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-The astronomical situation of [[avishraa:|Avishraa]] is unlike that of worlds such as Earth, which orbit their star directly. It is not a planet, but a natural satellite, a moon that is tidally locked to its parent gas giant [[universe:mikurmiya:kastun|Kastun]]; its closest equivalent of a "month" (the amount of time for Kastun to complete a full cycle of phases) is over 54 Earth days long, and, because it rotates in the same period of time as it revolves around the giant, so is the equivalent of a "day" (the amount of time for the sun to return to its position from the previous day). Meanwhile, its closest equivalent of a "year" (approximately, the amount of time Kastun takes to go around its sun), is generally only of astronomical significance, since due to Avishraa’s minute axial tilt and orbital inclination, annual seasonal variations are sufficiently unremarkable that they are little noticed by its natives.
+====== Timekeeping ======
+The astronomical situation of [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa]] is unlike that of worlds such as Earth, which orbit their star directly. It is not a planet, but a natural satellite, a moon that is tidally locked to its parent gas giant [[universe:mikurmiya:Kastun]]; its closest equivalent of a "month" (the amount of time for Kastun to complete a full cycle of phases) is over 54 Earth days long, and, because it rotates in the same period of time as it revolves around the giant, so is the equivalent of a "day" (the amount of time for the sun to return to its position from the previous day). Meanwhile, its closest equivalent of a "year" (approximately, the amount of time Kastun takes to go around its sun), is generally only of astronomical significance, since due to Avishraa’s minute axial tilt and orbital inclination, annual seasonal variations are sufficiently unremarkable that they are little noticed by its natives.
-From this it follows that the measurement of time on Avishraa, at least if it is based around the movement of celestial objects, will be most naturally expressed in units different from those on Earth. Both the [[takma:|takmar]] and the [[xtauh:|xtauh]] have built systems of timekeeping with these considerations in mind.
+From this it follows that the measurement of time on Avishraa, at least if it is based around the movement of celestial objects, will be most naturally expressed in units different from those on Earth. Both the [[takma:|takmar]] and the [[xtauh:]] have built systems of timekeeping with these considerations in mind.
 ===== The Imperial Calendar =====
-While many systems of timekeeping exist on Avishraa, the one that is most widespread - and the one used throughout this wiki as the standard of timekeeping - is the **Imperial Calendar**, part of the vast legacy of the [[avishraa:community:empire:|Sixfold Empire]] that once dominated takmakind. A summary of its workings is below.
+While many systems of timekeeping exist on Avishraa, the one that is most widespread - and the one used throughout this wiki as the standard of timekeeping - is the **Imperial Calendar**, part of the vast legacy of the [[geopolitical:empire:|Sixfold Empire]] that once dominated takmakind. A summary of its workings is below.
 ==== Units of time ====
-The foundation of Imperial timekeeping, and indeed of almost all systems of timekeeping on Avishraa, is what is in this system called the "turn", which lies at the heart of a system of units based around it, in multiples or divisions of thirty-six. (Since the [[language:imperial|Imperial]] numbering system is also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix|base]]-36, this makes it relatively easy for young [[takma:takmar]] to learn to tell time.) These are listed below, in order from smallest to largest unit.
+The foundation of Imperial timekeeping, and indeed of almost all systems of timekeeping on Avishraa, is what is in this system called the "turn", which lies at the heart of a system of units based around it, in multiples or divisions of thirty-six. (Since the [[language:imperial:start]] numbering system is also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix|base]]-36, this makes it relatively easy for young [[takma:|takmar]] to learn to tell time.) These are listed below, in order from smallest to largest unit.
 //(To convert between Earth units and Imperial units, feel free to use this [[https://thuban.pinkgothic.com/avishraa/time.html|handy converter]], courtesy of [[user:pinkgothic|pinkgothic]]!)//
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 === Hexatrigesimal ===
-The **hexatrigesimal** (a more to-the-point translation might be "block-of-36" or "36ade") is thirty-six cycles, or roughly 194.8 Earth years. Even the very oldest takmar, other than [[chosen:|Chosen]], have only barely made it to four-sixths of a hexatrigesimal (24 cycles), and only in legends have they reached an entire hexatrigesimal or more; as such, these units are most often used to refer to once-in-a-lifetime or historical events, and are not used as formal calendrical units.
+The **hexatrigesimal** (a more to-the-point translation might be "block-of-36" or "36ade") is thirty-six cycles, or roughly 194.8 Earth years. Even the very oldest takmar, other than [[Chosen:]], have only barely made it to four-sixths of a hexatrigesimal (24 cycles), and only in legends have they reached an entire hexatrigesimal or more; as such, these units are most often used to refer to once-in-a-lifetime or historical events, and are not used as formal calendrical units.
 ==== Eras ====
 The Imperial calendar does not rely on a single [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_(reference_date)|epoch]], or starting point, in the way that the AD calendar does, but on a series of them, dividing history into eras. The ultimate beginning of the Empire lying in the establishment of the Sixfold League approximately 267 cycles ago, the first era begins in that cycle (1 Dawn).
-Some of the eras recognized today are not those used in the times which fall within those eras. The Imperial government had the prerogative to define when eras started, not merely in the present but retroactively; although during certain periods new eras would be proclaimed for self-serving or frivolous reasons, many cycles later a subsequent government would abolish or combine eras more sensibly. Particularly after the [[history:storm_era:overturns:|Overturns]], proclaiming new eras became regarded as an incredibly solemn and important affair and was rarely done.
+Some of the eras recognized today are not those used in the times which fall within those eras. The Imperial government had the prerogative to define when eras started, not merely in the present but retroactively; although during certain periods new eras would be proclaimed for self-serving or frivolous reasons, many cycles later a subsequent government would abolish or combine eras more sensibly. Particularly after the [[history:storm_era:Overturns:]], proclaiming new eras became regarded as an incredibly solemn and important affair and was rarely done.
 When the Empire ended 85 cycles ago, the numerous successor states took their own paths with regard to the era. Many of them, either out of a hope for the Empire's reassembly, or a belief in its rightful authority, or because they simply had bigger things on their mind after the chaos of the fall, simply continued using the last era as if nothing had changed. In the modern day, however, most post-Imperial states recognize at least the end of the Empire as the beginning of a new era. Although in some of them this has already been followed by other eras, the identification of the end of the Empire with the beginning of the //present// era is wide enough that it is usually understood, if not actually accepted, everywhere.