Planet	Motes/rot	Rots/rev
A	3230	137
B	1444	210
C	878	435
D	1651	188
E	1309	70
F	908	156
G	1782	158
H	2483	426
I	3606	164
J	2139	227
K	983	143
L	4688	62
M	3336	134
N	4777	154
O	1803	260
P	918	327
Q	2230	430
R	3362	319
S	2986	287
T	4604	488
U	2322	401
V	4877	564
W	2530	669
X	1298	553
Y	4798	828
Z	3004	581

The 26 planets in Astarlagia all take different amounts of time to revolve around the suns and rotate about their axes. These lengths of time are known as rev's and rot's, respectively. Before these planets were colonized, Planet A developed a system of keeping time. There were 137 rots in a rev and 1568 rattas in a rot (a ratta was defined as the length of time it took for King Noovo VI to use the bathroom.)

Any particular time is written ratta-rot-rev. One time may be 405-21-33, which is the 405th ratta of the 21st rot of the 33rd rev of Planet A, which happens to be the date that Nama Therpellow discovered the sky.

When Planet B was colonized, they kept time there for several rots before realizing that they needed a separate time system. So Planet A defined a "mote" as the fixed amount of time it takes for one molecule of Sagrasminate-97 to fall 1/184255th of a pog at sea level on Planet A in precise conditions (see mote definition conditions, appendix BD, pgs 132-156). A rot on Planet A consisted of 3230 motes to Planet B's 1444, and now the time on one planet could be calculated on the other planet. Admittedly, mote-rot-rev was not as catchy.

On any planet other than A, the written time would need a letter in front. B-1021-98-20 (Late evening, mid-rev, rev 20) is not the same as 1021-98-20, which without a letter is assumed to be the time on Planet A.

As colonization spread, some planets thought the time ought to be written planet-rev-rot-mote, or planet-rev-mote-rot, or even rot-rev-planet-mote. Some planets even continue to use the outdated ratta instead of the mote. This has led to many mix-ups and poor fiction plots.