The following chart indicates the starting
times at which the Hours of the Monastic Office may be
begun.
Hour
Descriptive Times
of Day
Standard Time
Daylight Time
Anticipatory*Time
Typical
Time
Vespers
Twilight
(Sunset)
3:30 pm -8:00 pm
5:30 pm -9:00 pm
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Complines
Nightfall
4:00 pm - 8:30 pm
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
9:00 pm
Night Vigil
Late Midnight
3:00 am - 7:00 am
2:30 am - 6:30 am
8:00 pm - 2:30 am
12 pm
Morning
Solemnity
Daybreak
(Dawn)
4:30 am - 8:30 am
4:00 am - 8:00 am
9:30 pm - 4:00 am
1:30 am
Prime
Daylight
7:30 am - 8:30 am
6:30 am - 9:30 am
10:00 pm -7:00 am
6:00 am
Terce
Mid-Morning
8:30 am - 11:00 am
9:30 am - 12:00 am
7:30 am - 9:00 am
9:00 am
Sext
Noon
11:00 am -1:00 pm
12:00 am - 2:00 pm
9:30 am - 11:30 am
12:00 am
None
Mid-Afternoon
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
3:00 pm
*Hours
may be celebrated publicly, on certain occasions, by
anticipation, at the direction or permission of the
Abbot or Bishop of the Diocese.
On nights when the All Night Vigil is to be kept,
the Hours of Compline, Night Vigils, the Morning
Solemnity, and Prime may fellow in turn immediately
after Vespers with any interval of time.
Sunday
Mass
The
Divine Liturgy of St. Gregory the Great(Sarum
Use) begins with private confession at 10:45 am with
Holy Mass immediately following at 11:00 am.
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