The Harptosian Calendar


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People in Faerun use a calendar different from the standard (Gregorian) we're all used to in the real world. Like the standard calendar, the calendar in the Realms is divided into twelve months, but unlike the Gregorian calendar, each of these twelve months has thirty days.

Quick math will show you that this multiplies out to 360 days. The remaining five days of the year are special holidays: Midwinter, Greengrass, Midsummer, Highharvestide, and the Feast of the Moon. For what we consider February 29th, the Realms celebrates Shieldmeet. Shieldmeet, like February 29th, only occurs once every four years.

Below is a table listing the twelve months of the Faerun calendar, with their proper Faerun name, common name and Gregorian counterpart.

Harptosian Calendar
Month NameColloquial DescriptionGregorian month
HammerDeepwinterJanuary
Midwinter
AlturiakThe Claws of ColdFebruary
Chesof the SunsetsMarch
Tarsakhof the StormsApril
Greengrass
MirtulThe MeltingMay
KythornThe Time of FlowersJune
FlameruleSummertideJuly
Midsummer
Shieldmeet
ElasiasHighsunAugust
EleintThe FadingSeptember
Highharvestide
MarpenothLeafallOctober
UktarThe RottingNovember
The Feast of the Moon
NightalThe Drawing DownDecember

 

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