Calendar Of Harptos
The Calendar of Harptos is the calendar used almost all over Faerûn. It was created by the wizard Harptos although most people associate the word 'Harptos' with the calendar.
It defines a 365-day year divided into 12 months of 30 days - or 3 tendays - each1). Five special days fall between the months, and every four years a leap day, Shieldmeet, is added to the calendar immediately following Midsummer night.
A tenday is also, though less commonly, called a ride, and consists of ten days. The days do not have names, but are instead referred to by number: first-day, second-day, and so on. Most people count using their thumbs as first-day; halflings, however, are famous for using their pinkies to count first-day, and thus the phrase “counting like a halfling” has come to mean someone is being different just to be difficult.
The months and holidays are listed below; the days of the solstices and equinoxes are:
- Winter Solstice: Nightal 20
- Spring Equinox: Ches 19
- Summer Solstice: Kythorn 20
- Autumn Equinox: Eleint 21
Months & Holidays
| Month | Name | Common Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hammer | Deepwinter |
| Midwinter - annual holiday | ||
| 2 | Alturiak | The Claw of Winter or The Claws of the Cold |
| 3 | Ches | The Claw of the Sunsets |
| 4 | Tarsakh | The Claw of the Storms |
| Greengrass - annual holiday | ||
| 5 | Mirtul | The Melting |
| 6 | Kythorn | The Time of Flowers |
| 7 | Flamerule | Summertide |
| Midsummer - annual holiday | ||
| Shieldmeet - Once every four years | ||
| 8 | Eleasias | Highsun |
| 9 | Eleint | The Fading |
| Highharvestide - annual holiday | ||
| 10 | Marpenoth | Leaffall |
| 11 | Uktar | The Rotting |
| The Feast of the Moon - annual holiday | ||
| 12 | Nightal | The Drawing Down |