hour An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as of a day and scientifically reckoned between 3,599 and 3,601 seconds, depending on the speed of Earth's rotation. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 ho ...

is a unit of measurement of time. (The) Hour(s) may also refer to:

Time

Canonical hours In the practice of Christianity, canonical hours mark the divisions of the day in terms of fixed times of prayer at regular intervals. A book of hours, chiefly a breviary, normally contains a version of, or selection from, such prayers. In ...

or liturgical hours, divisions of the day in Christianity **

Book of Hours The book of hours is a Christian devotional book used to pray the canonical hours. The use of a book of hours was especially popular in the Middle Ages and as a result, they are the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscrip ...

, a printed book or often a manuscript containing prayers for such hours (e.g., the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves") *

Horae In Greek mythology the Horae () or Horai () or Hours ( grc-gre, Ὧραι, Hōrai, , "Seasons") were the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time. Etymology The term ''horae'' comes from the Proto-Indo-European ("year"). F ...

(Hours), deities in Greek mythology *

Carnegie Unit and Student Hour The Carnegie Unit and the Student Hour are strictly time-based references for measuring educational attainment used by American universities and colleges; the Carnegie Unit assesses secondary school attainment, and the Student Hour, derived from the ...

or credit-hours, a measurement of completed coursework at a college or university.

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''The Hours'' (engraving), by Francesco Bartolozzi, based on a painting by Maria Cosway

Literature

* ''The Hours'' (novel), a 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham * ''

Mrs Dalloway ''Mrs. Dalloway'' is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published on 14 May 1925, that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels. The working ...

'', a novel by Virginia Woolf that had the working title "The Hours"

Periodicals

* ''The Hour'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper by in Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. * ''

Hour Community ''Hour'' was an English-language urban news weekly paper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Communications Voir. Its president-publisher was Pierre Paquet, the editor-in-chief was Kevin Laforest. The first issue was published on February ...

'', a weekly entertainment newspaper published in Montreal, earlier known as ''Hour''

Television

* ''Hour Magazine'', a 1980–1988 syndicated talk show hosted by Gary Collins * ''The Hour'' (2009 TV programme), a 2009–2011 Scottish early evening lifestyle television programme, broadcast on STV * ''The Hour'' (2011 TV series), a 2011–2012 British television drama series set in 1956 that aired on BBC * ''

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight ''George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight'' (originally known as ''The Hour'') is a Canadian television talk show hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos that aired on CBC Television from 2005 to 2014. As ''The Hour'', the show was so named, as it was a dail ...

'', a 2005–2014 Canadian late-night talk show known from 2005 to 2010 as ''The Hour''

Films

* ''The Hours'' (film), a 2002 drama film directed by Stephen Daldry * ''Hours'' (2013 film), a 2013 thriller film

Music

The Hours (band) The Hours was an English rock band, formed in 2004 by Antony Genn and Martin Slattery. Career Antony Genn got his start as a 16-year-old joining Pulp and went on to play with Elastica and Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. He went on to co-wr ...

* ''Hours'' (David Bowie album), a 1999 album by British musician David Bowie * ''Hours'' (Funeral for a Friend album), a 2005 album by Welsh rock band Funeral for a Friend * ''The Hours'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack composed by Philip Glass to the film of the same name * "Hours", a song by TV on the Radio from the album ''

Return to Cookie Mountain ''Return to Cookie Mountain'' is the second studio album by American rock band TV on the Radio. It was released July 6, 2006, worldwide by 4AD, and issued in the U.S. and Canada on September 12, 2006, by Interscope Records and Touch and Go Record ...

'' * "The Hours", a song by Handsome Boy Modeling School from the album ''

White People White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European origin, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view. Description of populations as ...

'' * ''The Hours'' (opera), 2022 opera by Kevin Puts

Places

* Hours, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in France * Hour, a part of the Walloon municipality of

Houyet Houyet () is a municipality of Wallonia in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,485 inhabitants. The total area is 122.31 km², giving a population density of 37 inhabitants per km². The municipality con ...

in Belgium

Other uses

Right ascension Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol ) is the angular distance of a particular point measured eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point in question above the earth. When paired w ...

, the astronomical unit of measure of angle *

Hour record The hour record is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle from a stationary start. Cyclists attempt this record alone on the track without other competitors present. It is considered one of the most prestigious re ...

, the hour-long bicycle race *

Day of Resurrection In Islam, "the promise and threat" () of Judgment Day ( ar, یوم القيامة, Yawm al-qiyāmah, Day of Resurrection or ar, یوم الدین, italic=no, Yawm ad-din, Day of Judgement), when "all bodies will be resurrected" from the dead, ...

, the Day of Judgement in Islam, also known as "The Hour" {{disambiguation