A standard hour (SH) that we normally use is 60 minutes long. A halachic hour (HH) is 1/12 of the time between the start of the day and the end. On a day where there is an equal length of day and night each halachic hour would be 60 minutes, but it is a different length all other days. (Berachos 26b)
Question: If a day begins at 6:50am and ends at 7:02pm how long is each HH between 6:50am and 7:02pm?
Answer: 6:50am to 7:02pm = 12 hours and 12 minutes in SH
12 hours x 60 minutes = 720 minutes, 720 minutes + 12 minutes = 732 minutes
732 / 12 = 61 minutes per HH.
