====== Calendar ====== **Status:** Working canon Time units on The Overland: ^ Unit ^ Length ^ | **Pulse** | ~18 Earth hours (one planetary rotation) | | **Cycle** | 9 Pulses | | **Reckon** | 9 Cycles | | **Judgment** | 12 Reckons | | **Duel** | 4 Judgments | | **Turn** (year) | 2 Duels + **8 intercalary days** (four between Duels) | A Turn matches the ~16 Earth-year orbital period. ===== Light and dark Duels ===== There is a **dark Duel** and a **light Duel**: one hemisphere faces the star for half a Turn and faces away for the other half (consequence of the 110° axial tilt; see [[world:cosmology|Cosmology]]). ===== Related ===== * [[world:cosmology|Cosmology]]