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==Current Season== | ==Current Season== | ||
− | [[Current Events| Currently]], it is ''' | + | [[Current Events| Currently]], it is '''Spring''' 2720. The Autumn Season consists of [[Intas 2720| Intas]] and [[Bethas 2720| Bethas]], each month 40 days long, making the season 80 days. |
==Months, Weeks and Days== | ==Months, Weeks and Days== |
Latest revision as of 14:57, 8 May 2020
Contents
Current Season
Currently, it is Spring 2720. The Autumn Season consists of Intas and Bethas, each month 40 days long, making the season 80 days.
Months, Weeks and Days
Each month has forty days, broken up into four weeks of ten days each, except for Roalis and Yaris that have eight weeks of ten days each instead. The day ends and a new day begins at the thirtieth hour, which is usually when Benea, the larger moon, is highest in the sky.
Each full-day is made up of ten houses (with each house representing three hours), meaning there are thirty hours in a day. Hours are broken up into sixty minutes each, minutes into sixty seconds, etc. in a familiar fashion.
Hours of the Day
This chart explains the position of the sun and the relative lightness or darkness at certain hours. Because days are longer on Vita, people usually sleep longer; it is not unusual for someone to spend ten hours sleeping and twenty hours awake.
Days of the Week
The days of the week are not referred to by name, but by their position in the month; it would be correct to say both "the fifteenth" or "the second fifth" (fifth day of the second week), for example.
Days themselves are referred to as numbers; the eighth, eighteenth, and twenty-eighth days of the month are called simply "the eights."
Vita's Calendar System
Spring
- 1 - Intas (40 days)
- 2 - Bethas (40 days)
- 80 days - 2 months OOC
Spring in Vita is the time of new growth everywhere in the Ten Kingdoms, even in the deserts of Mugroba and the cold landscape of Hox. In Anaxas, spring is windy and surprisingly dry, with much of the east and south near the Arova fertile and green with the thawing of snow from the north. Planting season is in Bethas, with farmers all across Anaxas eager to get their fields ready for the rainy season that is to come. The days grow longer, but the clouds grow thicker.
The first day of the new year is Intas 1st, the first day of Spring and Clock's Eve in the Kingdom of Anaxas.Rainy Season
- 3 - Loshis (40 days)
- 4 - Hamis (40 days)
- 80 days - 2 months OOC
Summer
- 5 - Roalis (80 days)
- 80 days - 2 months OOC
Summer in Vita is hot, but not as hot as the Dry Season. The height of the growing season after the rains, farmlands are beautiful and heavy with crops, some of which are harvested before the dry season. The beginning of Roalis is hot and humid, with a gradual dropping of temperature and a coming dryness by the end of the month. Anaxi galdori love to travel in Roalis, for much of Anaxas (if not all of Vita) is beautiful in this season, despite the heat.
Dry Season
- 6 - Yaris (80 days)
- 80 days - 2 months OOC
Autumn
- 7 - Dentis (40)
- 8 - Vortas (40)
- 80 days - 2 months OOC
Winter
- 9 - Achtus (40 days)
- 10 - Ophus (40 days)
- 80 days - 2 months OOC
Winters in Vita depend on the region. In Anaxas, winters are wet and cold, with the western and northernmost parts of Anaxas being bitter and frigid, especially near the mountains that make the border to Hesse. Below freezing weather occurs even as far south as Old Rose Harbor, though the islands between Old Rose and Mugroba generally stay above freezing all year round. Rare is the year when the Harbor sees more than a few inches of snow, while the villages to the west often see several feet. Winter is dark, with the northernmost and southernmost Kingdoms experiencing very short periods of daylight while Anaxas enjoys a bit light due to its somewhat central position.
The last day of the year is Ophus 40th.See Also
- Timeline - explanation of the timeline
- Timekeeping in Anaxas - the history of timekeeping in Anaxas and its spiritual and cultural significance
- Weather Almanac - a complete and detailed view of weather patterns in the Six Kingdoms, focused on Anaxas
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