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Universal Hour of Peace

A City of Maplewood council record documents a proclamation for Universal Hour of Peace from 11:30 p.m. on 31 December 2023 through 12:30 a.m. on 1 January 2024, requested by the School of Metaphysics.

Date / rule11:30 p.m. 31 December–12:30 a.m. 1 January in documented proclamations/tradition
ScopeSchool of Metaphysics peace-meditation initiative / locally proclaimed editions
VerificationMunicipal Proclamation Plus Organizer Tradition Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Universal Hour of Peace?

A City of Maplewood council record documents a proclamation for Universal Hour of Peace from 11:30 p.m. on 31 December 2023 through 12:30 a.m. on 1 January 2024, requested by the School of Metaphysics.

Date and recurrence

11:30 p.m. 31 December–12:30 a.m. 1 January in documented proclamations/tradition

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is School of Metaphysics peace-meditation initiative / locally proclaimed editions. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Universal Hour of Peace

Classification

Topic and context

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Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. City of Maplewood council packet — Universal Hour of Peace proclamationMunicipal Record
  2. School of MetaphysicsOrganizer
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Universal Hour of Peace?

11:30 p.m. 31 December–12:30 a.m. 1 January in documented proclamations/tradition The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve the current School of Metaphysics/participating locality edition; historical evidence supports a cross-year one-hour window centered on midnight..

Does Universal Hour of Peace fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Universal Hour of Peace an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: School of Metaphysics peace-meditation initiative / locally proclaimed editions. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Universal Hour of Peace?

The stored designation basis is: A City of Maplewood council record documents a proclamation for Universal Hour of Peace from 11:30 p.m. on 31 December 2023 through 12:30 a.m. on 1 January 2024, requested by the School of Metaphysics.. Supporting provenance includes City of Maplewood council packet — Universal Hour of Peace proclamation. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Universal Hour of Peace international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: School of Metaphysics peace-meditation initiative / locally proclaimed editions. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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