Below is a listing of common Gorean measurements, along with their Earth
equivalents:
DISTANCE
| GOREAN | EARTH (U.S.) | EARTH (METRIC) |
| 1 HORT | 1 and 1/4 inches | 3.2 centimeters (approx) |
| 1 GOREAN FOOT | 12 and 1/2 inches | 32 centimeters (approx 10 horts) |
| 1 AH-IL | 18 inches (approx*) | 46.15 centimeters (approx) |
| 1 AH-RAL | 180 inches | 461.5 centimeters |
| (10 ah-il) | (approx. 15 U.S feet) | (approx. 5 meters) |
| 1 PASANG | 7/10ths (.7) of a mile | 1.2 kilometers |
| (3,696 U.S feet) | (approx. 1232 meters) |
* An "ah-il" is the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger,
analogous to the Earth "cubit." It is typically standarized in Gorean
measure as being 18 U.S inches in length, as described above.
WEIGHT/MASS
| GOREAN | EARTH (U.S.) | EARTH (METRIC) |
| 1 GOREAN STONE | 4 U.S pounds | 1.8 kilograms (approx) |
| 1 GOREAN WEIGHT | 40 U.S pounds | 18.14 kilograms (approx 10 stone) |
LIQUID VOLUME
| GOREAN | EARTH (U.S.) | EARTH (METRIC) |
| 1 TALU | 2 U.S gallons | 7.5 liters (approx) |
SOLID VOLUME The following measurements are "trade weights," meaning that they are, like the ah-il, variable according to the hand size of the measurer. Nevertheless, due to their ease of use, they are retained by the Goreans as practical ways to measure solid volume in a distributory environment, particularly in trade-based Gorean settings where standardized measurements are not available for handy measurement : 1 TEF= a closed handful of whatever produce (such as dates) is being weighed. 6 tefs equals one "tefa." 1 TEFA= 6 tefs (or closed handfuls), or roughly the amount of merchandise it would take to fill a small basket. 5 tefas equal 1 "huda." 1 HUDA= 5 tefa, or small baskets full. In addition, it only stands to reason that Goreans would also rely upon the "squared measure" of their distance units in measuring solid mass as well as space. The use of the Gorean "square foot" is highly likely, as is the "square hort," the "square ah-il" and "square ah-ral," and the "square pasang."