Harish three part clock
The Harish three part clock is a traditional timekeeping system used in the Harish language and is the main time keeping system in Tzulhon. The clock divides the day into two halves: the daytime and the night, with the daytime half being further divided into two parts: morning and afternoon. There are 6 hours in the morning part, 6 hours in the afternoon part, and 12 hours in the night part. The hours in each part are told with period-designating words or phrases, which are:
- kezato i ... kunto for the morning part of daytime (06:00 to 11:59)
- tompeirto i ... kunto for the afternoon part of daytime (12:00 to 17:59)
- enzato i ... kunto for the night part (18:00 to 05:59)
It is thought that the word kun(with the definite suffix -(a)to) is of onomatopoeia origin, from the sound of a bell, since before modern era bells were used to announce the hours in public place in Tzulhon. Some people may use the word haiso ("time") in place of kun.
Each hour is further divided into 60 minutes. The definite form of the word takato ("division") is used for the meaning "minite".
In Harish Calendar, the start of the morning part(around 6 AM) is usually seen as the beginning of a day.
Expression of time in a day
To describe the time of a day, one used the form "X kunto i Y takato" with X and Y being ordinal numbers. For example:
- tompeirto i xachaso kunto i hilzo xachazo takatato - 3:24 PM
- kezato i neko kunto i samastar paraso takatato - 6:35 AM
- enzato i eitoraso kunto i rimaraso takatato - 11:07 PM
For the meaing "o'clock", one uses the form "X kunto nonato", the nonato part is from the adjective nono "full". For example:
- tompeirto i xachaso kunto nonato - 3:00 PM
- kezato i neko kunto nonato - 6:00 AM
- enzato i eitoraso kunto nonato - 11:00 PM
Clock Format
Below are the hours in a day in the Harish three part clock system:
| Word | Meaning | Correspondence in the 24-hour system |
|---|---|---|
| Morning part | ||
| kezato i neko kunto | first hour of the morning | 06:00-06:59 |
| kezato i ankaso kunto | second hour of the morning | 07:00-07:59 |
| kezato i samaso kunto | third hour of the morning | 08:00-08:59 |
| kezato i xachaso kunto | fourth hour of the morning | 09:00-09:59 |
| kezato i paraso kunto | fifth hour of the morning | 10:00-10:59 |
| kezato i haluxo kunto | last hour of the morning | 11:00-11:59 |
| Afternoon part | ||
| tompeirto i neko kunto | first hour of the afternoon | 12:00-12:59 |
| tompeirto i ankaso kunto | second hour of the afternoon | 13:00-13:59 |
| tompeirto i samaso kunto | third hour of the afternoon | 14:00-14:59 |
| tompeirto i xachaso kunto | fourth hour of the afternoon | 15:00-15:59 |
| tompeirto i paraso kunto | fifth hour of the afternoon | 16:00-16:59 |
| tompeirto i haluxo kunto | last hour of the afternoon | 17:00-17:59 |
| Night part | ||
| enzato i neko kunto | first hour of the night | 18:00-18:59 |
| enzato i ankaso kunto | second hour of the night | 19:00-19:59 |
| enzato i samaso kunto | third hour of the night | 20:00-20:59 |
| enzato i xachaso kunto | fourth hour of the night | 21:00-21:59 |
| enzato i paraso kunto | fifth hour of the night | 22:00-22:59 |
| enzato i eitoraso kunto | sixth hour of the night | 23:00-23:59 |
| enzato i rimaraso kunto | seven hour of the night | 00:00-00:59 |
| enzato i tomaso kunto | eighth hour of the night | 01:00-01:59 |
| enzato i meizaso kunto | nineth hour of the night | 02:00-02:59 |
| enzato i tohaso kunto | tenth hour of the night | 03:00-03:59 |
| enzato i ezanovaso kunto | eleven hour of the night | 04:00-04:59 |
| enzato i haluxo kunto | last hour of the night | 05:00-05:59 |