Re: periods of the day

Rhean does not have a nice symmetrical four-quarter system to the day.
There are six divisions (although there are words for more subtle
distinctions) and not all of them are perfectly defined.
I've made a crude (and misleading) little illustration to show this:
http://suzsoiz.free.fr/niir.jpg

Assuming a "perfect" day of 12 hours sunlight and 12 hours darkness[1]:

erkba - the predawn, 2am - 6am
usa - morning, 6am - 10am
hagyum - "midday", 10am - 2pm
gool - "afternoon", 2pm - 6pm
somuiba - early evening, 6pm - 10pm
hagc'eraz - middle of the night - 10pm - 2am

But in reality[2], these fluctuate. |usa| begins whenever the sun rises, at
|kota| "dawn". |somuiba| technically begins at |drarz| "sunset", but in
summer people will likely start calling it |somuiba| even before the sun
sets. The other divisions are not marked by observable phenomena nor are
assigned exact clock points, so they overlap. What one person still calls
|usa|, another is already calling |hagyum|.

M

[1] Problems arise for a few reasons: 1. I have not yet worked out the
Rhean timekeeping system  2. I don't know where on the globe Rhea is
located, but I do know it's North or South enough to have daylight hours
fluctuate by the seasons  3. The "perfect" day described here is rare (it
would only occur twice a year)
[2] Funny word to use for a conculture.