Six "second" definitions plotted on a single shared time axis. Each waveform's frequency is 1 / (size of that second in SI s), so a Quartz second (≈0.305 s) cycles fastest and a Mars second (≈1.027 s) slowest. The drift between curves is the actual signal — it is what makes each second-system distinct.
Counters below show the total ticks of each second-system that have elapsed since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC).
The same instant rendered in the six most-used civil calendars today: Gregorian (solar), Julian (proleptic), Hebrew (luni-solar), Islamic (lunar), Indian (luni-solar) and Chinese (luni-solar).
The Julian Day Number is the continuous day count since 4713 BCE noon UT — the universal denominator that all calendars convert through.
Live lunar phase, computed from the synodic period (29.530589 days) referenced to a known new moon. Illumination uses the standard fraction-of-disk formula (1 − cos(2π·phase)) / 2 and is shown to 9 decimal places.
Compact heliocentric view of all eight planets at their live J2000 phase. Hover any planet on the full Planetary page for detailed live ephemeris.
True-anomaly degrees for each planet (0° perihelion → 180° aphelion → 360° perihelion). The Σ sum and μ average across all 8 planets form a unique fingerprint of this moment.
True anomaly in degrees is the live angle of each planet within its current orbit, measured from its most recent perihelion (0°). At 180° it reaches aphelion; at 360° it returns to perihelion and the cycle resets. This is the same angle astronomers use.
Why apsides? Perihelion and aphelion form a core cycle — an orbit defined purely by a body and the single mass it orbits, with no dependence on any third body. This gives the cleanest, most fundamental rhythm to study. By contrast, something like the Moon's phase is a compound cycle: it depends on the constantly-shifting geometry of Sun, Earth and Moon together.
We also show % of orbit complete (0–100% per cycle) and angular frequency ω in radians per second — the constant rotational speed that defines the planet's "frequency" of orbit.
The Σ Sum and μ Average at the bottom form a unique 8-planet alignment signature that effectively never repeats — a fingerprint of this exact moment in solar-system history.
A composite health indicator computed from oscillator coherence, tick-rate variance, and IERS link availability. "Optimal" means all temporal feeds are within nominal tolerance.
The bar shows current coherence (98.80%) — a static snapshot, not a live waveform. The Temporal Flux panel below visualises the live waveform.
The Yb⁺ optical clock locks to the E3 octupole transition at 642.121 THz — currently the most accurate atomic-time reference in regular operation.
The "visual THz" value shown is a small modulation of that reference for live readability; the underlying frequency is fixed by atomic physics.
The animated temporal singularity — a visual representation of the convergence point where all reference oscillators (quartz, atomic, optical, planetary, lunar) phase-lock into a single coherent tick.
Rotation speed is modulated by the live coherence index; bloom intensity tracks the Yb⁺ optical transition.
Live composite waveform overlaying three references: the Yb⁺ optical transition (purple), Mars sol cadence (orange), and the Cs-133 microwave reference (white).
Frequencies are scaled to fit one screen — the relative phase drift between the curves is what carries information.
Each star's true-anomaly in degrees is computed live from its Keplerian orbit around Sagittarius A* — the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. 0° is pericenter (closest approach), 180° is apocenter, 360° returns to pericenter.
Why apsides? Pericenter and apocenter form a core cycle — an orbit defined purely by the star and the single mass it orbits (Sgr A*), with no dependence on any third body. This is the cleanest, most fundamental rhythm to study. Compound cycles (like a moon phase, which depends on three bodies shifting at once) are derivative; apsidal cycles are primary.
Solving Kepler's equation (M = E − e sin E) gives the exact angle within the orbit at this instant. Periods range from ~4 yr (S4716) to ~3580 yr (S85).
The Σ Sum and μ Average across every tracked star form a galactic-scale alignment signature — unique to this exact moment. This data is computed locally and cross-referenced with our internal apsis database; no public ephemeris service publishes these values live.
Tracks a chosen reference exoplanet (currently Kepler-442b, 1,194 light-years away). "Orbital phase" is its position in its 112.3-day orbit; "temporal drift" estimates the signal-light-time variance vs. our local clock.
Demo values — to be replaced with live ephemeris feeds.
Local civil time from your browser, with a high-precision millisecond readout. The "Unix Δ" line shows seconds since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC) — the same value Math.floor(Date.now()/1000) returns.
Effective sampling rate of the displayed clocks — how many discrete updates per second the engine is producing. The base value is anchored to the Planck-time scale and modulated by live coherence.
A 0–100% measure of how aligned the active oscillator ensemble currently is. 100% would mean every reference (quartz, Cs, Yb⁺, Mars sol, lunar) is in perfect phase agreement — physically unattainable but useful as a target.
Visualises the synchronization links between active reference clocks. Each illuminated cell represents a current phase-lock between two oscillator pairs.
Browser system clock — typically NTP-disciplined to within a few tens of milliseconds of UTC. "Core Synchronized" indicates the local clock is within tolerance of the platform tick.