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Caves of Qud uses an idiosyncratic system of measuring time. The base measurement the game uses is referred to as a TimeTick (also referred to as game ticks in this article). Each TimeTick can be generally considered to be an ingame turn at 100 quickness.

There are 24 hours in a day, and 50 game ticks in an hour.

Eras

Years are separated into two separate eras: BR (Before Resheph) and AR (After Resheph). These two are separated by the year that Resheph resigned as the last Sultan. Like the real life equivalents BCE and CE, years in BR count backwards, so 60 BR is later in time than 100 BR.

PP is an alternate era name used in Frivolous Lives, Vol. I, which denotes the rule before the 6 sultans. Like BR, the years in PP count backwards. The author denotes PP as "prior [to] publication". The specific year in which Frivolous Lives was published is unknown, but since it references Abram I as ruling from '100?-97?' prior to publication, this places it around 1000AR, since Resheph and Abram were contemporaneous in 3AR.

YK is another alternate era name used in Corpus Choliys and Council at Gamma Rock. There is no known relationship between YK and the other eras.

Years

One year is 13 months, 438,000 game ticks, or 365 days. At game start, the starting year is 1001 AR.

Months

A month is measured in game as a length of 30 days (36,000 game ticks), except for Ut yara Ux, which is 5 days long (6,000 ticks).

1. Nivvun Ut
2. Iyur Ut
3. Simmun Ut
4. Tuum Ut
5. Ubu Ut
6. Uulu Ut
7. Ut yara Ux* (5 days)
8. Tishru i Ux
9. Tishru ii Ux
10. Kisu Ux
11. Tebet Ux
12. Shwut Ux
13. Uru Ux

Ut yara Ux

Ut yara Ux was created in part for each normal month to have 30 days, with the remaining 5 days becoming Ut yara Ux. During this month, a festival takes place which its success can be a point of contention among factions. Ut yara Ux is also when the annual Wardens' Moot occurs.

Day Segments

Each day in game is 1,200 game ticks. Regular months have a total of 30 days, while the shorter months only have 5 days. Each day is separated into segments as follows:

Night		Beetle Moon Zenith	25
		Waning Beetle Moon	150
		The Shallows	300
day		Harvest Dawn	325: Day Starts
			450
		Waxing Salt Sun	575
		High Salt Sun	625
		Waning Salt Sun	750
		Hindsun	900
		Jeweled Dusk
Night			1000: Night Starts
			1050
		Waxing Beetle Moon	1175
		Beetle Moon Zenith	1200
		Zero Hour	???

Conversions

timespan	in turn ticks	in hours	in days	in months	in years
turn tick	1	1/50	1/1200	1/36000	1/438000
hour	50	1	1/24	1/720	1/8760
day	1200	24	1	1/30	1/365
month	36000	720	30	1	6/73
year	438000	8760	365	12 1/6	1
Ut Yara Ux	6000	120	5	1/6	1/73

Trivia

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

• The month names appear to be loosely based on the names of the Jewish calendar months.