Chronanese Calendar

In the faith of the Gods of Time and Order, eight is a holy number that encompasses everything. There are 24 hours in a day, 8 days in a week, 40 days in a month, and in a year there are 320 days, 40 weeks and 8 months. All time is divisible by eight, which is also the amount of the true gods. The weekdays and months are also named after the eight gods in the calendar used in Chronan.

Ages

The calendar counts years since the gathering of the Eight Prophets when the Steaming Age is thought to have begun, following the Ashen Age that came before it. The Ashen Age was the long and harsh period of time that started when a meteor known as The Fellstar struck the world. The ancient era before the meteor is often referred to as the Gilded Age or the Warring Age, depending on the source, and the times before written history are known as the Primal Age.

Clock

The Chronanese clockface is divided into eight segments representing hours. One hour is made of 64 minutes, so each segment in the clockface contains 8 minutes. During a full day, the hour hand of the clock spins a full circle three times. The first eight hours in a day are known as Morningtime (MT), the next eight hours as Noontime (NT) and the last eight hours as Eveningtime (ET). Midday is at 4 NT, and midnight is at 8 ET, after which a new day is counted to begin. Many clocks have a special mechanism that show which round it is currently on, helpful to those who work indoors or underground.

Weekdays

Aegiday (a national day of rest)

Palladay (a day when every city council holds a meeting)

Triday (a popular day for markets and weddings)

Philoday (a popular day for tests in schools and academies)

Kreussday (a popular day to open new buildings and introduce new inventions)

Zaumaday (a popular day for trials)

Elethday (a popular day for funerals)

Manaday (a popular day for plays and concerts)

Months & Seasons

Newmoon (early spring)

Greenmoon (late spring)

Coppermoon (early summer)

Forgemoon (late summer)

Goldenmoon (early autumn)

Secretmoon (late autumn)

Ironmoon (early winter)

Silvermoon (late winter)

National Holidays

The Gearturning (the last day of Silvermoon and the first day of Newmoon, when the year changes, celebrated in honor of Aegias-Meteo, the main deity)

The Seedsow Festival (19th of Greenmoon, celebrated in honor of Tritiana Mater, the goddess of fertility, especially popular among halflings)

The Lucky Day (7th of Coppermoon, celebrated in honor of Elethrain, the goddess of wealth, when it is said to be more likely to find good fortune in business and in life)

The Steam Fair (first week of Forgemoon, celebrated in honor of Kreusstross, the god of inventions, when artificers from all over Chronan gather to Czenova to present their inventions)

The Week of Plenty (second week of Goldenmoon, when farmers arrive to the cities to sell the bulk of their harvest)

The Day of Harmony (26th of Goldenmoon, celebrated in honor of Politia Palladion, the goddess of civilization, when it is forbidden to fight or wage war. The city councils do not hold a meeting that day, but spend the day in temples worshipping the goddess that has granted them their power.)

The Day of Learning (12th of Secretmoon, held in honor of Philomelo, the god of knowledge, when it is customary for everyone to buy and read a new book)

The Haunting (39th of Secretmoon, when people lock into their houses to remember their dead relatives while their spirits are said to roam the streets)

The Five Days of Reckoning (each Zaumaday in Ironmoon, held in honor of Zaumaturge, the god of justice, when those with a death sentence are executed in troves to conserve food over the winter, except for the few lucky individual deemed innocent through a sign from the god)

The Darkest Day (the extra day in a leap year, occurring once every eight years between Ironmoon and Silvermoon, when the forces of chaos are said to be at large; it is customary for common people to take to the streets to celebrate wildly and ignore all laws)

The Moonlight Festival (24th of Silvermoon, celebrated in honor of Manadis, the god of art, when the cities of Chronan are flocked with performers)

Type

Natural