Temple Calendar and Clock

Temple time gives the community a common pulse. It is not the source of liberation. It is a practical and cultural rhythm for a people trying to live together around the same work.

The era is culturally anchored to the total solar eclipse of November 13, 2012 and precisely set at the following lunar perigee. This beginning matters as memory and orientation. Gregorian dates and local civil time remain useful signs for Earth life, but they are not the foundation of Temple time.

The Day

Each Temple day is one standard 24-hour sun-return day. The clock divides the day into three divisions of eight hours. Each division contains eight Temple hours. Each Temple hour contains sixty-four Temple minutes, each Temple minute contains sixty-four Temple seconds, and each Temple second contains sixty-four Temple moments.

The clock is base-64 below the hour. It is meant to remain usable by people while giving the Temple its own count. Local Temple time may be adjusted for Earth users by Temple Earth Zone, but the time-zone adjustment is convenience, not the essence of the clock.

The Year

The Temple year follows the anomalistic year from perihelion to perihelion. It is not a Gregorian civil year. It is a return cycle chosen for the Temple's own count and culture.

The ordinary calendar contains thirteen lunar-attentive months, a set of Sun days closing the ordinary 365-day year, and an annual apsis interval that completes the remaining fraction of the anomalistic year before the next year begins.

Moondays, Sun Days, and Apsis

Moondays keep the calendar attentive to lunar cycles. Sun days keep the ordinary year closed to the solar cycle. The apsis interval completes the annual correction. These observances may be treated as days of increasing order: moondays, Sun days, and the apsis interval.

The apsis interval is outside ordinary calendar time. When it begins, the normal day count has completed and the clock counts through the interval before the next Temple year begins.

Gregorian Markers

The Gregorian calendar is marked only for convenience. It is not the foundation of the Temple calendar. Gregorian new year markers and equivalent dates help Earth users orient themselves, but the Temple count stands on its own.