This is how time is kept and the seasons pass in Eilvalor.
Eilvalor uses a lunar calendar. The full moon of each month falls on the feast day of the month's given Apostle of the First-Saint. Other All-Saint Days are scattered throughout each month, falling on the day of the week that best aligns with the Tenants of the All-Saints they were most known for.
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st 🌑 | 2nd 🌑 | 3rd 🌑 | 4th 🌑 | 5th 🌒 | 6th 🌒 | 7th 🌒 |
8th 🌓 | 9th 🌓 | 10th 🌓 | 11th 🌓 | 12th 🌔 | 13th 🌔 | 14th 🌔 |
15th 🌕 | 16th 🌕 | 17th 🌕 | 18th 🌕 | 19th 🌖 | 20th 🌖 | 21st 🌖 |
22nd 🌗 | 23rd 🌗 | 24th 🌗 | 25th 🌗 | 26th 🌘 | 27th 🌘 | 28th 🌘 |
A day lasts twenty-four hours. A week has seven days, and each day of the week represents one of the Seven Tenants of the All-Saints. A month has twenty-eight days, always starts on the first day of the week, and begins with the new moon; and each month represents one of the Twelve Apostles of the First-Saint. A year has twelve months plus a few moon days.
Occasional "moon days" appear between months to bring the months back in line with the cycle of the moon. And a few times a year, a day has an extra hour called a "moon hour". (This is a misnomer, as the extra hour is used to bring the day back in line with the rising and setting of the sun, and has nothing to do with the moon.)
Years count up from the day the last Eilvalorian king died, over one hundred years ago. The current year is year one hundred and twelve of the Empty Throne.
The cycles of the moon are the only natural occurrence predictable on Eilvalor. The seasons are sporadic and unpredictable. Sometimes, they last mere days. Other times, they last years or even decades. The erratic seasons lead to periods of excess followed by stretches of hunger. Those who have, hoard. Those who have not, starve.
Such is the way of the Fell.