Nausicaa (part 1): James Joyce's Ulysses for Beginners #47

Nausicaa (part 1) is explained by Adam Savage in his life-altering "Ulysses for Beginners" series.
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[@AdamSavageland]

On second thought, I wouldn't necessarily link this episode's style with "Sweets of Sin." That novel (in the brief glimpse we get) seems more visceral and overt. This episode's style is coy, genteel.

[@Kylounette]

I am probably gonna come off as being pedantic here but oh, well.
The chapter is aknowledged as taking place between 8 and 9pm, and at the very end we hear the church ringing what i assume to be 9 (we even get 9 times 'cuckoo'). Right before that, Bloom sees what he thinks is a piece of paper that he "can't read", suggesting darkness. And anyway, it needs to be pretty dark already for a firework to take place.
But Dublin is fairly far up north (53°) and, I checked, on June 16th the sunset takes place around 9.55pm, which means that there is probably even half an hour more of light thanks to the twilight. So on that regard, the chapter is kinda off, and I find it peculiar that Joyce, having lived in Ireland many years, would not think of that.
On the other hand, Trieste does have a sunset on June 16th around 8.55pm, so perhaps this explains that...?

[@AdamSavageland]

Maybe he can't read it because of Stephen's illegible handwriting?

[@Kylounette]

​@@AdamSavageland That's a possibility yes. In a way I don't think it says anywhere that night is here, but still I am getting an overall impression that night is falling. You also say in this video that it's getting dark.

[@AdamSavageland]

Hmm, I'll have to keep an eye out for details next time I read it.

[@Kylounette]

@@AdamSavageland You know what, I found the answer. It actually says at the very beginning of the chapter "far away in the west the sun was setting". As to which my annotations says: "on June 16th 1904 sunset was at 8.27 pm in Dublin".
That is because daylight saving time was only introduced the following decade during the first World War, in order to save on coal. So they had sunset and sunrise in summertime one hour earlier than they do now.

[@AdamSavageland]

Aha, thanks for looking into it!