Calendar

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Gaia has a 24 day and a 365 day year but the names for the days and the divisions of the year has no consistency set by nature.

Dates are commonly given in years PA (or years Post Aruseus (BA is Before Aruseus) which refers to the date upon which Aruseus was given The Great Hammer)

Human[edit | edit source]

Old Acthalian[edit | edit source]

The months were most often referred to by an alternate names that rhymed in a ABAB CDCDC pattern.

Month number Month name Alternate Rhyming Name Begining day Ending day Number of days
1 Ice-Thaw Ice Thaw 45
2 Stream-Burst Stream Burst 45
3 Mountain-Roar Mountain Roar 45
4 Come-Grass Grass Durst 45
5 Deep-Fire Fire Burn 45
6 The Gathering Harvest Gather 45
7 Dead Days Trees Spurn or Children Quern 45
8 Chill Month Cold Lather 45
9 Deep-Night All Durn or Sun Spurn 4

New Achthalian[edit | edit source]

The Achthalian calendar was subsequently modernised in 737 to centre the winter solstice and bring the number of months up to 12

Month number Month name Begining day Ending day Number of days
1 Deep-Night
2 Snow Tide
3 Ice-Thaw
4 Stream-Burst
5 Mountain-Roar
6 Come-Grass
7 Deep-Fire
8 Still Days
9 Tree-Wane
10 The Gathering
11 Dead Days
12 Chill Month

Leon[edit | edit source]

Month number Month name Begining day Ending day Number of days
1 Noicy-Land
2 Fluffy-Land
3 Silent-Land
4 Dancing-Land
5 Green-Land
6 Bright-Land
7 Good-Land
8 Cold-Land
9 Dark-Land
10 Our-Day