The Gorean Calendar

This calendar is just the basic/main events of Gor:

En'Kara
The first month of the Gorean calendar,
that of the vernal equinox,
which is the Gorean new year;
roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar's
late March and early April.

First Hand Mar 21 - Mar 25
New Year
En`Kara Fair

Second Hand Mar 26 - Mar 30
Wagon People - return to Turia

Third Hand Mar 31 - Apr 4
Fourth Hand Apr 5 - Apr 9
Fifth Hand Apr 10 - Apr 14
First Passage Hand Apr 15 - Apr 19
The Planting Feast of Sa-Tarna


Second Month Hesius (AR)
roughly the equivelent to the Earth calendar's
late April and early May.

First Hand Apr 20 - Apr 24
Second Hand Apr 25 - Apr 29
Third Hand Apr 30 - May 4
Fourth Hand May 5 - May 9
Fifth Hand May 10 - May 14
Second Passage Hand May 15 - May 19
Wagon People - Games of Love War


Camerius
The third month of the Gorean calendar
(in Ar and some other cities),
roughly the equivelent of Earth calendar's
late May and early June.

First Hand May 20 - May 24
Second Hand May 25 - May 29
Third Hand May 30 - Jun 3
Fourth Hand Jun 4 - Jun 8
Fifth Hand Jun 9 - Jun 13
Third Passage Hand Jun 14 - Jun 18
Selnar
The third month of the Gorean calendar
(in Ko-ro-ba and some other cities)

En'Var
The fourth month of the Gorean calendar,
that of the summer solstice,
roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar's
late June and early July.

Fourth Month En`Var (The First Resting)
First Hand Jun 19 - Jun 23
Turian New Year
Second Hand Jun 24 - Jun 28
Fair of En'Var
Third Hand Jun 29 - Jul 3
Fourth Hand Jul 4 - Jul 8
Fifth Hand Jul 9 - Jul 13
Fourth Passage Hand Jul14 - Jul 18


Fifth Month
roughly the equivelent of the Earth calendar's
late July and early August.

First Hand Jul 19 - Jul 23
Second Hand Jul 24 - Jul 28
Third Hand Jul 29 - Aug 2
Fourth Hand Aug 3 - Aug 7
Fifth Hand Aug 8 - Aug 12
Kajuralia in Ar
Fifth Passage Hand Aug 13 - Aug 17
Love Feast in Ar


Sixth Month
roughly equivelant to the Earth calendar's Late August and early September.

First Hand Aug 18 - Aug 22
Second Hand Aug 23 - Aug 27
Third Hand Aug 28 - Sep 1
Fourth Hand Sep 2 - Sep 6
Fifth Hand Sep 7 - Sep 11
Sixth Passage Hand Sep 12 - Sep 16


Se'Kara
The seventh month of the Gorean calendar,
that of the autumnal equinox,
roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar
late September and early October.

7th Month Se`Kara (Second Turning)
First Hand Sep 17 - Sep 21
Second Hand Sep 22 - Sep 26
Wagon People - Passing of Turia<
Third Hand Sep 27 - Oct 1
Fair of Se'Kara
Fourth Hand Oct 2 - Oct 6
Fifth Hand Oct 7 - Oct 11
Port Kar-Festival of the 25th of Se'Kara
Seventh Passage Hand Oct 12 - Oct 16

Eighth Month
roughly the equivelant of the Earth calendar's
late October and early November.

First Hand Oct 17 - Oct 21
Second Hand Oct 22 - Oct 26
Third Hand Oct 27 - Oct 31
Fourth Hand Nov 1 - Nov 5
Fifth Hand Nov 6 - Nov 10
Eighth Passage Hand Nov 11 - Nov 15

Ninth Month
roughly the equivelant of the Earth calendar's
late November and early December.

First Hand Nov 16 - Nov 20
Torvaldsland-The Thing
Second Hand Nov 21 - Nov 25
Third Hand Nov 26 - Nov 30
Fourth Hand Dec 1 - Dec 5
Fifth Hand Dec 6 - Dec 10
Ninth Passage Hand Dec 11 - Dec 15

Se'Var
(noun; lit. 'second resting'):
the tenth month of the Gorean calendar,
that of the winter solstice,
roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar
month of December

Tenth Month Se`Var (Second Resting)
First Hand Dec 16 - Dec 20
Second Hand Dec 21 - Dec 25
Third Hand Dec 26 - Dec 30
Wagon People-New Year
Fair of Se'Var
Fourth Hand Dec 31 - Jan 4
Fifth Hand Jan 5 - Jan 9
Tenth Passage Hand Jan 10 - Jan 14

Eleventh Month
roughly the equivelant of the Earth calendar's
late January and early February.

First Hand Jan 15 - Jan 19
Second Hand Jan 20 - Jan 24
Third Hand Jan 25 - Jan 29
Fourth Hand Jan 30 - Feb 3
Fifth Hand Feb 4 - Feb 8
Eleventh Passage Feb 9 - Feb 13

twelfth Month
roughly the equivelant of Earth calendar's
later February and early March.

