Because of the societal fragmentation that resulted from Querinalo, tracking dates with any consistency is remarkably difficult. It is made more difficult by there being at least four different starts to the year in different regions. This page aims to make this more understandable.
Those nations in the Pellish Diaspora use what appears to be a lunar calendar, with each moon associated with a society animal. This means that there are 13 moonspans in a given year. Spring begins the new year among these nations. These moons are:
You will note that there is no moon listed that is associated with the royal house. Assuming that the other nations follow suit with Hawk Haven, this is because that society's festival is determined by lot rather than assigned to a specific moonspan. It is possible that this is sometimes used as an extra month to adjust the calendar, like that of a lunisolar calendar, but there is not direct evidence for this.
It is the official hypothesis of this wiki that a moonspan is exactly 28 days, with exactly 13 moons in a year. In part this is to ease dating schemes, but it should be noted that this is within the constraints we know about. We know:
The nation of New Kelvin uses a calendar very similar to that of the Pellish Diaspora, except that their moons have names that correspond to the seasons. Those moons listed in the book are:
Like New Kelvin, the people of Liglim name their moons for the things one does during that time, at least in casual usage. In more formal settings, they are named for important events in the history of the deities. In cities, where seasons are often less important, they are simply numbered. Those listed in the book are: