The Study of Timekeeping

Urthe’s calendar consists of twelve months, each thirty days long, and five Feast Days. Every year, the Feast of Magica is added to one of the other feast days (Veritas, Gloria, Mendacium, Opprobrium), each in turn.

The first month of the year is Aequitas, followed by the months of Concordia, and Savitas. Then comes the Feast of Veritas on the vernal equinox, with rituals of truth and confession. Next, the months of Vita, Spero, and Eleutheria, followed by the Feast of Gloria on the summer solstice: a day of pageantry and honours. Then, the months of Fortuna, Discordia, and Angor, followed by the Feast of Mendacium on the autumnal equinox: a day of mischief, trickery, and disguises. Then, the months of Mortem, Despero, and finally Terminus. The year is not officially over until after the Feast of Opprobrium, with its traditional shame parades, pillories, and other entertaining public and private humiliations.