekiva]]. Expressed in other units: * ~5220.6 siro ("Wards") * ~7256.6 nero ("Years") * ~18223 years ==== siro ("Ward") ==== One [[planet:Dasirvi]] orbit around Mekiva. Expressed in other units: * ~1.39 nero ("Years") * ~3.924 tevo ("Passes") * ~1226.87 taath ("Days") * 1276.46 days ==== nero ("Year") ==== One orbit of [[planet:Nekenalos]] around Mekiva. This is not as useful a unit of time as one might naively expect. Since Nekenalos has no seasons, a year is purely of celestial interest. Expressed in other units: * ~2.82 tevo ("Passes") * ~881 taath ("Days") * ~2.5 years * 916.6 days ===== Celestial, In Civilian Use ===== ==== tevo ("Pass") ==== Time it takes for [[planet:Tevasur]] to realign with Nekenalos and Mekiva, i.e. orbit Mekiva once (~241 Earth days) plus change (~85 Earth days to catch up to Nekenalos, keeping in mind that Nekenalos also continues to move). Note that due to orbital eccentricity, "re-align" is not actually what one might expect. Expressed in other units: * ~70 yeno ("Weeks") * ~2.82 yennedo ("Calendars") * ~313 taath ("Days") * ~327 days ==== yennedo ("Calendar") ==== Time it takes for [[planet:Yeenajei]] to orbit Mekiva often enough that the orbit sequence begins exactly at a Nekenalosan midnight and ends exactly at a Nekenalosan midnight. Expressed in other units: * 25 yeno ("Weeks") * 111 taath ("Days") * ~2772 hours ^ //Weeks// ^ TH ^ TU ^ QA ^ YU ^ KA ^ TH ^ TU ^ QA ^ YU ^ KA ^ ^ 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ^ | ^ 3-4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ^ | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ^ 5-6 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 ^ | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | ^ 7-8 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 ^ | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | ^ 9-10 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 ^ | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 ^ | ^ 11-12 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 ^ | ^ 13-14 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 ^ | ^ 15-16 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 ^ | ^ 17-18 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 ^ | ^ 19-20 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 ^ | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | ^ 21-22 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 ^ | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | ^ 23-24 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 ^ | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | ^ 25 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 ^ ^ ||||| ==== yeno ("Week") ==== Time it takes for [[planet:Yeenajei]] to orbit so it is in the same place relative to Nekenalos (i.e. one proper orbit plus a little bit of change), rounded to Nekenalosan days. Since Yeenajei does not orbit a multiple of Nekenalosan days, this has a day variance. See "Calendar" for the pattern of short to long weeks. Yeenajei raw orbit in other units: * 4.62 days Yeenajei relative orbit in other units: * ~4.6431 days * ~4.44 taath ("Days") * ~111 hours * ~35.52 paro ("Hours") //(3.52 paro more than 4 taath)// One yeno is either 4 days ("**Zyshyeno**") or 5 days ("**Vazhyeno**"), depending on how much lag has accumulated. Each week consists of the following four to five named days: * **Taathysa**, the //Youngest Day// (from "taath", day, and "ysazas", to bear) \\ Abbreviated TH * **Taatuman**, the //Learning Day// (from "taath", day, and "tumanus", to learn) \\ Abbreviated TU * **Taaqan**, the //Living Day// (from "taath", day, and "qanos", to live) \\ Abbreviated QA * **Taayut**, the //Dying Day// (from "taath", day, and "yutas", to die) \\ Abbreviated YU * **Taakas̈**, the //Sleeping Day// (from "taath", day, and "kas̈us", to sleep) \\ Abbreviated KA The //Sleeping Day// (//Taakas̈//) is not always present. See the Calendar section for more details. ==== taath ("Day") ==== Time it takes for Nekenalos to rotate around itself. Expressed in other units: * ~25 hours //(24.97 Earth hours = 24 hours, 58 minutes and 2 seconds)// ===== Fractional Units ===== ==== paro ("Hour") ==== An eighth of a Nekenalosan day. The hours have names, though they are rarely used: * **Kigaronosh**, //sunfloat// \\ Starts at midnight, lasts halfway until what we would call sunrise. * **Vaagaronosh**, //twilight sunfloat// \\ Starts halfway between midnight and what we would call sunrise, ends at what we would call sunrise. * **Vaatanosh**, //twilight sunrise// \\ Starts at what we would call sunrise, lasts halfway until noon. * **Taanosh**, //sunrise// \\ Starts halfway between what we would call sunrise and noon, ends at noon. * **Kivanosh**, //sunset// \\ Starts at noon, lasts halfway until what we would call sunset. * **Vaakinosh**, //twilight sunset// \\ Starts halfway between noon and what we would call sunset, ends at what we would call sunset. * **Vaaka͡inosh**, //twilight sunsink// \\ Starts at what we would call sunset, lasts halfway until midnight. * **Kiika͡inosh**, //sunsink// \\ Starts halfway between what we would call sunset and midnight, ends at midnight. Expressed in other units: * 0.125 taath ("Days") * ~3 Earth hours //(3.12125 Earth hours = 3 hours, 7 minutes, 16.5 seconds)// * ~11237 Earth seconds //(11236.5 Earth seconds)// ==== paparo ("Matter") ==== Every hour is split into eight "matters". Expressed in other units: * 0.125 paro ("Hours") * ~23 Earth minutes //(23.409375 Earth minutes = 23 minutes, 24.5625 seconds)// ==== sapo ("Minute") ==== Every "matter" is split into eight minutes. Expressed in other units: * 0.125 paparo ("Matters") * ~3 Earth minutes //(2.926172 Earth minutes = 2 minutes, 55.5703125 seconds)// * ~176 Earth seconds //(175.5703125 Earth seconds)// ==== resho ("Phrase") ==== Every minute is split into eight "phrases". Expressed in other units: * 0.125 sapo ("Minutes") * ~22 Earth seconds //(21.9462890625 Earth seconds)// ==== vemako ("Second") ==== Every "phrase" is split into eight seconds. Expressed in other units: * 0.125 resho ("Phrases") * ~3 Earth seconds //(2.7432861328125 Earth seconds)//