Egeriac clock
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The Egeriac clock is a traditional timekeeping system used among Egeriac people in Notzel. It counts twenty-four hours in a day, but it first divided the day into the daytime and night-time, then divide the daytime and the night-time into 2 sub-sections each. and then the subsections are divided into 6 hours each.
The start of a day is the start of kelen komos.
The system has been used for centuries and was first codified in the 12th century, and is still widely used.
Clock format
A comparison of the systems is as follows:
Day/Night | Subsection | Name of the time | 12-hour | 24-hour | meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daytime | Morning | xrug | 6:00-7:00 AM | 6:00-7:00 | Dawn |
anen hat xenath | 7:00-8:00 AM | 7:00-8:00 | 1st at morning | ||
avoren hat xenath | 8:00-9:00 AM | 8:00-9:00 | 2nd at morning | ||
meren hat xenath | 9:00-10:00 AM | 9:00-10:00 | 3rd at morning | ||
zbaden hat xenath | 10:00-11:00 AM | 10:00-11:00 | 4th at morning | ||
meven hat xenath | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | 11:00-12:00 | 5th at morning | ||
Afternoon | esex | 12:00-1:00 PM | 12:00-13:00 | Noon | |
anen haf esex | 1:00-2:00 PM | 13:00-14:00 | 1st afternoon | ||
avoren haf esex | 2:00-3:00 PM | 14:00-15:00 | 2nd afternoon | ||
meren haf esex | 3:00-4:00 PM | 15:00-16:00 | 3rd afternoon | ||
zbaden haf esex | 4:00-5:00 PM | 16:00-17:00 | 4th afternoon | ||
meven haf esex | 5:00-6:00 PM | 17:00-18:00 | 5th afternoon | ||
Night-time | Night | tzarath | 6:00-7:00 PM | 18:00-19:00 | Evening |
anen hat kelen | 7:00-8:00 PM | 19:00-20:00 | 1st at night | ||
avoren hat kelen | 8:00-9:00 PM | 20:00-21:00 | 2nd at night | ||
meren hat kelen | 9:00-10:00 PM | 21:00-22:00 | 3rd at night | ||
zbaden hat kelen | 10:00-11:00 PM | 22:00-23:00 | 4th at night | ||
meven hat kelen | 11:00 PM-12:00 AM | 23:00-0:00 | 5th at night | ||
Early Morning | kelen komos | 12:00-1:00 AM | 0:00-1:00 | Midnight | |
anen han xrug | 1:00-2:00 AM | 1:00-2:00 | 1st before dawn | ||
avoren han xrug | 2:00-3:00 AM | 2:00-3:00 | 2nd before dawn | ||
meren han xrug | 3:00-4:00 AM | 3:00-4:00 | 3rd before dawn | ||
zbaden han xrug | 4:00-5:00 AM | 4:00-5:00 | 4th before dawn | ||
meven han xrug | 5:00-6:00 AM | 5:00-6:00 | 5th before dawn |