The Chronoflux framework treats time as a conserved hydrodynamic medium described by a continuity invariant ∇_μ (ρₜ u^μ) =0. Within this formulation, rest mass, inertial mass, and gravitational mass arise from different couplings of matter to the temporal density field. Spatial gradients of the temporal density produce excess inertial response consistent with dark matter phenomena, divergence of the temporal flow produces negative pressure consistent with cosmic acceleration, and relaxation of the temporal medium produces epoch-dependent expansion rates consistent with the Hubble tension. The theory is derived from a covariant action with explicit conservation constraints, is dimensionally consistent with the Einstein equations, and reduces to general relativity in the equilibrium limit. Worked examples are given at galactic, cosmological, and weak-field scales, showing that multiple anomalies can arise from different regimes of the same conserved temporal field without introducing new particle sectors or modifying the geometric structure of general relativity.
Roy Herbert (Tue,) studied this question.