Instead, treat them as friends, and bid them tarry a while, and you will know long life and happiness. Each month is divided into a triad of triads, three weeks of nine days. Each week triad and each day has a name and character. The months are divided into month-pairs, and alternate between male and female.
Every month has a celebration in honor of the god of the month, for whom the month is named.
In each pair, male months are named first and female months second. The first months of spring, the month of the birth of the new year, and the months of blessings on fertility and pregnancy, and of delivery. The day of the birth of the new year. The date and exact time for the birth of each new year is determined by oracle, and the day and hour of birth indicate something of the temperament and character of the year to come. Celebrated by the christening ceremony for the newborn year, which follows the naming ceremony.