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− | An official calendar for the [[Unity Earth Sphere Alliance]] was not formally established until early in the [[Ages#The Second Age|Second Age]] by [[Pendragon]] [[Scott Sagen]]. The primary derivation of the new system was the establishment of the [[A.Y. System|Alliance Year]] count for counting years, and the system of [[Ages]] that would be used until the end of the Alliance. | + | An official calendar for the [[Unity Earth Sphere Alliance]] was not formally established until early in the [[Ages#The Second Age|Second Age]] by [[Pendragon]] [[Scott Sagen]]. The primary derivation of the new system was the establishment of the [[A.Y. System|Alliance Year]] count for counting years, and the system of [[Ages]] that would be used until the end of the Alliance. It is an arbitrary calendar based on a cyclical count of days on [[Aren]]. |
− | The Calendar itself was a 365-day cycle based on the [[Ataya|Atayan]] calendar, which itself was based on the calendar of the ancestral [[Clans#The Lion Clan|Lion Clan]], believed to be similar in form to the the calendar of the [[Eladamri]]. The Lion Clan however used a lunar calendar, so while dates are expressed similarly, they do not correlate. The year is broken down into twelve months, each with between 30 or 31 days. Weeks are also used. | + | The Calendar itself was a 365-day cycle based on the [[Ataya|Atayan]] calendar, which itself was based on the calendar of the ancestral [[Clans#The Lion Clan|Lion Clan]], believed to be similar in form to the the calendar of the [[Eladamri]]. The Lion Clan however used a [[The Lion Calendar|lunar calendar]], so while dates are expressed similarly, they do not correlate. The year is broken down into twelve months, each with between 30 or 31 days. Weeks are also used. |
==Calendar layout== | ==Calendar layout== | ||
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+ | ==Notable Dates== | ||
+ | *The 13th Day of the 6th Month: Spring [[Intertwention Day]] | ||
+ | *The 13th Day of the 9th Month: Summer [[Intertwention Day]] | ||
+ | *The 13th Day of the 12th Month: Fall [[Intertwention Day]] | ||
+ | *The 25th Day of the 12th Month: [[Day of Dawn's Reflection]] | ||
+ | *The 365 Day of the Year: [[Alliance Holidays#Wash Day|Wash Day]] | ||
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+ | ===Solstices and Equinoxes=== | ||
+ | Because the Alliance calendar is arbitrary instead of solar, the dates move around but in defined patterns, progressing around a 3-day cycle that advances once each year. | ||
+ | *Vernal Equinox - 19th-21st day of the 3rd month | ||
+ | *Summer Solstice - 21st-22nd day of the 6th month | ||
+ | *Celestial Equinox - 22nd-24th day of the 9th month | ||
+ | *Winter Solstice - 20th-22nd day of the 12th month | ||
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+ | The date-cycles are offset from each other. In A.Y. 10(Alliance Year 0) the days fell as such: | ||
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+ | *Vernal Equinox - 19th day of the 3rd month | ||
+ | *Summer Solstice - 23rd day of the 6th month | ||
+ | *Celestial Equinox - 24th day of the 9th month | ||
+ | *Winter Solstice - 20th day of the 12th month | ||
==History== | ==History== |
Latest revision as of 03:29, 28 September 2021
An official calendar for the Unity Earth Sphere Alliance was not formally established until early in the Second Age by Pendragon Scott Sagen. The primary derivation of the new system was the establishment of the Alliance Year count for counting years, and the system of Ages that would be used until the end of the Alliance. It is an arbitrary calendar based on a cyclical count of days on Aren.
The Calendar itself was a 365-day cycle based on the Atayan calendar, which itself was based on the calendar of the ancestral Lion Clan, believed to be similar in form to the the calendar of the Eladamri. The Lion Clan however used a lunar calendar, so while dates are expressed similarly, they do not correlate. The year is broken down into twelve months, each with between 30 or 31 days. Weeks are also used.
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Calendar layout
Exact dates are given in a number of ways. Months of the year do not have specific universally recognized names, instead they are numbered, both twelve for the year and three for each season as the seasons occurred in Arindell during the start of the Golden Age. Exact dates are expressed as the day of the month or the day of the season.
While the dates do not correspond exactly to the actual seasons (especially accounting for regional variations), the recognized first day of winter is the first day of the year, with each season "lasting" three months. Much like many other aspects of the Alliance calendar, this can get more than a little confusing, especially accounting for regional variances.
Dates can be expressed in a number of ways. The Alliance standard date code is Day-Month-Year, so "The first day of the first month of the year" or 1-1-11 for the first official day of the Alliance according to the Alliance calendar.
Yearly Calendar
Date formats: Day of Month | Day of Season | Day of Year
1st | 1 | 1
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Notable Dates
- The 13th Day of the 6th Month: Spring Intertwention Day
- The 13th Day of the 9th Month: Summer Intertwention Day
- The 13th Day of the 12th Month: Fall Intertwention Day
- The 25th Day of the 12th Month: Day of Dawn's Reflection
- The 365 Day of the Year: Wash Day
Solstices and Equinoxes
Because the Alliance calendar is arbitrary instead of solar, the dates move around but in defined patterns, progressing around a 3-day cycle that advances once each year.
- Vernal Equinox - 19th-21st day of the 3rd month
- Summer Solstice - 21st-22nd day of the 6th month
- Celestial Equinox - 22nd-24th day of the 9th month
- Winter Solstice - 20th-22nd day of the 12th month
The date-cycles are offset from each other. In A.Y. 10(Alliance Year 0) the days fell as such:
- Vernal Equinox - 19th day of the 3rd month
- Summer Solstice - 23rd day of the 6th month
- Celestial Equinox - 24th day of the 9th month
- Winter Solstice - 20th day of the 12th month
History
Atayans were somewhat unique among cultures of the region in that they did not use either a lunar calendar or one based around the equinoxes. When the society was still a group of simple farmers, they took up the tradition of counting the first day of winter as the first of the year. By the time extant records began, the first day frost appeared at dawn in a specific field became "the first day" for all of Ataya. This obviously caused significant problems with record-keeping, as it meant that the length of each year varied, sometimes heavily, and the actual date of the first day could take several days to reach the outlying provinces.
Sometime around the end of the Dynastic Period, the Attayans fixed the date at a seemingly random point(not aligned with any lunar or solar events) for the first of the year and the first day of winter, and declared that going forward a new year would begin every 365 days. This calendar had already been long in use by Eieber's era, and was thus adopted for the new Alliance.