Calendar, time system, and number system

CalendarNumbers

For time purposes, Astrocracy uses base 8:

256 (base ten) is 400 (pronounced forked-aught) 13 base ten is 15 base eight, pronounced wunked five 26 in base 8 is pronounced twoct-six the equivalent of 24-7 is fourct-oct

Time

There are 32 hours in a day, 64 minutes in an hour, 64 seconds in a minute. Hours are the same length as Earth hours, and days are therefore a third again as long as earth days.

There are 8 days in a week and therefore 4 weeks in a month, for a total of 32 days a month.

The eight months of the year are:

• Unuary
• Druoary
• Triinary
• Tetrinary
• Quintamber
• Hexumber
• September
• October

EachThe monthyear therefore has 32256 days, for a total of 256local days in(equivalent theto year.341.33 Earth days). New Year's Day is Unuary 1, and is the fall equinox.

The years get numbered from the founding of Rome, with the current year being 785.

ThereA strong year is as many years as there are 8 days in a weekyear (and therefore 4 weeks in a month).

Numbers

For time purposes, Astrocracy uses base 8, in which- 256 (baseyears. ten)A cubennium is 4008^3 (pronounced= forked-aught).512 13 base ten is 15 base eight, pronounced wunked five. 26 in base 8 is pronounced twoct-six.years.

Time

 

There are 32 hours in a day, 64 minutes in an hour, 64 seconds in a minute.