copyright © 2006 Dennis Paul Himes
The contents of this page are preliminary. They won't become canonical until the first version of the Tale of Tifa Walbatnuwa Siina is up. - DPH
An epoch (bezmaambit) is 576 years (beznoit)
(780 terrestrial years).
An era (daabezmaambit) is 3 epochs
(1728 years (2341 terrestrial years)).
An age (bezumit) is 3 eras (5184 years (7022 terrestrial years)).
An eon (daabezumit) is 3 ages
(15552 years (21066 terrestrial years)).
A metaeon (daadaabezumit) is 3 eons.
A metametaeon (daadaadaabezumit) is 3 metaeons.
Etc.
Years are written year'epoch'era'age'eon'metaeon'etc. Numbers left off to the right are assumed to be "2". So "134" is the same as "134'2" and "134'2'2", etc. (Context often determines how much is written.) The SSildifian Empire was founded in 1'2.
The Umutonian year is a little more than 427 ½ Umutonian days. A calendar year is either a short year of 427 days or a long year of 428 days. In each epoch (576 year period) there are 244 short years and 332 long years. All even numbered years are long, as are years which are either an odd multiple of 13 or one more than an even multiple of 13. In addition, the first year of every other era (1728 year period) is long, starting with 1'1'3.
The year is divided into eight months (walneenfeenomiit). They are, starting with the Southern Hemisphere spring equinox:
| SSezzbezit | 36 days |
| AAzzbezit | 71 days |
| IIvbezit | 71 days |
| Xubezit | 36 days |
| Mubezit | 36 days |
| Sembezit | 71 days |
| Taadbezit | 71 days |
| Peebezit | 35 or 36 days |
Some major holidays during the Imperial era were:
| 1-3 SSezz. | New Year's | entire empire |
| 31 SSezz. | Emperor's Birthday | entire empire |
| 1 AAzz. | New Month | entire empire |
| 24 AAzz. | Neetta's Day | entire empire |
| 1 IIv. | Solstice | tropical and southern islands |
| 1-8 IIv. | Winter Festival | northern islands |
| 13-20 IIv. | Summer Festival | southern islands |
| 52 IIv. | Tower Festival | entire empire |
| 1 Xu. | New Month | entire empire |
| 17 Xu. | Patsesifit (Bridge Day) | entire empire |
| 1 Mu. | Equinox | entire empire |
| 1-3 Mu. | Equinox | tropical islands |
| 1 Sem. | New Month | entire empire |
| 69 Sem. - 5 Taad. | Winter Festival | southern islands |
| 1 Taad. | Solstice | entire empire |
| 1-3 Taad. | Summer Festival | northern islands |
| 1 Pee. | New Month | entire empire |
Note that the solstices and equinoxes were always celebrated on the first of the month, even though astronomically that wasn't always the exact day.
There were many other holidays celebrated over greater or lesser areas, some on only one small island. The above list will be updated soon with more of the widespread ones.
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