Calendar of Harptos

Calendar of Harptos
The calendar in the Western Continent consists of twelve thirty-day months. Furthermore, the majority of the West celebrates five major holidays, each tied to the transition of a season or, in the case of First Day, the beginning of a new year.

The system was developed in the early years of the ancient Empire, and was created by the High Priest Harptos.

Each month is divided into three, ten day weeks called a Tenday.

--Moonday 

 --Toliday 

 --Wealday 

 --Yonday 

 --Oathday 

 --Fireday 

 --Oghday 

 --Starday 

 --Sunday

LIST OF MONTHS
Each month has a name in Tevene, the Ancient tongue, the people of the West commonly use the “low” names. The Tevene names are listed first, followed by the more common name for the month.

1: Verimensis / Wintermarch

2: Pluitanis / Guardian

3: Nubulis / Drakonis

4: Eluviesta / Cloudreach

5: Molioris / Bloomingtide

6: Ferventis / Justinian

7: Solis / Solace

8: Matrinalis / August

9: Parvulis / Kingsway

10: Frumentum / Harvestmere

11: Umbralis / Firstfall

12: Cassus / Haring

Wintermarch
01: First Day (Traditional start of the new year, involves visits to neighbors and family (in remote areas, this was once an annual check to ensure everyone was alive) as well as a town gathering to commemorate the year past, accompanied by drinking and merriment.

06: Vault Day

30: Foundation Day

Guardian
01: Wintersend (Once called “Urthalis”. It celebrates The Maiden and celebrates the end of winter and coincides with tourneys and contests at the Proving Grounds. In southern lands, this holiday has become a day of gathering for trade, theater and, in some areas, the arrangement of marriages.)

03: Merrymead

19: Treaty of Egorian

28: Batul al-Alim

Drakonis
05: Day of Bones

15: Vernal Carpentry Court

26: Conquest Day

30: Firstbloom

Cloudreach
07: Currentseve 

15: Taxfest

16-30: Wrights of Augustana

Bloomington
01: Summerday (Universally celebrated as the beginning of summer, a time for joy and, commonly, marriage. Boys and girls ready to come of age don white tunics and gowns. They then join a grand procession that crosses the settlement to the local Chantry, where they taught the responsibilities of adulthood. Summerday is a particularly holy occasion in Orlais.

02-03: Ascendance Night

13: Old-Mage Day

Justinian
03: Independence Day

10: Burning Blades

21: Talon Tag

Summer Solstice: Ritual of Stardust

Solace
03: Archerfeast

14: Founding Festival

15-21:  Kianidi Festival

17: Burning Night

August
01: All Soul’s Day (A day spent in somber remembrance of the dead. In Brevoy and other northern lands, people dress as ghosts and walk the streets in parade after midnight. The Chantry uses the holiday remember to remember the death of the Great Prophet, with public fires that mark her immolation and plays that depict her death.

06: First Crusader Day

09: Day of Silenced Whispers

16: Armasse

Kingsway
First Sunday: SIlvergazer Sunday

Second Oathday: Signing Day

06: Start of Classes

16-30:  Autumnal Carpentry Court

19: Day of Inheritor

Autumn Equinox: Harvest Feast; Swallowtail Festival

Harvestmere
Second Moonday: Harvest Feast

06: Ascendance Day

27: Jestercap

30: Allbirth

Firstfall
01: Satinalia (A celebration of the moon, named Satina, it is an accomplished by wild celebration, the wearing of masks and named the town fool as ruler for a day. In Cavos, Satinalia lasts for a week or more, while a week of fasting follows. In more pious areas, large feasts and the giving of gifts mark the holiday.

08: Abjurant Day

14: Even-Tongued Day

18: Evoking Day

23: Day of Seven Veils

28: Transmutatum

Haring
Second Week: Winter Week

11: Ascension Day

25: Crystalhue

30: Night of the Pale