Calendar

The calendar is a list of important dates and time periods in the world of Aum

## Weeks

Weeks in Aums are a six day cycle. There are five weeks in a month and sixty weeks in a year.

Lumday - Lumday is the first day of the week, associated with the element of Light. Most professions do not work on Lumday except for farmers and ranchers.

Arday - Arday is the second day of the week, associated with the element of Fire. It is the first day of the work week and people are expected to be full of energy, though many would prefer to stay in bed.

Brayday - Brayday is the third day of the week, associated with the element of Air. Though it is typically a work day, it is usually considered to be the least productive day of the week.

Roday - Roday is the fourth day of the week, associated with the element of Earth. It is seen as a day of endurance and hard work, as everybody wants to get as much done to ensure that they can finish earlier tomorrow.

Uesday - Uesday is the fifth day of the week, associated with the element of Water. It is the last day of the work week and as such is a popular day for date nights.

Danday - Danday is the final day of the week, associated with the element of Dark. Most profession do not work on except those relating to law. It is a popular day for executions.

## Months And Seasons

Aum has twelve months that compose four season in a year. The common seasons are used for many things, such as the growing and harvesting times of most crops, however, mages and many specialists use what are called elemental seasons instead. There are six elemental seasons, one beginning every other month and each lasting for three months. The elemental seasons overlap, a new season starting before the last one has ended.

A typical month is 30 days and there are 12 months, making 360 days in a year. However, there is a cursed day known as the Forgotten Day that appears at random during the end of Gust once every few years, giving such years a 361 day length.

## Grand Festivals

Each month has a Grand Festival that determines the theme of the month. Each festival is associated with special food and clothing

## Holidays

### Sprout

1 Founder Day - Celebrate Empire and Royalty as well as local founders

4 Tomb Day - Visit Ancestral Home and Graves

6 Law Day - A day for celebrating laws and renewing edicts

7 Seed Day - First planting day. Also Investment

1-6 Home Week - Visit Ancestral Home and stuff

15 Word Day - Celebrate language, poetry, song

XX Tech Day - Celebration of technology with grand expositions

25 Tea Day - Tea parties and classical dresses

### Terra

1 Fools Day - A Day for pranks. Often Moves. Often against the established order

13 Tree Day - No wood cutting

14 Leaf Day - Camping and pressing

15 Spring Equinox, 24 hour day, 24 hour night

16 Mountain Day - Hiking and Climbing

18 Flower Day - Flowers and Dance

25 Worker Day - Day off to celebrate labor, especially builders and crafters

30 Egg Day - Eggs, Birds, and Rabbits, Dragon egg raids

13-18 Earth Week - Celebrate the green

### Luna

27 Castle Day - Build real and model castles

13 Candle Day - Make candles and glass

14 Shine Day - Brewing and Drink

15 Eclipse Day - Solar Eclipse Happens

17 Firefly Day - Catch fireflies

18 Cake Day - Feast and Cake

13-18 Moon Week - Moon is Full Whole Week, visible in the day too. Picnics under the moon, stargazing

7 Health Day - Medicine and Rabbits

20 Boat Day - Sailing, ship building, soup, fishing

### Luminance

13 Mother Day - A Day where family respects mothers

15 Father Day - A Day where family respects fathers

10 Milk Day - Cows and Cheese

27 Charm Day - Day of making and finding lucky charms

28 Angel Day - Commit acts of kindness and charity

29 Lantern Day - Make Wishes, prepare for star day

30 Star Day - Mage enforced Clear night skies, comets, and meteor showers

25-30 Wish Week

### Radiance

1 Sunrise Day - Watch the Sun Rise

13 Fan Day - Prepare for Sunny Day, create large fans to blow away clouds

14 Sunny Day - Mage enforced sun,

15 Summer Solstice, 48 Hour Day

16 Beach Day - Surf, Sand, and Sun

17 Boom Day - Fireworks and Music

18 Bonfire Day - Fire and rain dance

19 Rainy Day - Mage enforced Rain

13 - 18 Sun Week

23 Berry Day - Day for picking and cooking with berries, pies and cakes

30 Sunset Day - Watch the Sun Set

### Blaze

8 Torch Day - Protest and Anger. Authorities tend to dislike it

13 Soldier Day - Celebrate veterans and active soldiers

18 Rival Day - A day to meet with rivals before the tournament begins

19 Rookie Day - First Day of Tournaments

24 Master Day - Last Day of tournaments

19 - 24 Tournament Week - Battles, races, sports, from local streets to grand colosseums. Fights broadcasted by Mages

