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Barsaive Calendar

I suspect the GamesMaster's Kit has alternative arrangements, but without a copy the following information applies to time and the seasons in our game.

The Barsaivian year has 355 days divided into 15 months. The 15 months are divided into 5 seasons each of 3 months. The first and last month of each season have 24 days while the middle month of each season has 23 days.

The five seasons are summer, autumn, winter, spring and manna. Manna falls between spring and summer, and is the growing season.

Season Elements Month Other name Days
Summer Air Dry Month 24
Fire Locust Month 23
Weed Month 24
Autumn Fire Dust Month 24
Earth Kerma'dok Dead Leaf Month 23
Sethi'dok Bone Month 24
Winter Earth Kanni'mar Frost Month 24
Water Do'mar Snow Month 23
Erri'mar Wolf Month 24
Spring Water Ma'ten Hungry Month 24
Wood Reli'ten Thaw Month 23
Hana'ten Flower Month 24
Manna Wood Atha'kor Rose Month 24
Air Yar'kor Harvest Month 23
Solta'kor Grain Month 24

The New Year occurs on the first day of summer and is usually a cause for celebration.

The Barsaivian week consists of 7 days, named differently according to which part of the continent you are in. For simplicity's sake we will refer to them with our usual names. The Barsaivian day is basically the same as our day, divided into 24 hours of 60 minutes each.

The sun travels from east to west and the inclination of the sun from the equator is much the same as ours.

The lunar year is 56 days, the main phases of the moon changing weekly. It should have been 28, but we fucked it up back at the beginning and it's easier not to change it at the moment.

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