Sari Calender

The Sari Calender, like all calenders, is built on the monitoring of celestrial bodies

Assigning of years
Years are assigned in relation to the most recent axial precession into a new age. These ages were later not formally assigned names, but in the BA period they played a major role in the establishment of mythology, with cultures drawing inspiration for their spirituality from the constellations on which the ages occured. The precessions occur approximately every 2560 years, so every 2560 years the world enters a new age. It is also worth noting each year is 528 days with no scope for leap years.

The inter-solstice periods
Instead of acknowledging the seasons of Spring, Summer, Winter and Autumn, the cultures of Sari Alenia simply refer to periods between solstices. These periods are divided into eight, four either side of each solstice. These periods are referred to by the name of the Gods of the Berai Empire, of which there are four evil deities (to represent the shortening of days), and four good deities (to represent the lengthening of days). The official new year period occurs when the planet and the sun are at the autumnal point, 1st Flarosen (First season) and thusly begins the period of Rez. In chronological order the periods proceed from Rez as such: Rez, Far, Kon, Sawy, Xiwn, Goqsh, Firn, Tlen.

To translate this into the seasons of Earth: Rez and Far would be autumn; Kon and Sawy would be winter; Xiwn and Goqsh would be Spring; and Firn and Ten would be summer.

Assigning of months
There are 5 months due to the 5 times the moon will orbit the planet in a year.

Assigning of seasons
Due to the length of a lunar month, months are split up into seasons based on the 3 times the moon will spin on its axis in the time it takes to do a lunar cycle. This results in the visibility of a collection of frozen lakes 3 times a month, and the one night these reflect the sun marks the beginning of the next season in a month.