Calendar
The Aerunian calendar has 364 or 365 days per year. Each quarterly holiday (equinoxes and solstices) last two days each, which reduces the numbered calendar to 360 days.
There are 9 months in the year, each of which has 5 weeks of 8 days each.
Prayersday (gods)
Wilderday (wilderness, beasts, plants)
Soulsday (ancestors)
Clansday (family, community)
Satyrsday (play)
Starsday (magic)
Palmsday (work, craft)
Savorday (rest, peace)
summer solstice (2 days)
the birth of civilization (founding of Elm Sheras)
2: Summer’s Kiss - dog days of summer (Augustish) dragonsbane (marks the day dragons were driven to Qelira)
forgebreath (hottest day of the season, determined on local level, is a communal day off)
3: Heartsrest - gentle autumn (Septemberish) autumn equinox (harvest) (2 days)
tradesday (marks the first ships across the trade sea)
gourdfire (lots of roasting, cooking, brewing of gourds)
4: Ghostrain - harsh autumn (Novemberish) elves' sorrow
all souls' song (ancestors)
5: Moonfrost - first snow (Decemberish) day of the long table (communal feasting/camaraderie day, all charity)
winter solstice (the longest dark) (2 days)
6: Candlespark - last snow (Feb-ish) firesday (lighting fires to welcome the warmth back)
the tide of teeth (marks the time kindred were created and first seen)
7: Rebirth - first flowers (Marchish) spring equinox (planting) (2 days)
wild garden's dance (uh... fertility, y'know)
opposite day (not just for nobility! basically an april fool's day)
8: Bright Flourish - full bloom (Mayish) Feyday (occasionally 2 days, like a solstice/equinox)
magisfest (magic is free for/to all for one full day)
9: Our Promise - early summer (Juneish) stormsday (holy shit monsoons/tornadoes/etc)
godsbless (religious/sacred day, theoretically in memory of when the gods gave the people what they have)
the feast of snakes (primarily an Ophidian holiday where the hunters and fishers provide for the gatherers and farmers who don't yet have crops, later became where Ophidian provided for non-Ophidian who were struggling more than they were)
Days of the Week
Each day of the week has an associated focus to it, which is reflected in its name:Months and Notable Holidays
1: Longlight - starts at Summer Solstice, height of summer (Julyish)2: Summer’s Kiss - dog days of summer (Augustish)
3: Heartsrest - gentle autumn (Septemberish)
4: Ghostrain - harsh autumn (Novemberish)
5: Moonfrost - first snow (Decemberish)
6: Candlespark - last snow (Feb-ish)
7: Rebirth - first flowers (Marchish)
8: Bright Flourish - full bloom (Mayish)
9: Our Promise - early summer (Juneish)