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The Calendar of Harptos is the calendar used across most of Faerûn, created by the wizard Harptos of Kaalinth. It splits the calendar into 12 months, each made of three tendays, for a total of thirty days. There are also five days that lie outside of a month, for a total of 365 days per year. And yes, the Harptos calendar also allows for leap years.
The Calendar of Harptos is the calendar used across most of Faerûn, created by the wizard Harptos of Kaalinth. It splits the calendar into 12 months, each made of three tendays, for a total of thirty days. There are also five days that lie outside of a month, for a total of 365 days per year. And yes, the Harptos calendar also allows for leap years.
Dates are typically written with the number of the date of the month followed by the month, so for example '7th Mirtul' or '7 Mirtul'. If precision is needed it could also be written as, for example, 'the seventh day of the first tenday of Mirtul'.


== Months and Festivals ==
== Months and Festivals ==


# Hammer
# Hammer
## Midwinter falls between Hammer 30 and Alturiak 1
## Midwinter falls between 30 Hammer and 1 Alturiak
# Alturiak
# Alturiak
# Ches (Spring Equinox is on Ches 19)
# Ches (Spring Equinox is on 19 Ches)
# Tarsakh
# Tarsakh
## Greengrass falls between Tarsakh 30 and Mirtul 1
## Greengrass falls between 30 Tarsakh and 1 Mirtul
# Mirtul
# Mirtul
# Kythorn (Summer Solstice is on Kythorn 20)
# Kythorn (Summer Solstice is on 20 Kythorn)
# Flamerule
# Flamerule
## Midsummer falls between Flamerule 30 and Eleasis 1
## Midsummer falls between 30 Flamerule and 1 Eleasis
## Every four years, Shieldmeet occurs the day after Midsummer
## Every four years, Shieldmeet occurs the day after Midsummer
# Eleasis
# Eleasis
# Eleint (Autumn Equinox is on Eleint 21)
# Eleint (Autumn Equinox is on 21 Eleint)
## Highharvestide falls between Eleint 30 and Marpenoth 1
## Highharvestide falls between 30 Eleint and 1 Marpenoth
# Marpenoth
# Marpenoth
# Uktar
# Uktar
## Feast of the Moon falls between Uktar 30 and Nightal 1
## Feast of the Moon falls between 30 Uktar and 1 Nightal
# Nightal (Winter Solstice is on Nightal 20)
# Nightal (Winter Solstice is on 20 Nightal)

Revision as of 15:36, 12 May 2023

The Calendar of Harptos is the calendar used across most of Faerûn, created by the wizard Harptos of Kaalinth. It splits the calendar into 12 months, each made of three tendays, for a total of thirty days. There are also five days that lie outside of a month, for a total of 365 days per year. And yes, the Harptos calendar also allows for leap years.

Dates are typically written with the number of the date of the month followed by the month, so for example '7th Mirtul' or '7 Mirtul'. If precision is needed it could also be written as, for example, 'the seventh day of the first tenday of Mirtul'.

Months and Festivals

  1. Hammer
    1. Midwinter falls between 30 Hammer and 1 Alturiak
  2. Alturiak
  3. Ches (Spring Equinox is on 19 Ches)
  4. Tarsakh
    1. Greengrass falls between 30 Tarsakh and 1 Mirtul
  5. Mirtul
  6. Kythorn (Summer Solstice is on 20 Kythorn)
  7. Flamerule
    1. Midsummer falls between 30 Flamerule and 1 Eleasis
    2. Every four years, Shieldmeet occurs the day after Midsummer
  8. Eleasis
  9. Eleint (Autumn Equinox is on 21 Eleint)
    1. Highharvestide falls between 30 Eleint and 1 Marpenoth
  10. Marpenoth
  11. Uktar
    1. Feast of the Moon falls between 30 Uktar and 1 Nightal
  12. Nightal (Winter Solstice is on 20 Nightal)
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