Shirithian Calendar
The Shirerithian calendar is a replacement for the standard Gregorian calendar. It has thirteen months of twenty-eight days each; each month is further organized into two fourteen-day weeks.
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Months
The months of the Shirerithian calendar are all named after gods in the Cedrist religion. In order, they are Viviantiana, Mo'lluk, Semisuary, Ifnin, Agnifiero, Krondonkin, Ikolstyme, Biternionsmoon, Qarbinionsmoon, Breizan, Anandjan, Vanchauslurk, and H'graasreign. After the last day of H'graasreign is the Shirerithian Day of the Dead, corresponding to December 21. The Day of the Dead is not only the winter solstice but the day on which modern Shireroth was founded in 2000 and the first real Kaiser took the throne. In Shirerithian myth, the spirits of the dead walk the earth on this day, and many of the laws of the Universe are weakened or suspended. After the Day of the Dead, the year cycles back to Vivantiana 1st. Although the existence of an official leap year policy is open to doubt, it would make sense to simply tack on an extra Day of the Dead every four years.
Days
The days of the week are also named after Shirerithian gods, featuring a strange combination of very important and very minor deities. They are, in order, Vivantiaday, Rasday, Thorsday, Ifniday, Losday, Ughday, Semisaday, Fishday, Arisday, Homersday, Gahgday, Somnisday, Hasanday, and Morsday.
Important Holidays
The most important Shirerithian holidays are Oustfest (Vivantiana 25), V-A Day (Semisuary 3), Jasonia Day (Semisuary 5), |Independence Day (Agnifiero 15), La Fiesta de la BO0O0O/\/\ (Biternionsmoon 22), Glorious Founder Day (Qarbinionsmoon 4) Foundation Day (Qarbinionsmoon 5), Blackrock Day (Anandjan 18), and the Day of the Dead. Shireroth also observes the birthdays of most of its citizens and of some of the larger subdivisions as holidays, as well as most of the major macronational holidays.
Origin
The structure of the Shireroth Calendar was implimented during the reign of Kaiser Raynor XI by a number of people but most significantly James Raine, who made the days, and Eoin Dornan, who made the months. However the system itself was created by Erik Mortis, ironically enough while he was attending a Catholic Mass with his, at the time, girlfriend. The Shireroth calendar website was created by Scott Alexander.
