Time and Dating

The time system in Arcania (and the Nether also) is set by the cycles of the sun and moon, and of traditions. The smallest amount of time is a second (Which is the frequency that redstone will sparkle on a granular level), which happens 60 times in one minute, which there are 20 of in a single cycle. A cycle is the amount of time between sunrises. Every three sunrises is marked an hour, and every 24 hours is marked a day. There are 7 days in a week, and 52 weeks in a year.

The first peoples mainly referred to the cycle as the primary means of time measurement because it is the most obvious. Shortly after though, they must have figured out that they needed a increment of time to match their sleep cycles so that everyone could sleep regularly, and thus the "day" was born. This period of 72 cycles eventually was split up into sets of three, "hours".

Each year is sectioned into 12 "months", which are periods that signify traditions in the culture that uses months. This is a list of the Vanguard months:

Januum: Time of remembrance, 31 days

Febrius: Time of forgiveness, 28 days

Martum: Time of birth, 31 days

Apilla: Time of giving, 30 days

Maymis: Time of growth, 31 days

Juno: Time of strength, 30 days

Jule: Time of testing, 31 days

Augrius: Time of preparation, 31 days

Septus: Time of safety, 30 days

Octillia: Time of harvest, 31 days

Novus: Time of keeping, 30 days

Decill: Time of prayer, 31 day

OOC Conversions
1 minute = 1/20 of a cycle = 60 seconds

1 cycle = 1 Minecraft day = 20 minutes

1 hour = 60 minutes = 3 cycles = 3 MInecraft days

1 day = 72 cycles = 24 hours = 72 Minecraft days

1 week = 7 days = 504 cycles = 504 Minecraft days = 1/52 of a year

1 year = 365 days = 26,208 cycles = 26,208 Minecraft days = 12 months = 52 weeks

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