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.

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	Sun	Amr
2	Eshmoon	25 *(26)	Harp	Late Summer		Esh
3	Rhiomel	26	Sword	Early Autumn	Bunch of Grapes	Rhi
4	Bralmoon	25	Winged Lion	Autumn	Centaur	Bra
5	Mistmoon	26	Dolphin	Autumn		Mis
6	Parkmoon	25	Leviathan	Late Autumn		Par
7	Hearthmoon	26	Mermaid	Early Winter		Hem
8	Nightmoon	26	Musimonius	High Winter		Nim
9	Threymoon	26	Raven	High Winter		Thr
10	Budmoon	25	Bull	Late Winter		Bdm
11	Magdymoon	26	Dragon Egg	Early Spring		Mag
12	Gallimoon	25	City	Spring		Gal
13	Dawmoon	26	Torch	Spring		Daw
14	Addanmoon	25 **(26)	Addan	Late Spring		Add
15	Erreclose	26**	Eagle & Gate	Early Summer		Err

• *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, bringing the length up to 26 days. This is called a 'centurion year.' This happens on the last day of 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 the Common Year.

See Also

• Arathracian Calendar
• Common Year