Calendar
Rhadixe's year consists of 365 days, divided into 9 months. Each month is 40 days in length; 9 x 40 days, plus the 5 days left over at the end of the year, makes a total of 365 days.

Each month is divided into 5 weeks, each 8 days in length, for a total of 40 days. Since the months are all of equal length, they all look like this:

Lux-Day Aura-Day Mithril-Day Flamma-Day Umbra-Day Geo-Day Volt-Day Aqua-Day
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Rhadixe dates can be equated with "Earth" dates as follows:

Winteria: Jan 1 - Feb 9
Thavis: Feb 10 - Mar 21
Verafaer: Mar 22 - Apr 30
Maydia: May 1 - Jun 9
Estivaer: Jun 10 - Jul 19
Infernus: Jul 20 - Aug 28
Autumnis: Aug 29 - Oct 7
Cyclonis: Oct 8 - Nov 16
Desolatia: Nov 17 - Dec 26
Limina (5 left over days): Dec 27 - Dec 31

i.e. Winteria 1 = Jan 1, Winteria 2 = Jan 2, Thavis 1 = Feb 10, etc. The majority of the action in the novel takes place during Infernus, Autumnis and Cyclonis of the year Second Aeon 1999. (Approx. late August - early November)

Significant Tenebrae holidays are as follows. Yes, this is a big fat rip-off of Wicca/Paganism :) - but I note the Pagan equivalents to demonstrate around what time of year these festivals are, not to imply that the Daemons are exactly equivalent to any specific Pagan deities associated with those particular festivals.

Feast of Aethamaat (Imbolc): Volt-Day, 31 Winteria
Feast of Ishanis: Mithril-Day, 19 Thavis
Feast of Ekolti (Spring Equinox): Aqua-Day, 40 Thavis
Feast of the Innocents (April Fool's): Mithril-Day, 11 Verafaer
Feast of Chayldemet (Beltaine): Aqua-Day, 40 Verafaer
Feast of Rhazimesh: Geo-Day, 30 Maydia
Feast of Ostiruz (Summer Solstice): Geo-Day, 14 Estivaer
Dragonfest: Aqua-Day, 40 Estivaer
Feast of Kothamaru (Lammas): Umbra-Day, 13 Infernus
Feast of the Mages: Aqua-Day, 24 Infernus
Feast of Xura-Shido: Flamma-Day, 36 Infernus
Feast of Ghenubis (Fall Equinox): Aqua-Day, 24 Autumnis
Feast of the Ancients: Flamma-Day, 4 Cyclonis
Feast of Malazacha (Samhain): Aqua-Day, 24 Cyclonis
Feast of Sekiro-Basti: Umbra-Day, 5 Desolatia
Feast of Zacavellos (Winter Solstice): Mithril-Day, 35 Desolatia
New Year's festivities: 5 days of Limina

And as if that's not enough information of interest only to me, I've got the zodiac all worked out too. Date-wise and trait-wise, this is close, but not exactly the same, as the familiar Western zodiac (i.e. Rat's period and traits resembles Aries, Owl's resembles Taurus, etc.):

Animal (Daemon)PeriodApprox. Equivalent
Rat (Ekolti)Volt-Day, 39 Thavis -
Umbra-Day, 29 Verafaer		Aries
Owl (Chayldemet)Geo-Day, 30 Verafaer -
Flamma-Day, 20 Maydia		Taurus
Bat (Rhazimesh)Umbra-Day, 21 Maydia -
Mithril-Day, 11 Estivaer		Gemini
Moth (Ostiruz)Flamma-Day, 12 Estivaer -
Aura-Day, 2 Infernus		Cancer
Eagle (Kothamaru)Mithril-Day, 3 Infernus -
Lux-Day, 33 Infernus		Leo
Wild Dog (Xura-Shido)Aura-Day, 34 Infernus -
Volt-Day, 23 Autumnis		Virgo
Raven (Ghenubis)Aqua-Day, 24 Autumnis -
Umbra-Day, 13 Cyclonis		Libra
Mantis (Malazacha)Geo-Day, 14 Cyclonis -
Mithril-Day, 3 Desolatia		Scorpio
Cat (Sekiro-Basti)Flamma-Day, 4 Desolatia -
Lux-Day, 33 Desolatia		Saggitarius
Fly (Zacavellos)Mithril-Day, 34 Desolatia -
Aura-Day, 18 Winteria		Capricorn
Spider (Aethamaat)Mithril-Day, 19 Winteria -
Aqua-Day, 8 Thavis		Aquarius
Serpent (Ishanis)Lux-Day, 9 Thavis -
Geo-Day, 38 Thavis		Pisces

Last update: May 8, 2004



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