Calendar for Insel der Freiheit
Despite the main culture arriving from the Western Kingdom and the Lunar Empire the calendar is similar to that of the Empire of the Sun although it appears to have aspects of Elven culture as well.
The calendar is based around cycles of days months and years to create a unique date. The new year corresponds with Samhain in the Western Calendar and the calendar cycles begin from 641WK.
To automatically convert between different Calendars, use the Date Conversion page.
There are 23 Days, 18 months and 5 years named. As well as four additional days that make up the Festival of the New Year.
The days are noted by a number and one of the 23 named days which cycle.
| So a week may consist of | Before the next week starting | And then | |
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| 1 | Monkey | Termite | Light |
| 2 | Millipede | Parrot | Dark |
| 3 | Woodpecker | Elephant | Sloth |
| 4 | Vine | Bat | Air |
| 5 | Berry | Life | Frog |
| 6 | Light | Death | Cockroach |
| 7 | Dark | Ant | Hummingbird |
| 8 | Sloth | Tree | Fire |
| 9 | Air | Water | Herb |
| 10 | Frog | Monkey | Termite |
| 11 | Cockroach | Millipede | Parrot |
| 12 | Hummingbird | Woodpecker | Elephant |
| 13 | Fire | Vine | Bat |
| 14 | Herb | Berry | Life |
The first week was named as life and so this is the first day of the calendar.
These weeks overlay the 18 months each consisting of 20 days
- Quiet Sea
- Coming of Rains
- Rivers Rising
- Silver Stars
- World's Edge
- Knife Wind
- Waking World
- Entrancing Power
- Forest Heart
- Radiant Blooms
- Falling Blossom
- Sound of Petals
- Waving Grass
- Sihaide's Forge
- Thoughts of Darkness
- Halishande's Bounty
- Gathering Dark
- Everliving Sun
Which in turn fill each of 5 years
- Green Tempest
- Azure Horizon
- Crimson Sunrise
- Midnight rising
- Coins Falling
to form a 115 year 'cycle' of 41860 individual dates.
The dates are written in a specific form. Using the details for the weeks given above an example may be
- 4 Bat, 18th day of Gathering Dark in the Year 9 Midnight Rising.
and the start of Summer (Beltane) 808 is
- 8 Elephant, 19th Day of Forest Heart in the Year 33 Azure Horizon.
Sample Weeks
Frog Week, Sihaide's Forge / Thoughts of Darkness in 36 Green Tempest (9 Fruit 813 - 22 Fruit 813)
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Monkey Week, Thoughts of Darkness / Halishande's Bounty in 36 Green Tempest (23 Fruit 813 - 6 Harvest 813)
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Termite Week, Halishande's Bounty in 36 Green Tempest (7 Harvest 813 - 20 Harvest 813)
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Light Week, Gathering Dark in 36 Green Tempest (21 Harvest 813 - 4 Vintage 813)
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Death Week, Gathering Dark / Everliving Sun in 36 Green Tempest (5 Vintage 813 - 18 Vintage 813)
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Cockroach Week, Everliving Sun in 36 Green Tempest / Quiet Sea in 36 Crimson Sunrise (19 Vintage 813 - 5 Frost 813)
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