Calendar

The **calendar** system is a system used to record periods of time.

* The First Realm uses **DR** (**Dalereckoning**) to record time.
* The Second Realm uses **VI** (**Vieillard Incident**), **BBM** (**Before Banishment of Mohammed**), and **ABM** (**After Banishment of Mohammed**) to record time.
* The Third Realm uses an unknown dating system to record time.
* The Fourth Realm uses **AD** to record time.
* The Fifth Realm uses **RC** to record time.
* The Sixth Realm uses **BC** (**Before Common Era**) and **AD** (***Anno Dommi***) to record time. As well as:
	+ **-Α** and **+Α**.
	+ **-Β** and **+Β**.
* The Seventh Realm uses an unknown dating system to record time.
* The Eighth Realm uses an unknown dating system to record time.
* The Ninth Realm uses **BCE** (**Before Common Era**) and **AD** (***Anno Dommi***) to record time.
* The Tenth Realm uses **RE** (**Roger Era**) and **GPE** (**Great Pirate Era**) to record time. As well as:
	+ **AH** (**Age of Heaven**).
	+ **ASC** (**Age of the Sea Circle**).

## Calendars

### First Realm

#### Months

On Toril, it takes the planet 360 days to orbit the sun. There are 12 months with 30 days in each of them. In order they are:

1. **Hammer**
	* **Taraq** (Zakharan calendar)
2. **Alturiak**
	* **Masta** (Zakharan calendar)
3. **Ches**
	* **Magarib** (Zakharan calendar)
4. **Tarsakh**
	* **Gammam** (Zakharan calendar)
5. **Mirtul**
	* **Mihla** (Zakharan calendar)
6. **Kythorn**
	* **Qawafil** (Zakharan calendar)
7. **Flamerule**
	* **Safa** (Zakharan calendar)
8. **Eleasis**
	* **Dar** (Zakharan calendar)
9. **Eleint**
	* **Riyah** (Zakharan calendar)
10. **Marpenoth**
	* **Nau** (Zakharan calendar)
11. **Uktar**
	* **Rahat** (Zakharan calendar)
12. **Nightal**
	* **Saris** (Zakharan calendar)

