The Aen Calendar

The Aen Calendar, unlike most everything else under Welan's watch, has changed little in ten thousand years. Since the year 982, when the self-styled Slave Emperor of the Docks at Aen (Aenkayserr Ruod), Kaerhyl D'Gaern, adopted the Noruunan Seramdálaeo as his official calendar of record, the only significant changes have been to drop the trailing syllable of the Noruunan daee and otherwise adapt archaic Noruunan constructions to forms less likely to tie the tongue. "Gawenwyndaee" to "Gonwynday," "Ar'Durdaee" to "Arday," and the stammer inducing "Oun'Gawenwyn Sededaee" to "Algonday." Noruun of course, has resisted these changes and the Seramdálaeo remains as it was when First Aeger Wryqan began recording dates on his mona proofs in the style of the Corriallain Karem.

The year is divided in 12 months: Mar, Lesthis, Gheyrich, Byr, Quiyene, Sielle, Dur, Shandine, Verdine, Dachten, Porelle, and Nevelle. Each month is further divided in two Quiyana of fifteen days. The first Quiyana, Ar, is composed of the weeks Wer and Ar. The second Quiyana, Ba'Ar, holds the weeks Myr and Ba'Ar. Each week has seven days: Merrihynday, Tyrday, Faelday, Midnday, Beynday, Corrilday and Perrynday. The day of rest, Gonwynday falls before Merrihynday in the weeks of Ar and Ba'Ar. The six feast days lie outside months and weeks. In addition to Algonday (the last day of the year), the four primary feast days track the seasons. Maidenday (the first day of the year) is the Spring Equinox. Welanday falls on the Summer Solstice, Arday on the Autumnal Equinox and Norday on the Winter Solstice. Primaday is celebrated once every four years following Algonday and marks the end of each Primature.

Standard notation for recording dates in the Aen Calendar consists of writing the name of the month, followed by the week, the day and the year since the construction of Temple Aen and occassionally, the name of the age. Short notation is to write the year and the day of the year separated by a dot.
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