The thirteen hour margin has a symbolic meaning and was not an arbitrary number chosen randomly. Sarah made her wish around midnight. This is the most powerful time when demons, goblins and other malevolent creatures can cross their dimension and enter the earthly realm. Moreover, according to folklore there is a time rift between midnight and one o' clock a.m. which is the nominal thirteenth hour. In order for this time circumvention to be activated, something jarring and horrible must happen just like Sarah's wish. In this movie, this element is altered with the thirteenth hour lasting for thirteen hours and not just sixty minutes. This is why the magical clock has thirteen numbers on it. Although it is never spelled out directly in this movie, the individuals who enter the Earthly dimension from the outer planes (or vice versa) manage to enter the time fissure. Although time flies in the thirteenth hour, it does not advance in the human world. The novelization confirms that when Sarah's parents return home, little time has gone by in the house as it is past midnight. Although Sarah spends many hours in the Goblin dimension, it is inferred that less than an hour has elapsed in the human world.

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