Central Calendar
The near-universally employed calendar system of Aliffrüme, and a relic from the Hythean Era. It contains 660 days split into a sequential summer and winter semicycle, each with 9 months of 36 days and one intercalary week; all split into weeks of 6 days. A full cycle of the calendar is called a twïchircul, in Halanian. Every 20 cycles, a leap month consisting of 13 days is added to account for drift. The months, in Halanian, are as follows:
- Forma (Form-)
- Öðer (Öte-)
- Thridda (Thri-)
- Feorþa (Feor-)
- Fifta (Fit-)
- Siexta (Siex-)
- Seofoþa (Seof-)
- Eiatoþa (Eia-)
- Nijöþa (Nijö-)
During the summer semicycle, Sol- is prefixed to the month's name, while during the winter, Mone- is appended.
The days of the week–in Halanian–are, in order:
- Golatüimdajë
- Sielledajë
- Akafreydajë
- Arbladajë
- Gyllicadajë
- Fürehterdajë
Most commonly, the last 2 days of the week are considered days of rest, or in Halanian cultures specifically assigned to personal study. Under the following system, a complete statement of the day would be “Solötethriddes Arbladajë,” Arblad’s day of the third week of the second month of the first semester. A legal adult in most nations is 24 semicycles old, though a good number lower it to 18.
For the sake of clarity, this work will avoid using language-specific names, and will instead refer to them by ordinal (i.e. first day of, etc.) where possible.