Divine Calendar

The divine or western calendar was devised by elvish scholars in the first era. In the present day, it is used widely across Fëaforn, Nurfel and Dovrok, with increasing uptake seen along the great trade road extending into Morlan.

A year according to the divine calendar is made up of 8 months of 40 days each. Between each month are three additional days called “dark days,” or maustir auri (lit. “dark moon days” in Elvish). These days are when the moons are at their lowest light; in fact, only Cloyr, the largest of the moons, is visible during the dark days.

The names of the months are as follows:

Galastir	Month of growth	Spring
	The Blossoming
Daiwestir	Month of Daiwen
	Greengrass
Laerstir	Month of summer	Summer
	Midsummer
Gaelistir	Month of joy
	The Fading
Yavastir	Month of autumn	Autumn
	Harvestide
Muanastir	Month of Muana, god of edurance
	The Fading
Orythil	Month of Orytha, god of winter	Winter
	Deepwinter
Duevalastir	Month of Duevalar, giver of life
	The Melting

When giving a date using this calendar in Common, the ordinal number of the day is followed by the devotion of the month or dark moon; for example, ‘2nd of Daiwen, ‘33rd of joy’, ‘last of the rotting’.

It is common to refer to a period of 10 days as a “ride”, or simply a “tenday”. A month consists of 4 rides, and always begins on the first day of the first ride. A ride is so named for it is the number of days required to travel between Doverrak and Surceim - two of the oldest and most prominent trading cities in Dovrok - on horseback.

The names of the days of a ride are as follows:

Auranor	Day of the sun
Stiraor	Day of the moon
Aurtorm	Day of Torum, god of justice
Lystaor	Day of Lys, god of magic
Variaor	Day of Varia, god of raging storms
Lybernaor	Day of Lyberan, god of freedom
Aurpui	Day of cleaning
Verenhaor	Day of Verenha, god of knowledge
Nuulaor	Day of Nuul, god of death
Sylfnaor	Day of Sylfaen, god of the fey