Calendar and Timekeeping

Samorian Calendar

The Samorian Calendar and its variants are the most widespread across Nalbadonas, and even used on other continents.
It is a combination of a annual solar and monthly lunar calendar repeating in its entirety in a cycle of seven years.

Each month begins on the new moon. Thus, each month is exactly 28 days long, and further divided into four seven-day weeks. The name of the month is derived by the constellation containing the new moon. As such, on occasion, a month repeats itself. Some of these constellations are part of the Gnomish Zodiac. The Gnomish Zodiac divides the sky into nine houses, and names each house for a constellation that appears within it.

The names of the days of the week are as follows:

English	Tithagry	Taular	Maritime Common	Ramat	Solierthan	Olve	Luosa	Enduad
Monday	Ulpon	Bouquem	Foiga	Évréjat	Avracha	Avlaġaia	Oreadjo	Erueiod
Tuesday	Thyspon	Suzquem	Stoiga	Shujat	Thosia	Hoġaia	Tsuosho	Diushiod
Wednesday	Beorpon	Vaurquem	Pulga	Pöijat	Pueria	Pùliaia	Poio	Baaiod
Thursday	Chatrepon	Hruaiquem	Kâthlega	Sharviat	Kadrocha	Kadruaia	Koatiudjo	Kodruiiod
Friday	Molspon	Meuzquem	Maiga	Möizéjat	Melsacha	Melsaġaia	Masseadjo	Miarsheiod
Saturday	Sejpon	Paigquem	Spaga	Puesat	Peza	Pesaia	Piecho	Bitsiod
Sunday	Calpon	Aukquem	Fâiga	Saijat	Tharia	Saġraia	Shoarro	Horiod

The names of the months are as follows:

English	Constellation	Tithagry	Taular	Maritime Common
March	The Bear	Suthlicun	Zosliom	Sostiaifo
April	The Hunter	Idaljis	Idaugiz	Ithâihi
May	The Lion	Toliphsun	Telipsom	Tayaiso
June	The Owl	Gathaksis	Quasaepiz	Gâstâspi
July	The Dragon	Tirgom	Tirguemb	Tilva
August	The Hound	Dathmirl	Dasmiur	Thâstmil
September	The Tortoise	Khythpi	Whusqui	Dust
October	The Hare	Agruthgom	Aeruos	Ahlostva
November	The Water Gatherer	Masklon	Maezlen	Mâja
Hestember	The Fish	Oglemir	Eiluaemir	Oshemil
December	The Ship	Coglenthil	Heiluaensiu	Kashensti
January	The Boar	Idlan	Idlam	Aithia
February	The Monkey	Glythmarl	Luüsmaur	Shustmal

The Seven-year Cycle

	Year 1: Oak	Year 2: Rose	Year 3: Vine	Year 4: Cedar	Year 5: Thistle	Year 6: Fig	Year 7: Lotus
Months	March	March	March	March	March	March	March
	April	April	April	April	April	April	April I
	May	May	May	May	May	May	April II
	June I	June	June	June	June	June	May
	June II	July I	July	July	July	July	June
	July	July II	August	August	August	August	July
	August	August	September	September	September	September	August
	September	October	October	October	October	October	September
	October	November I	November	November	November	November	October
	November	November II	Hestember	December	December	December	November
	December	December	December	January I	January	January	December
	January	January	January	January II	February I	February	January
	February	February	February	February	February II		February
Vernal Equinox	12th of April	8th of April	4th of April	28th of March	24th of March	20th of March	16th of April I
Summer Solstice	18th of June II	14th of July I	10th of July	6th of July	2nd of July	26th of June	22nd of June
Autumnal Equinox	24th of September	20th of October	16th of October	12th of October	8th of October	4th of October	28th of September
Winter Solstice	2nd of January	26th of December	22th of December	18th of January I	14th of January	10th of January	6th of January

Notes

• Year 2 of the cycle has no month of September.
• Year 3 of the cycle has a month of Hestember; no other year of the cylce has this month¹

The New Year

In some places, New Year's Day is observed on the first of April (I). In this case, most years have 364 days, except for the sixth year of the cycle, which only has 336.
In other places, New Year's Day is observed with the Vernal Equinox, giving each year exactly 360 days. In this system, years 4 through 6 of the cycle begin with March I, years 1, 2, and 6 end with April II, and year 7 of the cycle ends with April III.
This causes some discrepancies in records of events and dates between the first of April and the vernal equinox occuring in different places.

The Gnomish Calendar

The first Calendar was that of the Gnomes. They divided the sky equally into nine houses, and names each for a constellation that appears within it. They constructed a solar calendar based on the position of the sun within these houses, as such, each House is exactly 40 days long. However, as the Gnomish week is 12 days long, this divides each month into 3¹/₃^rd weeks.

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Categories: The Known World, History, Cultures

Footnotes

1. In some places, November II of the second year is also called Hestember