Time, Measurement & Direction -
ah-il - length from elbow to tip of middle finger. Cloth is measured in ah-ils.
ah-ral - 10 ah-ils
Ahn - hour, 40 Ehn. 10th Ahn - Gorean "noon", 20th Ahn - Gorean "midnight"
chronometer - Gorean watch. Hands turn counterclockwise.
Day - 20 Ahn
Ehn - 80 Earth seconds, 80 Ihn
Gorean foot - 12.5 Earth feet. Has 10 Hort. At Sardar a metal rod which determines the official Merchant Foot, or Gorean foot.
Hort - 1 1/4", unit of measurement
Huda - 5 tefa
Ihn - second
Month - 5 weeks.
Month of Autumnal Equinox - Se'Kara-Lar-Torvis, said usually simply "Se-Kara." Meaning, "The Second Kara" or "The Second Turning"
month names - differ from city to city, but the months associated with equinoxes and solstices and the great fairs at the Sardar do have common names. New Year - celebrated at En'Kara for most cities, but celebrated at summer solstice for Turia, and at the Season of Snows for the Wagon Peoples.
pasang - 0.7 miles. Gorean unit of land measurement.
Passage Hand - 5 day period.
Rim - East, , if one considers Ta Sardar like the North Pole
Stone - unit of measurement, about 4 Earth pounds. Both the Stone and the Weight are standardized throughout cities by Merchant Law. The official "Stone" is actually a solid metal cylinder kept near the Sardar. At the great fairs the official Stone is brought forth with scales, that merchants may test their own Stone against it.
Ta-Sardar-Var - North, if one considers Ta Sardar like the North Pole
talu - approximately 2 gallons
Tef - handful with five fingers closed
Tefa - 6 tef. A tiny basket.
Vask - sometimes spoken of as Verus Var, or the true turning away. South, if one considers Ta Sardar like the North Pole
Waiting Hand - a 5 day period prior to the vernal equinox
Week - 5 days.
Weight - unit of measurement, about 10 Stone
Year - 12 months. Between each month is a Passage Hand. 12th passage hand is followed by a Waiting Hand.
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