Though Ghurana Nent insists on a different timekeeping system for their internal use, the six nations otherwise use the Kaurian calendar. It begins on the day of the spring equinox and ends on the last day of winter. It uses eight-day weeks: Ten months have four weeks, but months six and twelve have three, for a total of 368 days. A few days are usually subtracted from the last week of the year to ensure that the spring equinox falls on Bloom 1, which means in practical terms that Thaw is often only twenty-one to twenty-two days long. Bloodmoon 1 is usually the day after the autumn equinox.
The Giant Wars began in the winter of 3041 with the eruption of Mount Thayil and the destruction of Harthrad, followed closely by the du Paskre Encounter and the capture of Saviič in the east.
Bloom (32) Rainfall (32) Foaling (32) (96 days)
Sunlight (32) Bounty (32) Harvest (24) (88 days)
Bloodmoon (32) Amber (32) Barebranch (32) (96 days)
Frost (32) Snowfall (32) Thaw (21) (85 days)
Deller, Soller, Tamiller, Keiller, Shaller, Feiller, Beiller, Reiller
Delech, Solech, Tamech, Kelech, Shalech, Felech, Belech, Ranech