The Talmudic hour is one twelfth of time elapsed from sunrise to sunset, day hours therefore being longer than night hours in the summer; in winter they reverse. The Indic day began at sunrise. The term hora was used to indicate an hour. The time was measured based on the length of the shadow at day time. A hora translated to 2.5 pe. There are 60 pe per day, 60 minutes per pe and 60 kshana (snap of a finger or instant) per minute. Pe was measured with a bowl with a hole placed in still water. Time taken for this graduated bowl was one pe. Kings usually had an officer in charge of this clock. Counting from sunset
In so-called "Italian time", "Italian hours", or "old Czech time", the first hour started with the sunset Angelus bell (or at the end of dusk, i.e., half an hour after sunset, depending on local custom and geographical latitude). The hours were numbered from 1 to 24. For example, in Lugano, the sun rose in December during the 14th hour and noon was during the 19th hour; in June the sun rose during the 7th hour and noon was in the 15th hour. Sunset was always at the end of the 24th hour. The clocks in church towers struck only from 1 to 12, thus only during night or early morning hours. This manner of counting hours had the advantage that everyone could easily know how much time they had to finish their days work without artificial light.
Derived measures
air changes per hour (ACH), a measure of the replacements of air within a defined space used for indoor air quality
ampere hour (Ah), a measure of electrical charge used in electrochemistry
BTU-hour, a measure of power used in the power industry and for air conditioners and heaters
credit hour, a measure of an academic courses contracted instructional time per week for a semester
horsepower-hour (hph), a measure of energy used in the railroad industry
hour angle, a measure of the angle between the meridian plane and the hour circle passing through a certain point used in the equatorial coordinate system
kilometres per hour (km/h), a measure of land speed
kilowatt-hour (kWh), a measure of energy commonly used as an electrical billing unit
knot (kn), a measure of nautical miles per hour, used for maritime and aerial speed
man-hour, the amount of work performed by the average worker in one hour, used in productivity analysis
metre per hour (m/h), a measure of slow speeds
mile per hour (mph), a measure of land speed
passengers per hour per direction (p/h/d), a measure of the capacity of public transportation systems
pound per hour (PPH), a measure of mass flow used for engines fuel flow
work or working hour, a measure of working time used in various regulations, such as those distinguishing part- and full-time employment and those limiting truck drivers working hours or hours of service

See also
Liturgy of the Hours
Horology
Horae, the deified hours of ancient Greece and Rome
Hexadecimal hour, a proposed unit lasting 1 h 30 min
Decimal hour or deciday, a French Revolutionary unit lasting 2 h 24 min
Golden Hour & Blue Hour in photography
Metric time

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Further reading
Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996).