I created some metric time nomenclature I kind of think is neat. Since I'm playing around with it, I thought I'd share it.
Prana-second
Sahasraprana- 1000 seconds, 16 mins 40 secs. Sahasra, or Kilosecond
Muhurta- Three kiloseconds. 50 minutes. Trisahasra.
Ayutaprana- ten thousand seconds. Two hours fourty two minutes. Ayutas. Myriasecond
Tithi- One hundred thousand seconds, 27 hours 46 minutes. Laksha, Lakh. 'Day'.
Prayuta- One Million Seconds, 11.6 days Megasecond. Paksa. 'Week.'
Kotiprana- Ten Million Seconds, 116 days, Myriasecond, Kotisecond
Ayana- two Koti, seven months 22 days, approximately. 'Year' (shorter)
Vrndaprana- One hundred Prayuta, 1160 days, three years four months. 'Year' (longer)
Abjaprana- One billion seconds, 31.7 years. Gigasecond.
Kharvaprana- Ten Billion seconds, 317 years. Terasecond
You'll see the innovation is I mix Sanskrit and Latin, Sanskrit is exceptionally good about naming specific quantities. Whenever I try writing anything SF that uses metric time, I find there are a lot of holes as you go up the logarithmic scale. I try to think of what a 'day' or a 'year' would be to someone using metric time, y'know, just a relatable amount of time, and come up short, these terms help me fill in those gaps. It's helpful, and I think any future SF society using metric time would be with just as likely to preserve Sanskrit as it would Latin and Greek. Would love to know what you other fold would do in these situations, & feel free to use it if y'want.
EDIT- Oh yeah, and it's modular, so you can switch out prana with second whenever you want. I kind of imagine quantities of time 'at home' would be primarily Sanskrit term, and more technical settings (so spaceships and stuff) you'd use the Greek.
Prana-second
Sahasraprana- 1000 seconds, 16 mins 40 secs. Sahasra, or Kilosecond
Muhurta- Three kiloseconds. 50 minutes. Trisahasra.
Ayutaprana- ten thousand seconds. Two hours fourty two minutes. Ayutas. Myriasecond
Tithi- One hundred thousand seconds, 27 hours 46 minutes. Laksha, Lakh. 'Day'.
Prayuta- One Million Seconds, 11.6 days Megasecond. Paksa. 'Week.'
Kotiprana- Ten Million Seconds, 116 days, Myriasecond, Kotisecond
Ayana- two Koti, seven months 22 days, approximately. 'Year' (shorter)
Vrndaprana- One hundred Prayuta, 1160 days, three years four months. 'Year' (longer)
Abjaprana- One billion seconds, 31.7 years. Gigasecond.
Kharvaprana- Ten Billion seconds, 317 years. Terasecond
You'll see the innovation is I mix Sanskrit and Latin, Sanskrit is exceptionally good about naming specific quantities. Whenever I try writing anything SF that uses metric time, I find there are a lot of holes as you go up the logarithmic scale. I try to think of what a 'day' or a 'year' would be to someone using metric time, y'know, just a relatable amount of time, and come up short, these terms help me fill in those gaps. It's helpful, and I think any future SF society using metric time would be with just as likely to preserve Sanskrit as it would Latin and Greek. Would love to know what you other fold would do in these situations, & feel free to use it if y'want.
EDIT- Oh yeah, and it's modular, so you can switch out prana with second whenever you want. I kind of imagine quantities of time 'at home' would be primarily Sanskrit term, and more technical settings (so spaceships and stuff) you'd use the Greek.
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