Gorean Time

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IHN: the Gorean second (1.35 earth seconds)

EHN: the Gorean minute, it consists of 80 ihn (1.8 earth minutes or 1 minute, 48 seconds)

AHN: the Gorean hour, it consists of 40 ehn (1.2 earth hours or 1 hour, 12 minutes) the Gorean day consists of 20 ahn


"It was past the 14th Gorean Ahn, or hour, the Gorean Day is divided into 20 Ahn, which are numbered consecutively, the tenth Ahn is noon, the twentieth, midnight. Each Ahn consists of 40 Ehn, or minutes, and each Ehn of eighty Ihn, or seconds" ~ Outlaw of Gor, page 26

"Chronometers exist on Gor, but they are rare and valuable. Marcus and I did not have any, of intent, at the time, among our belongings. They would not have seemed to fit in well with our guise as auxiliary guardsmen. In many cities, of course, including Ar, time tends to be kept publicly. Official clocks are adjusted, of course, according to the announcements of scribes, in virtue of various astronomical measurements, having to do with the movements of the sun and stars. The calendar, and adjustments in it, are also the results of their researches, promulgated by civil authorities. The average Gorean has a variety of simple devices at his disposal for marking the passage of time. Typical among them are marked, or calibrated, candles, sun dials, sand glasses, clepsydras and oil clocks" Magicians of Gor Page 358


EARTH HOUR x GOREAN AHN
12:01 AM-1:12 AM 1st Ahn 12:01 PM-1:12 PM 11th Ahn
1:13 AM-2:24 AM 2nd Ahn 1:13 PM-2:24 PM 12th Ahn
2:25 AM-3:36 AM 3rd Ahn 2:25 PM-3:36 PM 13th Ahn
3:37 AM-4:48 AM 4th Ahn 3:37 PM-4:48 PM 14th Ahn
4:49 AM-6:00 AM 5th Ahn 4:49 PM-6:00 PM 15th Ahn
6:01 AM-7:12 AM 6th Ahn 6:01 PM-7:12 PM 16th Ahn
7:13 AM-8:24 AM 7th Ahn 7:13 PM-8:24 PM 17th Ahn
8:25 AM-9:36 AM 8th Ahn 8:25 PM-9:36 PM 18th Ahn
9:37 AM-10:48 AM 9th Ahn 9:37 PM-10:48 PM 19th Ahn
10:49 AM-12:00 PM 10th Ahn (noon) 10:49 PM-12:00 AM 20th Ahn (midnight)



Gorean Day (20 Ahn) = 24 Earth hours
Gorean Week, also called hand = 5 Earth days
Gorean Month = five hands + one Passage Hand = 30 Earth days
Gorean Year = 12 Earth months
Passage Hand = Five days period that separates each month
Waiting Hand = Five days period after the last Passage Hand of the year
The Gorean week consists of five days. Each month consists of five such weeks. Following each month, of which there are twelve, separating them, is a five-day Passage Hand. The twelfth Passage Hand is followed by the Waiting Hand, a five-day period prior to the vernal equinox, which marks the Gorean New Year." - Tribesman of Gor; page 26