Calendar

The Calendars in the Forgotten Realms differ from continent to continent, from region to region, and sometimes even from kingdom to kingdom, and from city to city. This is because of different reckonings (significant historical events) are used for the starting year in these different calendars.
In this article we will mention only the two most significant calendar systems for the Border Kingdoms:
* Dalereckoning (DR)
* Ascension Reckoning (ASR)
More information about the other calendar systems can be studied about here.
== Dalereckoning (DR) ==
Dalereckoning is taken from the Year of Sunrise, 1 DR, when the Standing Stone was raised by the elves of Cormanthyr and the human Dalesfolk. Since this time, humans were permitted by the Elven Court to settle in the more open regions of the forests. In some texts, primarily those which do not have direct ties to Dales history, Dalereckoning is called Freeman's Reckoning (FR). The calendar is widely used in Faerûn but has not spread beyond its shores.
== Ascension Reckoning (ASR) ==
Following the Plague of the Living, a new way of counting the years spread across Faerun. When in the year 1763 DR necromancy was finally outlawed in the last remaining corners of the continent, the lords and ladies of various factions across Faerun decided on this as a new start in which a man’s souls would be viewed as the irreplaceable essence of one’s self. Its irreversible ascension into other planes has thereby been celebrated by naming this new era and new calendar system after it. Therefore, the year 1763 DR is taken as year 1 ASR.
Another change that was made was the one pertaining to the months and weeks themselves. Months had henceforth no names, but instead were referred to with numbers from 1-12; while the weeks no longer consisted of 10, but 7 days.
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