En'Kara (Vernal equinox/First month)
First Passage Hand
Second Month (Known as Hesius in Ar)
Second Passage Hand
Third Month (Known as Camerius in Ar and Selnar in Ko-ro-ba)
Third Passage Hand
En'Var (Summer solstice/Fourth Month)
Fourth Passage Hand
Fifth Month
Fifth Passage Hand (Love Feast)
Sixth Month
Sixth Passage Hand
Se-Kara (Fall equinox/Seventh Month)
Seventh Passage Hand
Eighth Month
Eighth Passage Hand
Ninth Month
Ninth Passage Hand
Se'Var (Winter solstice/Tenth Month)
Tenth Passage Hand
Eleventh Month
Eleventh Passage Hand
Twelfth Month
Twelfth Passage Hand (Carnival time)
Waiting Hand
Time is not measured by electricity as it is on earth. Goreans use carved sundials, moondials and indoors intricately made water clocks. Ihn Gorean Second (1.35 earth seconds)
Ehn Gorean Minute or 80 Ihn (108 earth seconds)
Ahn Gorean Hour or 40 Ehn (72 earth minutes)
Day 20 Ahn (24 earth hours)
hand the Gorean week, consisting of five (5) days
Passage Hand the 5-day period between Gorean months, which consist of 5 5- day weeks
tenth ahn - tenth 'hour', the Gorean noon
twentieth ahn - twentieth 'hour', the Gorean midnight
Waiting Hand the 5-day period between the 12th Passage Hand and the beginning of the New Year, which begins on the Vernal Equinox
Love Feast (noun): common name for the 5th Passage Hand, occurring in late summer, which time is the greatest period for the sale of slaves, esp. slave girls
