Calendar

Drafted by engerks

10 months per year, each lasting 40 days. The year begins with early spring.

Newyear, Yondallish, Latherion, Firstfruits, Pelorion, Kordish, Obadish, Moradon, Mist, Frost

Newyear and Yondallish are springtime, and Yondallish is the most important planting time.

Summertime corresponds to Latherion, Firstfruits, and Pelorion. Many early vegetables and fruits are harvested during the month of Firstfruits. Pelorion is the warmest month.

Autumn is Kordish and Obadish; Obadish is the largest harvest time.

Moradon, Mist, and Frost are the winter months; Frost is the coolest.

Several of the months are named for the principal gods of the Enclave, and correspond to their main religious festivals.

There are 4 tendays (analogous to weeks, but longer) per month. Each tenday is named according to where it falls in the month:

Erstwek, Secwek, Irdwek, Orwek are the 1st through 4th tendays in each month, respectively.

The days in a tenday are named:

Erstday, Twoday, Treday, Forday, Fifday, Sixday, Sevday, Eitday, Ninday, Hinday.

Each day lasts 24 hours, divided into approximately 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night, regardless of season.

The Enclave Council meets every Fifday and Hinday.

Hinday is also a customary day of rest, and the Gazette is published and distributed each Hinday morning.

There are several market days throughout the Enclave:

Wheatville Market in Wheatville happens every Twoday.

Woolville Market in Woolville happens every Forday.

The Market in Centerville (which is the largest and most diverse) happens every Sixday.

The Miners' Exchange in Undertown happens every Eitday.

The Enclave and its surroundings experience seasons, but they are relatively undifferentiated. 'Summer' is a bit warmer and drier; 'winter' is a bit cooler and wetter. Climate is generally mild at all times of the year; snow rarely falls on the lowlands, but is visible on many nearby mountaintops. Crops are planted and harvested year-round, though the crops grown change with the seasons. Broadleaf trees only drop their leaves in unusually cool winters.
Festivals and important occasions; festival days generally mean another day off work for most of the Enclave population:

New Year's Day, 1 Newyear

Festival of the Balladeer, a music and dancing festival in Mudville, 21 Yondallish

Ceremony of the Quickening (Yondalla's blessing on the planting and new growth), 40 Yondallish

Reconstruction Day, 13 Latherion (see Timeline of the Enclave)

Apogee of Pelor (midsummer and main festival of Pelor), 21 Pelorion

Festival of the Half-Orcs at the Arena, 1 Kordish

Harvest Festival in Wheatville, 35 Obadish

The Perseverance of Moradin (main festival of Moradin; epic songs extolling the deeds of Moradin and his allies), 1 Moradon

Annual Warriors' Guild combat festival at The Arena, 36 Moradon

Other events at the Arena could be added

The Merrymaking of Garl (a lighthearted festival of delicious treats and gift-giving, in anticipation of the coming spring), 14 Frost