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==Timekeeping Units== [[File:DRC D'ni time pamphlet.jpg|200px|right|thumb|DRC flyer on D'ni timekeeping]] The most complete description of the system is found in a flyer in the classrooms of neighborhoods with clocks. This flyer was released by the DRC in March, 2007. The following is from the classroom brochure. ===hahr=== The ''hahr'' (<dni>har</dni>) is the largest known quantity of time on the D'ni calendar. It is roughly equivalent to one year in the [[w:Gregorian calendar|Gregorian calendar]]. ===vailee=== [[File:DniGregMonths.png|200px|right|thumb|D'ni and Gregorian months side by side]] A ''vailee'' (<dni>vIlE</dni>) is roughly equivalent to a month. There are 10 equal ''vaileetee'' in each hahr. Their approximate respective dates on the Gregorian calendar are: # Leefo: April 21 - May 27 # Leebro: May 28 - July 3 # Leesahn: July 3 - August 8 # Leetar: August 9 - September 14 # Leevot: September 14 - October 20 # Leevofo: October 21 - November 26 # Leevobro: November 26 - January 1 # Leevosahn: January 2 - Febuary 7 # Leevotar: Febuary 7 - March 15 # Leenovoo: March 16 - April 21 Due to fluctuations in the length of a Gregorian calendar's year versus a D'ni ''hahr'', these dates shift back and forth by as much as a couple of days in either direction from year to year. ===yahr=== A ''yahr'' ( <dni>yar</dni>) is the length of a day in the D'ni timekeeping system. Each ''yahr'' is equal to about 30 hours and 14 minutes (1.26 Earth solar days). There are 29 ''yahrtee'' in each ''vailee'', and 290 ''yahrtee'' in one ''hahr''. ===gahrtahvo=== Every yahr is divided into 5 equal segments called ''gahrtahvotee''. Each gahrtahvo (<dni>gartavo</dni>) is equal to about 6 hours and 3 minutes. [[D'ni watch|Aitrus' watch]] illustrates gahrtahvotee as segments with varying degrees of brightness. ===pahrtahvo=== The ''pahrtahvo'' (<dni>partavo</dni>) is the D'ni equivalent of the hour measurement in solar time {{emdash}} 1 hour 13 minutes, to be more precise. Each yahr contains 25 pahrtahvotee; accordingly, each gahrtahvo contains 5 pahrtahvotee. This is also the unit of time that is referred to as "''n''th bell" in the [[Book of Ti'ana]]. The clocks found in many D'ni neighborhoods also use this division of time. Older official descriptions of the D'ni system did not mention this unit, and merely described the gahrtahvotee as being divided into 25 tahvotee. Most explorer-written D'ni clock programs still rely on this older description. ===tahvo=== A ''tahvo'' (<dni>tavo</dni>) is roughly 14.5 minutes of solar time. There are 5 tahvotee in each pahrtahvo, and 25 in each gahrtahvo. ===gorahn=== A ''gorahn'' (<dni>goran</dni>) is equal to about 35 seconds of solar time. There are 25 gorahntee in each tahvo. ===prorahn=== The ''prorahn'' is the smallest known unit of time in D'ni timekeeping. Each prorahn is about 1.5 solar seconds long, and there are 25 of them in each gorahn.
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