Select the system about which you would like to learn:
The Celtic Calendar
The Mannish Calendar
The Almalinian Calendar
The Celts' Reckoning is used most often by the Celts and in cities that are predominantly of Celtic origin. These places are mostly in the eastern side of Almalinė, especially in Caethir and the settlements within the Nenedolth Mountains. This system contains seven months, the first six of which contain 52 days, with the last month containing 53. The Reckoning of the Celts contains no weeks; they simply say that is a certain day of a certain month. The names of the months are as follows:
First Month - Helcoreb
Second Month - Asindoln
Third Month - Anuimarc
Fourth Month - Lumnas
Fifth Month - Ecaldor
Sixth Month - Périanol
Seventh Month - Bruingen
Here are two examples of a typical Celtic date:
37 gyr Ecaldor, 783 CC 23 gyr Anuimarc, CC
The day of the month is always written first, followed by gyr, meaning of. (In a few uncommon dialects, especially along the southeastern border of Malendrė, you may see guir in place of gyr). After the month, the year may or may not be listed: the first example has the year, whereas the second example does not. Following the year (if it is included) is CC, which is an abbreviation that more or less means "... years since the creation of the Celts." So, in the first example, 783 years would have gone by since the Celts had been created. However, even if the year is excluded, as it is in the second example, the CC is still attached to the ending so that it will be recognizable as a date of the Celts. The only thing remaining that you need to know regarding Celtic dates is about Dornė. At the end of every year, Dornė, a time of deep reflection and worship, is celebrated. Should you come across such a date, it will simply say "Dornė," followed by the year and the CC tag. The year written is always the year that is beginning rather than the year that is ending. Here is an example: Dornė, 532 CC
The next system is that of the Reckoning of Men. Unlike the Celtic Reckoning, this system has only five months, which are intended to represent the two warriors who, according to the religion of Men, led a war against the evil god, Gacatė and which are also intended to represent the names of the three main battles that Men fought against Gacatė. The first two months are the names of the warriors, and the final four are the names of the places where the battles were fought. Each month contains 91 days, with the exception of the final month which has 92. The names of the months are as follows:
First Month - Chazacrį
Second Month - Rothag
Third Month - Grinshdeg
Fourth Month - Zjudagk
Fifth Month - Gadshik
In Mannish dates, the weekday is always listed first (if at all, since the weekday is optional). There are six weekdays, each commemorating one of the Almalė. They are as follows:
First Weekday - Galónuinė
Second Weekday - Calluinė
Third Weekday - Agluinė
Fourth Weekday - Curumuinė
Fifth Weekday - Dianuinė
Sixth Weekday - Nebruinė
Following the weekday is the month, then the date, and then, optionally, the year. At the end comes the tag HG, which is similar to the Celtic tag CC, except that HG commemorates the arrival of Men into Almalinė rather than the creation of Man itself. Here is an example of a typical Mannish date:
Nebruinė, Zjudagk 89, 457 HG
Like the Celts, Men honor the Dornė event at the end of the year. Their representation of this event is the same as the Celts, except that the CC tag changes to HG. Here is an example:
Dornė, 143 HG
The Common Calendar of the Almalae
The final system, and the most common, is that of the Almalae. Although the systems of Celts and Men are both very widely seen, any of those dates nearly always lists the Almalian date as well.
Because the Almalae did not want to seem too biased in their dating system, they decided to create a new number of months. After some discussion between the Almalae, they decided that they wanted to use the system to try to unite the Men and Celts, and so they added the number of months in both the Celtic and Mannish systems to reach twelve. The Almalae based the name of each month for the name of a month from the Celtic and Mannish systems. The names are as follows:
January - Helcobė
February - Rothagbė
March - Anuimbė
April - Gadsecbė
May - Lumabė
June - Casacrebė
July - Ecalbė
August - Periarbė
September - Sudagbė
October - Asindrebė
November - Grķnsdebė
December - Bruirbė
Note that the months of Celtic origin (January, March, May, July, August, October, and December) have 31 days rather than 30. Also note that all the other months, with the exception of Rothagbė (February) have 30 days. Rothagbė has only 28 days. Because a few people may choose not to celebrate Dormė, the leap year was instituted in place of Dormė to balance the calendar. Every four years, an extra day is added to February. However, this does not keep the calendar balanced entirely, and so three of every four centesimal years (years which end in 00) did not receive the leap year; the centesimal years that do not receive the leap year are ones which are not divisible by 400. So, 1200 would be a leap year, but 1300, 1400, and 1500 would not be, and then 1600 would be a leap year, and so on. -- The weekdays for the Almalian system are as follows:
Sunday - Naltenė
Monday - Galónuinė
Tuesday - Calluinė
Wednesday - Agluinė
Thursday - Curumuinė
Friday - Dianuinė
Saturday - Nebruinė
Here follows a typical Almalian-system date:
Naltenė, Gadscrebė 14, 5002 AA
The date in Almalinian is written with the weekday first (optional), followed by the month, and then the date, then the year (optional), and finally the tag, which for the Almalinian system is AA.
January 1, 3000 BC in the Gregorian calendar corresponds to Helcobė 1, 1 AA, and so you can subtract 3000 from the Almalian date to determine what the year is in the Gregorian calendar.
The time of the day is based on a system of twenty-four hours, with 120 minutes to each hour. One Almalinian minute is equal to thirty seconds, and so to turn minutes into Almalinian minutes, you must multiply times two. The time 00.000 begins at midnight, and 12.000 is at noon.
Here are a few examples of the way that we normally give time and their Almalinian equivalents:
12:00 AM (midnight) - 00.000'
12:30 AM - 00.060'
2:04 AM - 02.008'
10:37 AM - 10.074'
12:00 PM (noon) - 12.000'
12:20 PM - 12.040'
1:45 PM - 13.090'
10:00 PM - 22.000'
Note that even if there is no particular number in a spot (such as in 02.008'), you still place a zero there (so, in other words, you should not write 2.8'). Also note that there is no AM or PM; the hours simply moves on as it does in "military time". An apostrophe ( ' ) is also placed at the end of a time to show that you are listing a time and not some type of number string or a price for an item.
To actually say the time in Almalinian, you follow the pattern below:
I melenė (number of hours) ar i mķnutė (number of minutes).
Here is both an example of how to write and how to say "3:10 PM, Friday, May 17, 2002," as you would say it while in Almalinė:
15.020', Dianuinė, Lumabė 17, 5002 AA
i melenė dec celth ar i mķnutė dudec, dianuinė, lumabė dec ses, celthmil du, a a
