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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)//