Calendar of Harptos

The Calendar of Harptos was the calendar used across most of Faerûn. It was created by the wizard Harptos of Kaalinth, although most people associate the word "Harptos" with the calendar. It was split into twelve months, each lasting three tendays (or thirty days). There were an additional five days that fell between months, bringing the total number of days in most years to 365. The year starts with Hammer and ends with Nightal.
==Months and Festivals==
The names of the months and festivals used in Faerûn were as follows:
* Hammer, "Deepwinter", the first month
** Midwinter between Hammer 30 and Alturiak 1
* Alturiak (), "The Claw of Winter" or "The Claws of the Cold", the second month
* Ches, "The Claw of Sunsets", the third month The common name of this month was changed from "The Claw of the Sunsets" by the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide for 4 edition (removed "the").
** Spring Equinox on Ches 19
* Tarsakh (), "The Claw of Storms", the fourth month The common name of this month was changed from "The Claw of the Storms" by the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide for 5 edition (removed "the").
** Greengrass between Tarsakh 30 and Mirtul 1
* Mirtul (), "The Melting", the fifth month
* Kythorn (), "The Time of Flowers", the sixth month
** Summer Solstice on Kythorn 20
* Flamerule (, "Summertide", the seventh month
** Midsummer between Flamerule 30 and Eleasis 1
** Shieldmeet occurs the day after Midsummer, once every four years
* Eleasis () or Eleasias, "Highsun", the eighth month This month was spelled "Eleasias" in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Set for 1 edition and the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting for 2 edition but was spelled "Eleasis" in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting for 3 edition, the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide for 4 edition, and the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide for 5 edition."Highsun" could also refer to noon.
* Eleint (), "The Fading", the ninth month
** Autumn Equinox on Eleint 21
** Highharvestide between Eleint 30 and Marpenoth 1
* Marpenoth, "Leaffall", the tenth month
* Uktar, "The Rotting", the eleventh month
** Feast of the Moon between Uktar 30 and Nightal 1
* Nightal, "The Drawing Down", the twelfth month
** Winter Solstice on Nightal 20
==Date Conventions==
The days making up a tenday did not have formal names. If precision was required, the number of the day and the number of the tenday were used, as in, "the fourth day of the first tenday of Flamerule" meaning "Flamerule 4". Days of the month were typically written as the numerical date followed by the month name, for example, "15 Hammer", "Hammer 15" or "". Informally or poetically this could be spoken or written as "".
==Appendix==
===See Also===
* Hours of the day
* Marking the Years
===Notes===
===Gallery===
Harptos-3e.jpg|The Calendar of Harptos and the seasons.
Forgotten Realms Calendar of Harptos (Fixed) 02.png|The Calendar of Harptos with tenday tracking and common names for months. (This image was edited to correct a few errors.)
===External Links===
*Calendar Tool from Wizards of the Coast
*Downloadable version of the Calendar Tool
===References===
===Connections===
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