2026-04-01 - The Quarter of Spells, Map Updates, & Calendars
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Calendar
The world of Hiraeth has been around for more than a decade, as I grow and gain better skills in the world change and grow with me. Sometimes things I wrote in a math classroom when I should have been working on schoolwork in May 13 years ago is one of them. The calendar is one of the many things that have changed over the years, and I hope for the better. This is a small change but I think will have a good impact on play at the table. Renaming the days of the week and months to be less alien and forced, the goal is to make days and months titles feel more special and also have some holidays be.
operates on a mathematically perfect 360-day solar year. Every day represents exactly one degree of planetary rotation around the sun.
For the common folk, scholars, and adventurers, the calendar is a blend of ancient divine reverence and practical, everyday terminology.
Days of the Week
A standard week in Hiraeth now consists of 7a days.10-day cycle, commonly referred to as a "tenday." While scholars and the devout use the ancient divine names, commoners use simplified, modern terms that closely mirror the real world. The weekend consists of the final two days, dedicated to hearth, home, and sunlight.
Day
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Ancient
Name
Common
Name
Origin / Meaning
1
Pythda
Lyday
Named for Pythia, Goddess of Life. The start of the work week.
2
Minda
Minday
for Loron, Goddess of the Moon. A day transitioning out of the weekend's rest.
3 Minda Minday Named for Minos, God of Time.3
Voida
Wanesday
Named for Voidos, God of Space (the waning void).
4
Ethearda
Starday
for Gia, Guardian of the Land. The peak of the agricultural workweek.
6 Matda Forgeday Named for Matrix, the Anvil of Destiny. A day of heavy labor, crafting, and industry. 7 Ethearda Starday Named for Etherea, Goddess of the Stars.5
Nyda
Freeday
Named for Nyx, Goddess of Night. The final workday where evening brings
6
Hestda
Hearthday
Named for Hesta, Goddess of the Hearth. A day of rest and family.
7
Bethda
Sunday
Named for Bethtox, God of the Sun. A day of celebration and worship.
The Calendar Year: Seasons and Months
The calendar is built around a 364-day year. This is divided into exactly 360 standard days (organized into 12 months) and 4 Quarter Days that mark the shifting of the seasons.
Together, solstices and equinoxes are traditionally known as Quarter Days. To fit the 360-degree rotation and thethese 4 DaysQuarter Outside Time,Days, each season isoperates exactlyon 90an daysidentical long:91-day structure:
1 Day Outside a Month (the 1 seasonal transitionQuarter day,Day).
Months vs. Zodiacs
(Note:It Inis differentimportant cultures,to note that the calendar months are not the Zodiacs. The months are sometimessimply the periods of time used to track the year.
The Zodiacs (often referred to simplyin different cultures as "The Sky Signs" or "The Ascendants".) are the dominant celestial constellations that happen to be visible in the night sky during those specific months. For example, a person born in the month of Novnus is born under the Zodiac of The Matrix, but the month itself is distinct from the stars overhead.
Winter (The Stillness)
Quarter Day (Day Outside Time:a Month): The Nadir (Winter Solstice)
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Spring (The Growth)
Quarter Day (Spring Equinox)
Day Outside Time:a Month): The Vernal Awakening • 4. Rifis / "Springtide" (30 Days)
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Summer (The Heat)
Quarter Day (Summer Solstice)
Day Outside Time:a Month): The Zenith • 7. Tristis / "Highsun" (30 Days)
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Fall (The Fading)
Quarter Day (Fall Equinox)
Day Outside Time:a Month): The Autumnal Balance • 10. Umbra / "Leaf-fall" (30 Days)
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To maintain the perfect 360-day calendar, four days exist outside of any standard month. These days act as the
seasons. Because they belong to no month, different cultures and regions refer to them by
heralds of the new different names:
• The Devout & Clergy: The Empyrean Days (Commonly shortened to The Empyrs). They believe these are
holy days where the gods' influence is strongest.
• The Common Folk: The Achrona (Commonly shortened to The Chrons). Derived from an ancient word
meaning "without time," as these days sit outside the God of Time's standard months.
The Scholars (The Athenaeum): The Epagomenal Days (Commonly shortened to The Epags). A strict, academic term for days mathematically added to balance the solar calendar.
Regardless of what they are called, these four days anchor the year, opening each new season: