Months of the Common Year

The months of the common year have had different names through the centuries, depending upon the culture. These are the names commonly used as translated into English throughout the Pallathantic. The Common Year begins on Summer Solstice, considered the holiest day of the year, especially to the sun god, Amrulon. The duration of a month was originally conceived of as the lunar cycle of sunmoon which is about twenty five days long (24.366 exactly). There are about 384 days in the year.

The Arathracian Calendar, conversely, is used by the Arathracian Church for Arathracian Feasts, Festivals, and Holy Days. It is also important for historians studying the Yophenthean Empire.

Table of Months of the Common Year

These are the established months of the common years along with their lengths. These are traditionally ascribed to Saint Salmakhamer, although Arathracians disagree on this matter.

Months and Days of the Common Year

Order	Month	Days	Zodiacal Sign	Season	Month Symbol	Abbreviation
1	Amrulmoon	26	Holy Pair	High Summer (Solstice)	Sun	Amm
2	Eshmoon	25 *(26)	Harp	Late Summer		Esm
3	Rhiomel	26	Sword	Early Autumn	Bunch of Grapes	Rml
4	Bralmoon	25	Winged Lion	Autumn (Equinox)	Centaur	Brm
5	Mistmoon	26	Dolphin	Autumn		Msm
6	Parkmoon	25**(26)	Leviathan	Late Autumn		Pkm
7	Hearthmoon	26	Mermaid	Early Winter	Hearth or campfire	Hrm
8	Nightmoon	26	Musimonius, Raven	High Winter (Solstice)		Nim
9	Threymoon	26	Raven, Bull	High Winter		Thm
10	Budmoon	25	Bull	Late Winter		Bdm
11	Magdymoon	26	Dragon Egg, City	Early Spring		Mgm
12	Gallimoon	25	City, Torch	Spring (Equinox)		Glm
13	Dawmoon	26	Addan	Spring		Dwm
14	Addanmoon	25 **(26)	Addan, Eagle	Late Spring		Adm
15	Erreclose	26	Eagle & Gate	Early Summer	Gate	Erc

• *Every ninth year, an extra day is added to Eshmoon, bringing the length up to 26 days. This is called an 'amber year.' This count is reset at the beginning of the next century. Thus the years for an amber year are the same every century, ending in the numbers: -9, -18, -27, -36, -45, -54, -63, -72, -81, -90, -99.
• ** Every 100 years, an extra day is added to Addanmoon and to Parkmoon, respectively, bringing the length up to 26 days for each month. This is called a 'centurion year.' This happens on the year that ends in '00.'

Days of the Month

The days of the month are commonly measured from beginning to end by number. In former times, they were divided into three parts, measured from the first day, the ninth day, and the eighteenth day. The notion of a seven day period of time such as the week is foreign to most Asdarans. The closest similarity is the eight-day "week" or ogdoad of the Arathracian Calendar which is not used in the Common Year.

Nine Years of the Amber Year Cycle

Main article: Amber Year Cycle

There are nine years in an amber year cycle. The one hundredth year called a centurion year is not part of this cycle, but counted separately. Each year is associated with a specific creature.

See Also

• Arathracian Calendar
• Calendar
• Common Year