Thai six-hour time system

Number

1 =  Ã‹Â¹Ã–è§ nueng|h|

2 = Êç song|h|

3 = ÊÒà sam|h|

4 = ÊÕè si|h|

5 = ËéÒ ha|h|

6= Ë¡ hok|h|

|h| high tone

24- hour system	12-hour system	Thai 6-hour system	Sound	Meaning		Notes
01:00	1 AM	µÕ˹Öè§	ti nueng	1 early morning		nueng = one
02:00	2 AM	µÕÊç	ti song	2 early morning		song = two
03:00	3 AM	µÕÊÒÃ	ti sam	3 early morning		sam = three
04:00	4 AM	µÕÊÕè	ti si	4 early morning		si = four
05:00	5 AM	µÕËéÒ	ti ha	5 early morning		ha = five
06:00	6 AM	µÕË¡, ÂèÓÃØè§	ti hok, yum rung	6 in the morning		hok = six
07:00	7 AM	âçàªéÒ	mong chao	1 in the morning
08:00	8 AM	ÊçâçàªéÒ	song mong chao	2 in the morning
09:00	9 AM	ÊÒÃâçàªéÒ	sam mong chao	3 in the morning
10:00	10 AM	ÊÕâçàªéÒ	si mong chao	4 in the morning
11:00	11 AM	ËéÒâçàªéÒ	ha mong chao	5 in the morning
12:00	12 PM	à·Õè§Çѹ	thiang wan	midday
13:00	1 PM	ºèÒÂâç	bai mong	1 in the afternoon
14:00	2 PM	ºèÒÂÊçâç	bai song mong	2 in the afternoon
15:00	3 PM	ºèÒÂÊÒÃâç	bai sam mong	3 in the afternoon
16:00	4 PM	ºèÒÂÊÕèâç	bai si mong	4 in the afternoon	*si mong yen
17:00	5 PM	ºèÒÂËéÒâç	bai ha mong	5 in the afternoon	*ha mong yen
18:00	6 PM	Ë¡âçàÂç¹, ÂèÓ¤èÓ	hok mong yen, yum kham	6 in the evening
19:00	7 PM	˹Ö觷ØèÃ	nueng thum	1 at night
20:00	8 PM	Êç·ØèÃ	song thum	2 at night
21:00	9 PM	ÊÒ÷ØèÃ	sam thum	3 at night
22:00	10 PM	ÊÕè·ØèÃ	si thum	4 at night
23:00	11 PM	ËéÒ·ØèÃ	ha thum	5 at night
24:00, 00:00	12 AM	Ë¡·ØèÃ, à·Õ觤׹, ÊçÂÒÃ	thiang khuen, hok thum, song yam	midnight

Time divides the day into 4 quarters starting at 6:00 a.m. It is rooted in the agricultural life of the Thai and the fact that the sun rises and sets at nearly the same hour every day because Thailand is close to the equator. Vocab.

• 'âç' (mong)  is used for daytime with the words 'àªéÒ chaaw' (morning) , 'ºèÒ baai' (early afternoon) and 'àÂç¹' (4-6 pm late afternoon, or early evening.) The word 'âç mong' is used to tell the time starting from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. It comes from the sound of a gong(khawng mong), a classical Thai music instrument, which was used to announce the time of daylight hours.

• 'à·Õè§' (thiang) is used with 'Çѹ wan'(day) and '¤×¹ kheun' (night) for noon and midnight.  'à·Õè§' means straight. Midnight can also be called 'ÊçÂÒÃsong yam'(the second watch.)

•  'ºèÒÂ' (baai) which means 'afternoon' is used to tell the time starting from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

•  'àÂç¹' (yen) which literally means 'cool' but it is used to tell the 'late afternoon' or 'early evening' time starting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., when the day begins to cool down.

•  '·ØèÃ' (thum) is used to tell the time starting from 7 p.m. to 12 p.m. This word comes from sound of the drum (glawng)which was used to announce the time of the night hours.

•  'µÕ' (tii) which refers to very early morning is used to tell the time starting from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. The word 'µÕ' literally means 'beat or strike' it from the sound of the night watchmen in the past striking a bell to announce the time

• ‘ÂèÓ’ (Yum) mean almost, to walk to, or step on

• ‘¤èÓ’ (kham) dark or nighttime

• ‘ÃØ角 (rung) dawn or light up

The system has been used since the days of the Ayutthaya Kingdom  but was only codified similarly to its present form in 1901 by King Chulalongkorn .Nowadays, it is used only in informal Thai conversation. Thongprasert, Chamnong (1985), "·ØèÃ-âç-¹ÒÌÔ¡Ò (Thum-Mong-Nalika)", ÀÒÉÒä·Â䢢ҹ (Pasa Thai Khaykhan), Bangkok: Prae Pitaya Press, pp. 229–237,

Royal Institute (2003), ¾¨¹Ò¹Ø¡Ãà ©ºÑºÃÒªºÑ³±ÔµÂʶҹ ¾.È. òõôò (Royal Institute Dictionary, BE 2542), Bangkok: Nanmee Books Publications, ISBN 974-9588-04-5 . (Thai)

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