Hours of the day

Most inhabitants of Faerûn divided the day into ten segments. Common names for these divisions of the day are given below:
 * dawn : the time around sunrise
 * morning : the time between sunrise and highsun
 * highsun : when the sun was directly overhead; also called "noon" or "twelve bells"
 * afternoon : the time after noon
 * dusk : the time before sunset
 * sunset : the time around sunset
 * evening : the time after sunset
 * midnight : the time roughly 12 hours after noon; also called "twelve bells"
 * moondark : the darkest part of night; also called "night's heart"
 * night's end : the time before sunrise

None of these divisions were precise. Different folk's usages might overlap with others. In general, however, these slots of time ranged between one and four hours.

In larger cities, bells were sometimes used to mark the hours. The churches of Gond and Lathandar were also particularly interested in accurate timekeeping. In such cases, hours were numbered 1 through 12 twice, with 12 being both highsun and midnight.