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A [[night]] on [[Darillium]] lasted 24 Earth years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'') | A [[night]] on [[Darillium]] lasted 24 Earth years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'') | ||
The [[Sontaran]]s measured time with [[Sontaran martial year]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Heroes of Sontar (audio story)|Heroes of Sontar]]'') On [[Manussa]], time was measured with [[Manussan year]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake (audio story)|The Cradle of the Snake]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'') | The [[Sontaran]]s measured time with [[Sontaran martial year]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Heroes of Sontar (audio story)|Heroes of Sontar]]'') On [[Manussa (planet)|Manussa]], time was measured with [[Manussan year]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake (audio story)|The Cradle of the Snake]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'') | ||
The [[Space Year]] was a standard [[human]] dating system used by colonists on [[Destination]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]'') among other worlds. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | The [[Space Year]] was a standard [[human]] dating system used by colonists on [[Destination]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]'') among other worlds. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
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A year was a unit of time equivalent to one full solar rotation, which differed from planet to planet. (AUDIO: The Resurrection of Mars)
Measurements
On Earth, a year typically lasted 365 days, each 24 hours long, across 12 months. (TV: World War Three, Last of the Time Lords) More specifically, in an Earth-standard Gregorian calendar, a year was 365.25 days long. (PROSE: Instead of You)
A Yquatine year consisted of 417 days, divided into ten months of about 42 days each, further divided into four seasons. (PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine)
A night on Darillium lasted 24 Earth years. (TV: The Husbands of River Song)
The Sontarans measured time with Sontaran martial years. (AUDIO: Heroes of Sontar) On Manussa, time was measured with Manussan years. (AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake, TV: Snakedance)
The Space Year was a standard human dating system used by colonists on Destination, (AUDIO: The Destination Wars) among other worlds. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
Annual events
Beltane was a pagan festival which began at midnight on 30 April — that is, the first minute of the first day of May. 1 May itself was May Day. (TV: The Dæmons)
August bank holiday was described by the Seventh Doctor as a "silly pagan festival". (PROSE: Lungbarrow)
