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The following are a number of different measures of days, months, and time.
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The following are terms for days, months, and measures of time according to [[Viali]] reckoning, which most of Arad has adopted at this point.
  
 
==Days of the Week==
 
==Days of the Week==
According to the [[Viali]] Calendar:
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The Common translations of the original Viali terms for days of the week are currently the most widespread norm.
 
:Lightsday  (Sunday)
 
:Lightsday  (Sunday)
 
:Kingsday  (Monday)
 
:Kingsday  (Monday)
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==Months of the Year==
 
==Months of the Year==
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The names of the Months used in Arad have been adopted from the Viali, who brought over the terms from their ancestral home on the southern continent of [[Constantia]].
 
:Januarum
 
:Januarum
 
:Februm
 
:Februm
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==Time==
 
==Time==
Hours are generally reported as 'bells' with quarter hours reported as 'chimes.'  The afternoon is reported 'post-zenith.'  For example, 9:00 am would be nine bells and 5:45 pm would be five bells and three chimes post-zenith.
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Hours are generally reported as 'bells' with quarter hours reported as 'chimes.'  Times after noon are reported 'post-zenith.'  For example, 9:00 AM would be 'nine bells' and 5:45 PM would be 'five bells and three chimes post-zenith'.
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:14, 20 August 2015

The following are terms for days, months, and measures of time according to Viali reckoning, which most of Arad has adopted at this point.

Days of the Week

The Common translations of the original Viali terms for days of the week are currently the most widespread norm.

Lightsday (Sunday)
Kingsday (Monday)
Queensday (Tuesday)
Lordsday (Wednesday)
Knightsday (Thursday)
Artisday (Friday)
Citisday (Saturday)

Months of the Year

The names of the Months used in Arad have been adopted from the Viali, who brought over the terms from their ancestral home on the southern continent of Constantia.

Januarum
Februm
Markum
Aprilius
May
Junum
Julium
Augum
Septum
Octum
Novum
Desumbar

Time

Hours are generally reported as 'bells' with quarter hours reported as 'chimes.' Times after noon are reported 'post-zenith.' For example, 9:00 AM would be 'nine bells' and 5:45 PM would be 'five bells and three chimes post-zenith'.