Solar Day

Length of a day

  The world of Zihæt rotates on its axis once every twenty-two hours. This defines the period of a day.  

Hours in a day

For reasons unknown, the younger races brought with them the concept of a sixty minute hour.  

Days in a week

The smaller moon of Ag̀ circles the world of Zihæt every 242 hours, or every 11 days. As such there are 11 days in the the Zihæt week.  

Days in a month

The dominant moon of Ven circles the world of Zihæt every 726 hours. As such there are 33 days in the The Lunar Month.  

Days in a year

The world of Zihæt circles the twin suns every 6534 hours. As such there are 297 days in a solar Zihæt Year. As it takes the same amount of time between full conjunctions of the 3 moons of Zihæt, the lunar and solar years are the same.  

Sunrise and sunset

At the Autumn and Spring equinoxes, the length of a day on Zihæt is divided equally into 11 hours of sunlight and 11 hours of daylight. On the solstice the sun rises at 6:00 in the morning, and sets at 18:00 at night. As you travel further north, the winters are shorter and the summers are longer.

Localization

One study by the Drákonian Akadimía highlighted the longest day of the year on Froúrio nisí as just under 15 and a half hours of daylight, with the sun rising at 4:15 in the morning and setting at 19:44 in the evening. The shortest day of the year has just over 8 and a half hours of daylight, with the sun rising at 7:44 in the morning and setting at 16:16 in the evening.
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