First Hand Feb 14 - Feb 18
Second Hand Feb 19 - Feb 23
Third Hand Feb 24 - Feb 28
Fourth Hand Mar 1 - Mar 5
Fifth Hand Mar 6 - Mar 10
Twelfth Passage Hand Mar 11 - Mar 15
Southern Cities-Carnival
Kajurlia in Most Gorean Cities

Waiting Hand
The 5-day period between the 12th Passage Hand
and the beginning of the New Year,
which begins on the Vernal Equinox

Events and Explanations:
Gorean New Year:
On the day of the Vernal equinox (March 21),
many northern Gorean cities,
including Ar, celebrate the Gorean New Year
. Typically upon this day a celebration takes place,
doors are painted green, and a city-wide festival is held,
lasting for two full Gorean hands (ten days).
Every fourth year the New Year is celebrated
on the extra day which occurs between
the Waiting Hand and the day of the equinox.

The Return to Turia
The last day of the Second Hand of En'Kara (March 30th)
is traditionally the day which marks the beginning of
The Season of Little Grass for the Wagon Peoples,
and shortly thereafter they begin the long trek
from their winter pastures back to Turia.

The Planting Feast of Sa-Tarna
A complex feast celebrated by most Gorean cities
early during the growing season,
and believed by many to ensure a plentiful harvest
for the year ahead.
Numerous rituals are performed during the three days
of the feast (April 16th-18th)
by members of the caste of Initiates, and members
of each of the five high castes
perform their own part of the ceremony
during that three-day period.
Most of these rituals consist of sacrifices or prayers
to the Priest Kings
conducted in the presence of the city Home Stone.
On the final eve of the feast, the Home Stone is placed
beneath the sky,<
typically atop the tallest cylinder in the city,
and sprinkled with sa-tarna grain and ka-la-na wine
by a dignitary of the city,
often the Administrator, Ubar, or a member of the ruling family.

Games of Love War
The Wagon Peoples compete against the Warriors of Turia on the Plain of Stakes
during the Second Passage Hand (May 15th-19th) in mid-spring,
participating in various challenges and ceremonial-combats
in order to exchange freewoman for slaves.

Turian New Year
The peoples of Turia and certain other southern regions
officially celebrate their own new year on the day
of the Summer Solstice (June 21st).
A ten day period of revelry follows,
similar to the New Year celebrations in northern cities.

The Passing of Turia
The herds of the Wagon peoples traditionally pass closest to the city of Turia
on or around the Second Hand of Se`Kara (September 22nd-26th).

Festival of the 25th of Se'Kara
An annual Festival held in Port Kar to celebrate
their great naval victory over the combined fleets
of Cos and Tyros (October 11th).
The Fair of Se`Kara (September 22nd-October 1st)

The Thing
An annual celebration held in Torvaldsland,
during which all of the shieldmen of the various Great Jarls
travel to the Hall of their particular leader,
submit their weaponry for inspection,
and formally repledge their oaths of loyalty.
The Thing usually occupies a span of from three to five days,
and occurs sometime during the middle
of the ninth Gorean month (mid-November),
varying according to such factors as weather
and the current political situation.

The Wintering
The nomadic herds of the Wagon peoples typically occupy their winter pastures
during the period from the middle of the ninth Gorean month (late November)
through the Second Hand of En'Kara (late March).

New Year(Wagon People
The day of the Winter Solstice (December 21st) is celebrated by the Wagon Peoples
as the first day of the new year, and marks the beginning of The Season of Snows.
In addition, the women of the Wagon Peoples keep a calendar of their own,
based upon the phases of the largest of the three Gorean moons.
It consists of fifteen separate divisions, each named after one of the fifteen diiferent kinds
of bosk, for instance: "The Moon of the Brown Bosk", "The Moon of the Spotted Bosk", etc.

Carnival
Held in many southern cities, notably Port Kar,
during the five days of the Twelfth Passage Hand (March 11th-15th).
During this celebration it is often customary to garb oneself in outlandish costumes
or masks and attend various masquerade fetes and feasts. .

Kajuralia
A festival, similar to the Feast of Fools,
is which slaves trade places
with their masters and have much freedom
to play tricks on free persons;
celebrated in most cities on the last day
of the 12th Passage Hand,
but in Ar and some other cities on the last day
of the 5th month, the day before the Love Feast

Love Feast
Common name for the 5th Passage Hand,
occuring in late summer,
which time is the greatest period
for the sale of slaves, esp. slavegirls

Sardar Fairs
Huge fairs held 4 times each year
at the foot of the Sardar Mountains;
they coincide with the equinoxes and solstices
(En'Kara, En'Var, Se'Kara, & Se'Var);
for the during of the Fair, the area is neutral territor
no one may be enslaved at the Fair
(though slaves captured elsewhere may be sold),
& no blood may be spilled;
serves as a trading point for information and
merchandise; every Gorean is required to visit
the Fair at least once before the age of 25