Vereva/Calendar

General
The calendar of Vereva is based from the movements of the celestial bodies. Larger frames of time, such as eras, are reflected by the planet's movement cycle around the sun, called the Diurnal Eye. Medium units of time, the year and month, are marked in respect with Vereva's moon, the Nocturnal Eye, and its cycle around the planet. The smallest units of time, days, hours and minutes, are scheduled on a basis of the sleeping patterns of sentient races.

Dates
Dates are written in the order from greatest handle of time to least. Era is optional in writing. The era 3, year 196, month 6, day 192 would be written:


 * 3EAD:196:6:192

When a smaller number is a subset of the time period before it (such as 5th day of the month), a forward slash is used before it instead of the colon. Era 2, 18th year of the era, month 6, 5th day of that month would be written:


 * 3EAD/18:6/5

Between the month and year, either the colon or the forward slash can be used:


 * 3EAD:196/6:192
 * 3EAD/18/6/5

Seasons
The entire planet undergoes the same season of the year simultaneously. The seasons, alike the months are based upon the moon's movement across the sky as it rotates around the planet.

Spring
When the moon is in the north sky, heading westward toward Vy Mirvë, the planet is in spring.

Summer
When the moon is in the west sky, furthest from the sun, the planet is in summer.

Fall
When the moon is in the south sky, heading eastward toward the sun, the planet is in the fall or autumn season.

Winter
When the moon is in the east sky, blocking the light of the sun, the planet is in winter.

Era
Vereva completes a rotation around the sun once every 40,050 days (every 89 [[Vereva/Calendar#Year|Verevian years). A complete cycle around the sun marks a single Verevian era. The era is only of importance in Aelven culture.


 * An era on Vereva is made up of:


 * 89 years
 * 1,068 months
 * 40,050 days
 * 1,081,350 hours
 * 64,881,000 minutes
 * 3,892,860,000 seconds

The current era on Vereva is the 226th Era after Bevesta (226EAB).

Year
The year in Vereva is measured by a full cycle of the moon around the planet (as opposed to the measurement of an Earth year.). One's age in Vereva is done in years (Aelves may alternatively give their age in eras.)


 * A year on  Vereva is made up of:


 * 12 months
 * 450 days
 * 12,150 hours
 * 729,000 minutes
 * 43,740,000 seconds

The current year on Vereva is the year 20,176.

Months
Vereva's moon is always visible in the sky. Because of this, it is used to mark the months. There are twelve months on the Vereva, that alternate between 37 and 38 days. These 12 months are named after the position of the moon in the sky in reference with the sun.

All months' names begin with the words "month of the" followed by the name of the month. When a day is added, such as "June 16th," the word day and the number take the place of the word month; eg. "Day 16 of the North Moon."


 * The months are as follows:


 * Month of the Dextral Moon is an early spring month containing 37 days, corresponding with March
 * Month of the North Moon is a mid-spring month containing 38 days, corresponding with April
 * Month of the Outgoing Moon is a late spring month containing 37 days, corresponding with May
 * Month of the Left Moon is an early summer month containing 38 days, corresponding with June
 * Month of the Far Moon is a mid-summer month containing 37 days, corresponding with July
 * Month of the Right Moon is a late summer month containing 38 days, corresponding with August
 * Month of the Incoming Moon is an early fall month containing 37 days, corresponding with September
 * Month of the South Moon is a mid-fall month containing 38 days, corresponding with October
 * Month of the Sinistral Moon is a late fall month containing 37 days, corresponding with November
 * Month of the Waning Sun is an early winter month containing 38 days, corresponding with December
 * Month of the Darkness is a mid-winter month containing 37 days, corresponding with January
 * Month of the Waxing Sun is a late winter month containing 38 days, corresponding with February

The current month on Vereva is the Month of the North Moon.

Day
The Verevian day is based off of the sleeping patterns of the sentient races. Because for most of the year, the majority of the planet is engulfed with light, people needed a way to track time. They averaged the amount of time people's spent sleeping and the amount of time they spent working, coming up with 7 sleeping hours and 20 waking hours. Adding the days together resulted in 27 hour days.


 * A day on Vereva is made up of:


 * 1,620 minutes
 * 97,200 seconds