Hour (disambiguation)

Last updated November 04, 2025

An hour is a unit of measurement of time.

Measurement

Hour angle, the measurement of angle in units of hours
- Right ascension, the astronomical unit of measure of angle
light hour or hour, distance equivalent to that travelled by light in vacuum in one hour

Decimal hour, an alternate form of hour time
Carnegie Unit and Student Hour or credit-hours, a measurement of completed coursework at a college or university.
man-hour or hour, a measurement of work done by people
hour unit in time-based currency
hour meter or hours, a device of measuring hours of usage
hour hand or hour, a arm on a clock
Chinese hour in traditional Chinese timekeeping

Canonical hours or liturgical hours, divisions of the day in Christianity
- Book of Hours, a printed book or often a manuscript containing prayers for such hours (e.g., the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves")
Day of Resurrection, the Day of Judgement in Islam, also known as "The Hour"
Horae (Hours), deities in Greek mythology, goddesses of the seasons
Relative hour in Judaism, a variable length hour by splitting daylight and nighttime into 12 hour segments each

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

The Hours (novel), a 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham
Mrs Dalloway , a novel by Virginia Woolf that had the working title "The Hours"

The Hour (newspaper), a daily newspaper by in Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.
Hour Community , a weekly entertainment newspaper published in Montreal, earlier known as Hour

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

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
Humanity: Hour I , 2007 album by the Scorpions

"Hours", a song by TV on the Radio from the album Return to Cookie Mountain
"The Hours", a song by Beach House from the album Bloom
"The Hours", a song by Handsome Boy Modeling School from the album White People
"Hour I", 2007 song by the Scorpions off the eponymous album Humanity: Hour I