#### Holidays

1. **Wintershield:** An annual holiday in Waterdeep that marked the start of the new year. It was celebrated on Hammer 1st as a day off work when people stayed at home reminiscing the previous year and discussing their expectations for the upcoming year.
2. **Founder's Day:** Occurring the 10th day of Hammer in Zakhara, this celebrated the birthday of the first Grand Caliph.
3. **Midwinter/Deadwinter Day:** A festival to mark the midpoint of winter in the Calendar of Harptos. It occurs on a special day between Hammer 30th and Alturiak 1st. Amongst nobles and monarchs it was known as *Midwinter* and was traditionally used to make or renew alliances, although the common people called it Deadwinter Day, a reference to the cold and hard times that remained before the spring.
4. **Fate's Day:** The last day of Alturiak in Zakhara celebrated the miracles and other strange events associated with the intervention of Fate. Any strange occurrences on this day were seen as an ill omen for the coming year.
5. **Rhyestertide:** A holiday celebrated in Waterdeep on Ches 1st in honor of Lathander's miraculous restoration of Rhyester's vision in the Year of the Druid's Wrath, 717 DR.
6. **Festival of the Pride:** A day of celebration for the faithful of the interloper deity Nobanion. It is considered a time for frolicking and romance, as the followers of Nobanion believed any children or cubs conceived during the festival would grow to become the ruler of the local church, or in the case of wemics, their pride. The festival takes place during the first week of Ches. It is followed three and a half months later by the Newborn Celebration, with the time in between representation the gestation period of a newborn lion.
7. **Fey Day:**  A holiday held in Waterdeep and the surrounding countryside during the vernal equinox on Ches 19th. It celebrated the weakening of the barriers between Prime Material plane and the faerie realm of the Feywild.
8. **Feast of the Ancestors:** On the 25th of Ches in Zakhara living ancestors were honored with gifts and those who passed were remembered in prayers and stories.
9. **First day of Gammam:** The women of the Royal Harim of Huzuz were honored on the 1st day of Tarsakh in Zakhara. This day was the birthday of the first wife of the first Grand Caliph. Traditionally it served as the wedding day for the current Grand Caliph.
10. **Waukeentide:** A holiday observed in Waterdeep in honor of the goddess Waukeen. It consisted of a number of festivals bundled together into a single event.
11. **Greengrass:** A festival to welcome in the first day of spring in the Calendar of Harptos. It occured annually on a special day between Tarsakh 30th and Mirtul 1th. Traditionally, the wealthier people brought out flowers to give to the less wealthy, who either wore them or spread them on the ground to encourage the deities to usher in the summer.
12. **Crowning Day:** In 1367 DR, Zaranda Star and the members of Star Protective Services emerged from the Underdark beneath Zazesspur after defeating "The One Below" to end the Days of Terror. She was proclaimed queen by the citizens, although it would be two months before she decided to accept that title. This day, Mirtul 3rd, was thereafter known as Crowning Day to the people of Zazesspur.
13. **Plowing and Running:** An annual holiday observed in Waterdeep and its rural surroundings. It celebrated the plowing of fields and running of livestock, and also involved numerous racing competitions within the city.
14. **Day of Love:** The 25th of Mirtul in Zakhara was reserved for marriage propositions and other special declarations between lovers.
15. **Open Feast:** A revelry held on the 26th of Mirtul each year by the King of Cormyr. It was known as the "open" feast because by tradition no members of the royal family attended the festival, and allowed the attendees to speak openly. Many nobles would attend such a gathering for this reason, being able to state their opinions without consequences.
16. **Festival of Handras:**  A celebration in Suzail of the arrival of caravans from the Sword Coast in late Mirtul. During the festival, free food and drink were served while Suzail's residents inspected the latest goods.
17. **Trolltide:** A Waterdhavian feast day on the 1st of Kythorn (or the 1st of the Time of Flowers) that commemorated the end of the Second Trollwar in the Year of the Rings Royal, 952 DR. By the Year of the Banner, 1368 DR, it was celebrated mostly by children who ran through the city acting like trolls, banging on doors and growling, from highsun until dusk. Home and shop owners were expected to give the children treats such as candy, fruit, sweet rolls, sticks of salted meat, or small items "to keep the trolls away from my door". If the trolls were not appeased, it was likely that they would be the target of a prank at sundown, such as "troll scratchings" on doors or windows, raw eggs thrown at signs, windows, or those that were miserly to them earlier, and being serenaded by caterwauling during moondark.
18. **6 Qawafil/Ajami Day:** The 6th of Kythorn the beginning of the preparations for the High Holy Days in Zakhara. The entire city was cleaned for the upcoming festivals. Every gate was adorned with decorations and booths to aid pilgrims who traveled to the city from afar. It later became known as "Ajami Day" because even total strangers or barbarians were openly welcomed in the city.
19. **Newborn Celebration:** A holiday that celebrated the lions of the Vilhon Reach and the rebirth of the deity Nobanion. It took place during the third week of Kythorn, exactly three and a half months after the Festival of the Pride in Ches. This time represented the gestation period of a lion cub.
