Divisions of the Day
- 24 Hour Day
- 16 Hour Day
- 12 hours of sunlight
24 Hour Day
You guys want to hear something silly. In the English language I wasn't quite sure what evening and night was. Like it could be 7pm evening or night. I had to look at Ethiopian time to finally figure out what that was. The four divisions of the day are
GPC
- Morning: 0-6 Sierra
- Afternoon: 6-12 Sierra
- Evening: 12-18 Sierra
- Night: 18-24 Sierra
Western
- Morning: 6am-12
- Afternoon: 12-6pm
- Evening: 6pm-midnight
- Night: midnight-6am
Wow the way we are raised to read clocks creates an artificial learning curve. Now certain words which used to have clear cut definitions are now synonyms with blurred meanings. Inefficiency breeds more inefficiency.
16 Hour Day
Next we have the sixteen hour day. In the video below I was confused about the term 'night' and what it actually means as described in this blog post.
📽️ Time Slabs
GPC quarters the sixteen hours we are awake. It's actually a programming thing and more Chinese big to small philosophy. The 16 hours we are awake are quartered into 4 hour time slabs and each hour is quartered into 15 minute time blocks. The time slabs are as follows
GPC
- Tango 1: 0-4 Sierra
- Tango 2: 4-8 Sierra
- Tango 3: 8-12 Sierra
- Tango 4: 12-16 Sierra
Western
- Tango 1: 6am-10am
- Tango 2: 10am-2pm
- Tango 3: 2pm-6pm
- Tango 4: 6pm-10pm
12 hours of sunlight
Recently I learned that Ethiopia not only divides the 24 hour day but the 12 hour day as well. Each division is called a gint ግንት and is approximately 3 hours. So morning has two gints and afternoon has two gints. I'm not sure how extensively this is used but I definitely can see it's utility in day to day life.
GPC
- Gint 1: 0-3 Sierra
- Gint 2: 3-6 Sierra
- Gint 3: 6-9 Sierra
- Gint 4: 9-12 Sierra
Western
- Gint 1: 6am-9am
- Gint 2: 9am-12pm
- Gint 3: 12pm-3pm
- Gint 4: 3pm-6pm
Now I have to update this blog post because Guruji just taught me that in Indian culture the 24 hours in a day is divided into 8 Pahars. I instantly suspected they would line up with Ethiopia's system. They do. My Hindi is not good so I'm just going to enumerate the Pahars instead of referring to them by their Hindi or Sanskrit names but here is a link in case anyone is curious what they are actually called. 🌐 Ayur Times
GPC
Day Pahar
- Pahar 1: 0-3 Sierra
- Pahar 2: 3-6 Sierra
- Pahar 3: 6-9 Sierra
- Pahar 4: 9-12 Sierra
Night Pahar
- Pahar 5: 12-15 Sierra
- Pahar 6: 15-18 Sierra
- Pahar 7: 18-21 Sierra
- Pahar 8: 21-24 Sierra
Western
Day Pahar
- Pahar 1: 6am-9am
- Pahar 2: 9am-12pm
- Pahar 3: 12pm-3pm
- Pahar 4: 3pm-6pm
Night Pahar
- Pahar 5: 6pm-9pm
- Pahar 6: 9pm-12am
- Pahar 7: 12am-3am
- Pahar 8: 3am-6am
Wow. I'm never going back. I can't. I just can't. I just can't anymore. Thank you Ethiopia & India 🤎💜 CLICK HERE to learn about the similarities between the Indus Valley Civilization and GPC.
Ok so I used the India Pahar system in my head and talked to some people about it. To my horror in India they have to waste time, money, energy studying it because it's not the cultural norm anymore to set the clock back six hours like in Ethiopia.
Since this is GPC and we use the NATO alphabet for everything here is how we are gonna use the Pahar system for the English language. Morning, Afternoon, Evening & Night are Mike, Alpha, Echo & November respectively. Actually instead of using the Nato alphabet designation for the letter 'N' which is November I'm going to use Napa instead. Napa is for Night Pahar. That's easier and fits the general theme better.
GPC
Morning Pahar
- Mike 1: 0-3 Sierra
- Mike 2: 3-6 Sierra
Afternoon Pahar
- Alpha 1: 6-9 Sierra
- Alpha 2: 9-12 Sierra
Evening Pahar
- Echo 1: 12-15 Sierra
- Echo 2: 15-18 Sierra
Night Pahar
- Napa 1: 18-21 Sierra
- Napa 2: 21-24 Sierra
Western
Morning Pahar
- Mike 1: 6am-9am
- Mike 2: 9am-12pm
Afternoon Pahar
- Alpha 1: 12pm-3pm
- Alpha 2: 3pm-6pm
Evening Pahar
- Echo 1: 6pm-9pm
- Echo 2: 9pm-12am
Night Pahar
- Napa 1: 12am-3am
- Napa 2: 3am-6am
Philosophy
Different Cultures have different ways of dividing the day. The Pahar system is useful because certain things are best done at specific times. I think it's cool that India has a system that acknowledges that. Here is the logic behind the GPC Quadrants or Time Slabs
- Tango 1: Errands
- Tango 2: Leisure
- Tango 3: Body
- Tango 4: Mind
The day is ideally planned the night before. After a person completes their morning rituals it is ideal to hit the ground running and complete whatever tasks they may have utilizing the 80/20 rule. This is Tango 1. If such a thing as leisure exists it belongs in Tango 2. Tango 3 is when the muscles are warm from going about the day. This is the Body Time Slab because it is possible to make the greatest gains in Yoga at this time. Some will argue with me. Actually in India nobody agreed with me on that. Whatever. The Mind Time Slab is the last. This is the best time to learn another language - right before going to sleep. Your brain is a problem solving machine. If you study languages before going to bed the sleep cycle will do all the work for you. Is that not genius? Time, money, energy baby. That's all life is.
Now you are ready to learn how the human body relates to Time.
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