Calendar

The Calendar of Ardurach
The calendar of Ardurach, in its current form, was developed in the year 237 by the cleric Hera of Rettia, and is sometimes called the Herrian Calendar. It is in use in all of the major kingdoms of Palagos. The Orcholds of Grevan il-Vec are the only major exception to this, preferring to use their ancestral traditions.

The year is divided into 365 days. Every 12 years, three days are added to the end of the second month, Calistril. These days are set aside as holy to the gods, and in most kingdoms, are celebrated with feasting.

Years
The years of the Herrian Calendar are set down in 100 year cycles, each year named for a creature, element, astronomical event, or the like. Although the exact year since the Cataclysm is often given, as in 434 or 588, many times the year is denoted by a single number to indicate the cycle, and the name of the year, as in 2 Fire, or 5 Comet. More recent scholarly works have used the following convention: the exact year since 0, and the cyclical name of the year, as in 534 - The Year of the Comet, and 215 - The Year of Fire.

For ease of use, however, the simple form will be used here, namely, the exact date since the Cataclysm.

Months
The calendar is divided into 12 months. The names below are given in Elven, with the Common name beside it, along with the number of days in that month:
 * Abadius - Frostcloak - 31 days (January)
 * Calistril - Windshock - 28 days (31 days in the 12th year, called a Godsyear.) (February)
 * Pharast - Waterwash - 31 days (March)
 * Gozran - Firstflower - 30 days (April)
 * Desnus - Brightbloom - 31 days (May)
 * Sarenith - Dawnfire - 30 days (June)
 * Erastus - Longday - 31 days (July)
 * Arodus - Highsun - 31 days (August)
 * Rova - Laterose - 30 days (September)
 * Lamashan - Harvestide - 31 days (October)
 * Neth - Firstsnow - 30 days (November)
 * Kuthona - Longnight - 31 days (December)

The Week
A week is considered a 7 day period, from one Sandiel, or Sunsday, to the next. The names below are given in Elven, with the Common name beside.
 * Sandiel - Sunsday (Sunday)
 * Ariel - Moonsday (Monday)
 * Niyaha - Toilsday (Tuesday)
 * Lielel - Windsday (Wednesday)
 * Adran - Stonesday (Thursday)
 * Samua - Firesday (Friday)
 * Hieliah - Watersday (Saturday)

Current Date
The Current Date is 663 - The Year of the Broken Sword, the 19th day of Dawnfire, a Stonesday. The common way of denoting this is:
 * Stonesday, the 19th of Dawnfire, 663 (Translation - Thursday, the 19th of June, in the year 663)