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Revision as of 23:36, 3 October 2017
The Norton calendar (also known as the Elwynnese calendar, the Elw calendar and the Elwynnese–Natopian calendar) is the official calendar of Shireroth. Based on the Treesian calendar, the length of the year differentiates on a twelve-year cycle. The rotation of the planet fluctuates, through regularly. The only fixed celestial event on the calendar, that is to say, the same date for the same event every year, is Summer solstice (for the northern hemisphere, winter solstice for the southern). The first day of Elroqpin is that day.
Months
Ordinal | Præta name | Elw name | Natopian name | Babkhi name |
I | Silnuai | Novaber | Nawruz | |
II | Kuspor | Liebluary | Azar | |
III | Gevraquun | Grunil | Dey | |
IV | Gevrader | Ragnuary | Bahman | |
V | Filadin | Blumuar | Esfand | |
VI | Fasmas | Sonnuber | Farvardin | |
VII | Nomeziooq | Friedeber | Ordibehesht | |
VIII | Laemill | Natopuary | Khordad | |
IX | Araroqpin | Cowtide | Tir | |
X | Elroqpin | Bulltober | Rokhpin | |
XI | Vixaslaa | Butterary | Mordad | |
XII | Oskalteq | Konil | Shahrivar | |
XIII | Muunlantooq | Tasnember | Mehr | |
XIV | Rugaall | Dankember | Aban | |
XV | Qinamu | Geburtsber | Kanam |
Dates
Dates are usually written day–month–year. Often, the month is for linguistically neutral reasons written by its ordinal (using Latin or Arabic numbers), e.g. 10.XIV.1650 for 10 Rugaall 1650.
Cycle
The years of the cycle correspond to a number and a Shirerithian zodiac name (the years are named after the months of the Raynorian calendar, which is no longer in use). Biternion is a special case. Once every four cycles, Biternion (named after the Cedrist god of improbability) is 12 days shorter, having only 336 days. In those cases it is called Qarbinion (named after the Cedrist god of numbers).
Year | Days | Shirerithian zodiac name |
1 | 372 | Viviantiana |
2 | 348* | Biternion* |
3 | 372 | Mo'lluk |
4 | 360 | Semisa |
5 | 372 | Ifnin |
6 | 360 | Agnifiero |
7 | 372 | Krondokin |
8 | 372 | Ikol |
9 | 360 | Breizan |
10 | 372 | Anandjan |
11 | 360 | Vanchauslurk |
12 | 372 | H'graasreign |
The year
The only fixed celestial event on the calendar, that is to say, the same date for the same event every year, is Summer solstice (for the northern hemisphere, winter solstice for the southern). The first day of Elroqpin is that day.
For below, it is assumed to be for the northern hemisphere:
The autumn equinox varies between the following dates
- 12 Muulantooq (336-day year)
- 15 Muulantooq (348-day year)
- 18 Muulantooq (360-day year)
- 21 Muulantooq (372-day year)
Winter solstice varies:
- 24 Kuspor (336-day year)
- 18 Kuspor (348-day year)
- 12 Kuspor (360-day year)
- 6 Kuspor (372-day year)
Spring equinox:
- 12 Fasmas (336-day year)
- 9 Fasmas (348-day year)
- 6 Fasmas (360-day year)
- 3 Fasmas (372-day year)
The year begins, by tradition on the first of Silnuai, and ends in the 336-day year on the 24th of Rugaall, while all other years the year ends on the last day of the leap month Qinamu (which is the 12th in a 348-day year, the 24th in a 360-day year or the 36th in a 372-day year).
The most common length of a year is 372 days and that year always has a full Qinamu, 36 days and thereby is the longest month of the year, half as long as all others).
Silnuai - Kuspor - Gevraquun - Gevrader - Filadinu - Fasmas - Nomeziooqu - Laemill - Araroqpinu - Elroqpinu - Vixaslaa - Oskaltequ - Muulantooqu - Rugaall - Qinamu
Or the order from Midsummer: Elroqpinu - Vixaslaa - Oskaltequ - Muulantooqu - Rugaall - Qinamu - Silnuai - Kuspor - Gevraquun - Gevrader - Filadinu - Fasmas - Nomeziooqu.
OOC characteristics
The Elwynnese Calendar (Also known as Ab Nortone) is a "month per year" method for simulating the passage of years within the geofictional construct of Micras.
The relationship between the Elw calendar and the ASC calendar is more straightforward than it seems.
1 ASC period equals two Elw weeks or 12 days.
By tradition, the Elw divide their year in eight seasons, not the "common" four. They have the mundane names (but in Elw) of being the glistening, blushing, rainy, frosty, snowy, melting, flowering and shining seasons. The exception is probably for summer, the shining and glistening seasons combined, which is commonly known as summer (or in Elw, roqpin).