diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/LightShare/EnvironmentModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/LightShare/EnvironmentModule.cs
index 8f58f21896..806559e630 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/LightShare/EnvironmentModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/LightShare/EnvironmentModule.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.LightShare
         private int m_regionEnvVersion = -1;
 
         private double m_framets;
-        private float m_dayFrac;
 
         #region INonSharedRegionModule
         public void Initialise(IConfigSource source)
@@ -448,6 +447,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.LightShare
                             if (VEnv == null)
                             {
                                 // need a proper clone
+                                VEnv = new ViewerEnviroment();
                                 OSD otmp = m_DefaultEnv.ToOSD();
                                 byte[] btmp = OSDParser.SerializeLLSDXmlToBytes(otmp);
                                 otmp = OSDParser.DeserializeLLSDXml(btmp);
@@ -802,6 +802,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.LightShare
             return Utils.Clamp(dayfrac, 0f, 1f);
         }
 
+        [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImpl(System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public float GetRegionDayFractionTime()
+        {
+            return GetDayFractionTime(GetRegionEnviroment());
+        }
+
         [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImpl(System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
         public int GetDayLength(ViewerEnviroment env)
         {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IEnvironmentModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IEnvironmentModule.cs
index 65d541c241..3be3e538a9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IEnvironmentModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IEnvironmentModule.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces
         RegionLightShareData ToLightShare();
         byte[] GetDefaultAssetData(int type);
 
+        float GetRegionDayFractionTime();
         int GetRegionDayLength();
         int GetRegionDayOffset();
         Vector3 GetRegionSunDir(float altitude);