Timekeeping

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Divisions

Spans of time are broken down into smaller units for easier tracking of the passage of time.

Year
Annual pattern of solar orbit (vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumnal equinox, and winter solstice). There are 360 days and 12 months in the standard calendar.
Months
Varies due to existence of two lunar bodies with different orbital periods. Most calendars follow the silver moon. There is a supercyclic pattern measured from when the moons are in conjunction.
Ten-Day and Five-Day
Analogous to weeks. three or six per month respectively.
Day
Position of sun in sky (sundials), broken into six watches. Individual days are not named but rather numbered.
Watch
Broken into four 1-hour periods.
Hour
60 minutes.

Devices

Instruments and tools to keep track of the time of day or to measure the passing of hours.
Sand Glasses
Sand glasses of various duration are employed where available, but due to variance in manufacture they are not standardized.
Candles
Candles of fixed size and reasonable burn-times are used by some to track the passing of the hours, but difficult to tell exact time to any fractions smaller than 1/12th (5 minutes).
Clocks
Mechanical, water-clocks, weighted pendulums and the like are not yet in use, outside of a few cases.

Calendars

Most calendars follow the phases of silver moon Saynoh and are composed of twelve months of thirty days.
Regional differences in climate and seasons make for variance in calendar seasons and month names. The names typically reflect the conditions or events expected during that month.

List of Calendars

Sun Signs

There is also a sun-sign system noted by the daily progression of the sunrise relative to a series of constellations.