Starkpool

The Common Calendar consists of a year divided into 12 months of 30 days each for 360 days. The months are named in the Common Speech First Month, Second Month, etc. But, since First Month is at the beginning of Winter, it will be the practice to use the English names January, February etc. in order to refer to these months, but all months have 30 days. [There was some difficulty in the translation of the chronicles of the One-Year War, so the days of the months may have been slightly off in the logs of Starkpool I campaign.

The years are numbered beginning with the opening of the Holy Nexus the year of this event being numbered 1 YN (Year of the Nexus). Years before are counted backward and labeled BN (Before the Nexus).

There are no weeks in the Common Calendar. Instead, there are 6 5-day periods of the month, each called a Five-Day. Days 1-5 end with a Market Day on the 5th. Days 6-10 end with a Holy Festival on the 10th. Days 11-15 end with a Market Day on the 15th. Days 16-20 end with a Holy Festival on the 20th. Days 21-25 end with a Market Day on the 25th. And, Days 26-30th end with a Holy Festival on the 30th. So, there are 3 Market days–5th, 15th, 25th and 3 Holy Festivals 10th, 20th, 30th. The Churches are closed on the Market Days and the Markets are closed on the Festivals.