Timekeeping in Talašija

Timekeeping in Talašija is important for keeping things in order across the nation. Their system works very different to how timekeeping on Earth works because of the different cycles of time found on the planet on which Talašija resides.

Divisions of Time Longer than a Day
One year in Talašija is equivalent to 495 days on Earth, however, due to the slower rotation of the planet on which Talašija resides, the year or anja is divided into 396 days of 30 hours each. To preserve some resemblance to the Gregorian calendar, the Talaš use the same 12 months as many on Earth do, but each month or motha is 33 days long instead of the average 30 to 31. The year is also divided into about 50 lunariń of 8 days each, which is roughly equivalent to a week on Earth. This cycle is based on and named for the large moon that orbits the planet, which does so every 15.986 relative days. These lunariń do not align with the months, and a month can start on any day of the lunari.

Divisions of Time Shorter than or Equal to a Day
A day in Talašija is 30 Earth hours long. Instead of devising their own system, the Talaš stick to the same system used on Earth, but use a 30 hour cycle instead of a 24 hour cycle. The day starts at midnight (00:00) and goes to 29:59 before repeating the cycle. This means that noon or lumari is at 15:00, not 12:00. A minute is 1/60th of an hour, and a second is 1/60th of a minute, and are the same in Talašija as they are on Earth.

2799 and 2800
The year 2799 is an unusual year in that it was the only year to end on December 31st and not December 33rd. This was to align the first day of the year with the selection and immediate inauguration of the first governor, Joseph Grant Talish. This was done in accordance to the Gregorian calendar, and the switch to the Talaš Calendar was made on March 28th, 2800, 88 days after the new year. This new calendar was made to reflect the different orbital cycle of the new planet. April 2800 would be the longest month recorded at 41 days long to account for the 8 lost days (2 in January, 4 in February, and 2 in March). Because February 2800 is a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, 2800 was also the only leap year in Talaš history.

Lunari
The lunari (pl. lunariń) is the main unit of time used to measure somewhat small units of a year. It is 8 local days long, or 240 hours (10 days on Earth). It is roughly defined as the time it takes for the local moon to go from a new moon to a full moon and vice versa.