25 Peace Day - All fighting stops, diplomats meet at sea

### Breeze

25 Music Day - Concerts and Dances

26 Dance Day - Concerts and Dances

27 Beauty Day - Art, Fashion

15 Silk Day - Day for making and wearing silk

16 Feather Day - Celebrate Flying Things

1 Warm Day - Warm Colors

2 Cool Day - Cool Colors

3 Grey Day - Greyscale Colors

4 Mono Day - Single Color outfits

5 Clash Day - War of colors between complementary colors

6 Rainbow Day - Celebrate the rainbow

1-6 Color Week

### Gust

X Forgotten Day

27 Spirit Day - Pay respects to the dead, beware of undead

12 - Wool Day - Last day for sheering sheep before the cold, knitting, fashion. People aslo get haircuts to show solidarity with the sheep, gain good luck, and show that they do not fear the cold of the coming winter

15 Chime Day - Make Wind Chimes to appease the dead, ward off undead

15 Fall Equinox - 24 hour day, 24 hour night

6 Tragedy Day - Day of Movies and Theatre

7 Comedy Day - Second Day with less serious tone

28 Trick Day - Pranks and Mischief

29 Treat Day - Costumes and Candy

30 Demon Day - People Hide from monsters

25 Carving Day - Carve pumpkins, totems, charms

25-30 Monster Week

### Draft

3 Shroom Day - Hunting for truffles

12 Election Day - Many Votes on local officials, companies

15 Sale Day - Shopping and Sales. Clearance on seeds

26 Hunt Day - Grand Hunt

27 Harvest Day - Harvest them Crops,

28 Cleaning Day - Day dedicated to house care, set up, and preparing food

29 Cook Day - Day to practice Cooking and Eat Out

30 Feast Day - Large Feasts with families, friends, towns, and lords. Some nobles host parties for peasants, though many who do so do not actually attend themselves as they are at other feasts

25 - 30 Harvest Week - Full Moon All Week

### Somber

3 Coal Day - Mining and burning Cool. Spelunking. Fuels Snow Day

4 Snow Day - Mage enforced Snow

13 Forgiveness Day - End Grudges, political pardons, settle debts

19 Charity Day - Donations and work for charity and community. Nobody goes without dinner and roof

25 Baking Day - Cookies and Treats

28 Family Day - Family games and dinners. For couples even years males visit females, odd years vice versa

29 Gift Day - Gifts are exchanged

30 Boxing Day - Sales and regifting

25- 30 Cheer Week

### Bitter

6 Fortune Day - Fortune Telling and Destiny. Bones, Dice, Cards

15 Shadow Day - Stay indoors and make shadow puppets and real puppets

15 Winter Solstice - 48 hour night

20 Bell Day - Warning bells, music, clocks

25 Roast Day - Big Zodiac Animal and pigs are sacrificed, r

26 Gold Day - celebrate riches, share money

27 Maiden Day - Celebrate beautiful virgins, Dolls

28 Knight Day - Celebrate powerful warriors and generals

29 Blast Day - Fireworks, dragons defeated

30 Parade Day - Parades that celebrate end of Dragon reign

25-30 Dragon Week

### Frost

5 Ice Day - Day for Sculpting, Skating, and Ice Fishing

11 Wine Day - Fine wines and drink. Often Bottles are bought and saved for Lovers Day

19 Letter Day - Free Mail for noncommercial letters and small packages, Delivered in 6 Days anywhere

25 Mail Day - Everybody checks mail for Letter Day Letters

27 Chocolate Day - Homemade Chocolate Gifts typically from women to men

28 Ring Day - Proposals and Jewelry events, many smaller homemade bead gifts too, typically men to women

29 Lovers Day - Dates and some weddings

25- 30 Love Week

30 Eve Day - Celebrate the last day of the new year