Edjourian Calendar

Although the amount of time the planet of Mendala takes to orbit its sun is fixed, the Mendalian year is not. The logical year can be anywhere between 363 days and 367 days and is always determined by the epouranals. The reason behind this has never been explored or questioned. At the end of a year, one or more epouranals announce the coming of the new year, its length, and any prophetic word attached to the year.
Because of this, for the longest time, there were no official calendars on Mendala. Concepts such as weeks and months (or in the old language dennes and kontrans) existed but every domain handled the lengths of such things in a different way resulting in most people just counting the number of days from the beginning of the year. (i.e. Day 135 of Year 503 TS). This caused many problems as different people adhered to different schedules as far as what were considered workdays and what were considered days of rest.
In 804 TS, the Fantasma commissioned the creation of a unified calendar to server the entire world. Many were submitted and voted on. The one that gained massive popularity and appeal was the Edjourian Calendar, created by Yarwelgo Edjour. It has twelve months named after the twelve epourtherions with each month having three weeks with ten days each.
The unique aspect of Edjour’s calendar was that it handled the remaining three to seven days of the year in an elegant fashion. Between the 6th and 7th months of the year is the “Sunnin Solstice” a global celebration that had become popular over the previous century. This event, which before the adoption of the Edjourian Calendar, had been celebrated sporadically, easily allowed for the adjustment in days needed each year because it could be any length of time. The fact that Sunnin endorsed this as a way of having the Solstice at a fixed time each year made it extremely popular.
In the ancient Mendalian language, the word for month is “kontrans” and week is “dennes”. These terms are often used interchangeably despite the adoption of the common language as the official world language in 203 TS.
The Edjourian week has 7 workdays and 3 days of rest, which would translate to a seven day workweek and a three day weekend on Earth. However, the reality is that very few businesses are actually closed on days of rest. Most government facilities and businesses are open every day except for certain special days which are like holidays on Earth. Instead of having a consistent weekend for all workers, most people work a schedule specific to their job and personal life. There is really no concept of a set workweek or work hours that are standard for everyone.

Reading Edjourian Dates

Because there are always 3 weeks and 30 days in the Edjourian Calendar, the date is written by writing the week number, the day name, the month name, the year, and the era.

Edjourian Month (Kontran) Names	Edjourian Week (Denne) Day Names
The 12 months are named after the 12 epourtherions. Glorin Zandamin Trinnadin Lumin Alamin Candovin Estervin Gibanin Waynin Parmin Sunnandrin Zinidin	The Mendalian week has 7 workdays and 3 days of rest. Though the seven workdays have no significant naming, in 320 TA, the days of rest were officially renamed after the three moons. Unarnie Dunnie Trenie Qurnie Quinie Sectarnie Septenie Selender (formally Octender) Normender (formally Novender) Ener (formally Dender)

Here are some examples of how Edjourian calendar days are written

Example 1

• Day: 6
• Week: 2
• Month: 9
• Year: 404 TA
• Era: TA

Full Date: 2nd Sectarnie of Waynin, 404 TA
Abbreviated: 2-6-9-404

Example 2

• Day: 2
• Week: 3
• Month: 7
• Year: 2123
• Era: TS

Full Date: 3rd Dunnie of Estervin, 2123 TS
Abbreviated: 3-2-7-2123

The Sunnin Solstice falls between the 6th and 7th months and is not a full week. Despite these differences, the date is still written in almost the same way in order to conform with the standard date structure.
Example

• Day: 2
• Week: Sunnin Solstice
• Year: 903
• Era: TA

Full Date: 1st Dunnie of Sunnin, 903 TA
Abbreviated: 1-2-S-903

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