20. **Guildhall Day:** A holiday celebrated in Waterdeep on Kythorn 14th. It was a celebration of the fruits of people's labor, characterized by trade fairs, announcements of new products, and recruitment into the Guilds of Waterdeep.
21. **Hornmoot:** The traditional trading festival between the dwarves and humans of the Vast. It took place on the 14th of Kythorn each year, with lesser hornmoots on the 14th of each month until Eleint.
22. **Dragondown:** A holiday celebrated in Waterdeep on Kythorn 20th. It commemorated the defeat of the several dragons that threatened the city throughout its history.
23. **Founders' Day:**  An annual holiday celebrating the founding of the city of Waterdeep. It was held on Flamerule 1st.
24. **Lliira's Night:** An annual festival holiday that honored the goddess Lliira on the 7th of Flamerule.
25. **Midsummer:** A festival that celebrated love and music through feast. It occurred between Flamerule 30th and Eleasis 1st on the Calendar of Harptos. It was a time when love advanced, and it was said the deities themselves took a hand to ensure good weather. If bad weather was experienced on this night it was considered an extremely bad omen. Shieldmeet occurred the day after Midsummer on leap years.
26. **Shieldmeet:** The equivalent of a leap year day in the Calendar of Harptos, occurring once every four years, adding a day after the festival of Midsummer and before Eleasis 1st. Traditionally the day was used for fairs, bazaars, musical and theatrical performances, and tournaments of skill and magical ability. Nobles usually held court to hear the petitions of their people and to make or renew trade pacts, alliances, and agreements.
27. **Ahghairon's Day:** Celebrated in Waterdeep on the 1st day of Eleasis, to honor the city's first Lord, Ahghairon.
28. **27 Dar:** The 27th of Eleasis was the Grand Caliph Khalil al-Assad al-Zahir's birthday. In Zakhara it was celebrated with grand parades. Citizens of Huzuz made their official pilgrimage to the Golden Mosque on this day.
29. **Brightswords:** A holiday celebrated in Waterdeep on Eleint 21st. It consisted of parades and demonstrations conducted by the city's main military organizations, as well as competitions and staged battles.
30. **Highharvestide:** An annual festival in the Calendar of Harptos, taking place between 30th Eleint and 1st Marpenoth. It was traditionally a feast to celebrate the harvest and the abundance of food, but also the time when those wishing to travel left on their journeys before winter set in.
31. **Day of Wonders:** A holiday celebrated in Waterdeep on Marpenoth 3th. It featured a display and parade of inventions created by worshipers of Gond.
32. **Stoneshar:** A holiday celebrated in Waterdeep on Marpenoth 7th. Observed by followers of all faiths, the date was associated with starting new projects, avoiding idleness, and doing constructive deeds.
33. **Genies Day:** Celebrated on the 12th of Marpenoth in Zakhara, this day honored all of genie-kind for their assistance in protecting Huzuz from attack in the mid-1320s DR.
34. **Gods' Day:** An annual holiday in Waterdeep that commemorated the anniversary of the end of the Time of Troubles in the Year of Shadows, 1358 DR. It was held on Marpenoth 15th.
35. **Liar's Night:** A holiday celebrated in Waterdeep on the 30th day of Marpenoth, paying tribute to the deities Leira and Mask. It was celebrated to appease the gods and guard against their unwanted attention. It was held in Waterdeep in the late 15th Century DR.
36. **Rahat:** Though not considered a holiday, the entire month of Uktar was used to contemplate the teachings of the Loregiver. Children began their study of the law of the Loregiver on this day.
37. **Feast of the Moon/Moonfest:** was an annual festival in the Calendar of Harptos, occurring between the final night of Uktar and the first day of Nightal. It was the last great festival of the calendar year.
38. **Wizard's Day:** The last day of Nightal in Zakhara was dedicated to wizards. Practitioners of the art would light up the sky with splendid displays of power. Sha'irs, gen, and genies joined a large parade through the city.
39. **High Holy Holidays:** The five High Holy Days—**Ahad**, **Atnen**, **Salas**, **Arba**, and **Yasad**—occurred between the months of Kythorn and Flamerule in Zakhara. Large festivals honored the Enlightened gods and pilgrims swelled Golden Huzuz to bursting during this time. The entire month of Flamerule was used to recover from the festivals of the High Holy Days. Though it was a High Holy Day, Yasad was also **Ascension Day**—the date when the first Grand Caliph took the throne. Historically, it was the date that every Grand Caliph since then also assumed power. The Grand Caliph would address his people at the Golden Mosque and worship publicly on this day.
40. **Festival of Blue Fire:** An annual festival held in Ormpetarr and was sponsored by the Order of Blue Flame. Pilgrims traveled from around Faerûn in the hopes of acquiring a spellscar.
41. **Festival of Remembering:** A solemn dwarven holy day dedicated to remembrance of the dead.
42. **Life Day/Christmas:** A holiday celebrated on Toril in which participants gift each other presents. It is similar to Christmas and named after Life Day.
43. **Returning Day:** A holiday celebrated in the city of Baldur's Gate. It commemorated the return of the famed explorer Balduran to his namesake city, after his first expedition to the continent of Anchorome.
44. **Runemeet:** A holy day of Uthgar, held on the autumn equinox when the Uthgardt tribes traveled to their respective ancestor mounts (or to Beorunna's Well, the holiest of all) for rites, pacts, and communing with ancestors.

### Second Realm

#### Months

On Gaea, it takes the planet 361–368 days to orbit the sun. There are 12 months with 30 days in each of them except for Momen which has 31 days. Every four years during Stris, there is a leap year giving Stris 7 extra days. Each month is named after a god, in order they are:

1. **Rehad**, named after Rhea
2. **Nuova**, named after Novu
3. **Suroah**, named after Horus
4. **Eurqua**, named after Eurybia
5. **Cumbust**, named after Johnny Sins
6. **Momen**, named after Mohammed
7. **Arie**, named after Ares
8. **Amod**, named after God
9. **Kredorr**, named after Kree and Odorr
10. **Stris**, named after Eris
11. **Haern**, named after Hades
12. **Cessa**, named after Mobius

#### Holidays

There is a holiday every month to celebrate the respective god of each month, Momen has two holidays.

1. **Genesis:** On the 1st day of Rehad, Genesis is celebrated to acknowledge the new year and appreciate mothers for creating life. It is similar to New Year's Day and Mother's Day.
2. **Chance Day:** On the 8th day of Nuova, people spend the day attempting to do things differently from their usual daily life to celebrate possibility. It is similar to Opposite Day.
3. **Luminescence:** On the 28th day of Suroah, people spend the day trying to help others who are in bad places bringing light into their lives.
4. **High Tide:** On the 16th day of Eurqua, people spend the day caring for the environment. It is similar to Earth Day.
5. **No Bust Cumbust:** The entire month of Cumbust is a celebration of this holiday. Throughout the month, individuals celebrate their sexual desires by practicing sexual abstinence the entire month. It is similar to No Nut November.
6. **Day of Feasts:** On the 14th of Momen, people feast on great meals and talk out any ill will they have toward each other. It is similar to Thanksgiving.
7. **Celebration:** On the 31st of Momen, people celebrate the extra day of the month along with it being the half-way point of the year. The day is also used as a way to forgive anyone you could have anything against by gifting them something and give gifts to your friends and family. It is similar to Christmas.
8. **Remembrance:** On the 4th day of Arie, people remember and honor soldier that have fallen in wars. It is similar to Memorial Day.
9. **Faith Day:** On the 22nd day of Amod, people celebrate their faith in their gods.
10. **Kyzo:** On the 12th day of Kredorr, people spend the day with their loved ones to celebrate the love. It is similar to Valentine's Day.
11. **Discordance:** On the 19th day of Stris, people dress up as monsters and receive treats and gifts from people. It is celebrated to celebrate the Goddess of Discord, Eris by causing chaos by "robbing" people of their treats. It is similar to Halloween.
12. **Lingering Dusk:** Every four years a leap year event occurs during Stris giving it 7 extra days. During the entirety of the seven days, there is a complete solar eclipse.
13. **Day of Demise:** On the 18th day of Haern, people remember and honor the dead. It is similar to Dia de Los Muertos.
14. **Year's End:** On the 30th day of Cessa, people celebrate the end of the year. It is similar to New Year's Eve.