Negili Reckoning

The Negili Reckoning, also known pejoratively as the Ragged Cycle, and whose advocates were known as Knobblies or Twelvers, is a calendrical system that was preeminent in the Omban monarchy, and its successor, the Omban Empire, up until Khogru I introduced the Fair Cycle reforms in 215 IE. Today it is official in the nation of Khutu, but rare to nonexistent everywhere else.

The Negili Reckoning is a 365-day calendar with twelve months of varying length, and a five-day harvest festival, Romokh, in the middle of the year. Many of the months of the Negili Reckoning have the same names as their counterparts in the Fair Cycle, but because the lengths of the months differ, was perceived by some to be chaotic. In particular, the 'wee month' of Dend Aivas, being only twenty days long, is far shorter than any other month. Today, Khutuans inevitably have to deal with the Fair Cycle because all their neighbours and trading partners use it. It is generally agreed that the retention of the Negili Reckoning in Khutu is a result of the eternal rule of Eluli Ula, the sainted First Emperor whose period of embodied life preceded the Fair Cycle.

	Month	Season	Days
1	Fikho	spring	31
2	Khurar	spring	30
3	Dend Aivas	spring	20
4	Nalaltu	summer	33
5	Dezhiri	summer	32
6	Gugivas	summer	34
	Romokh		5
7	Kerai	fall	27
8	Gamodend	fall	31
9	Ronudend	fall	30
10	Munudend	winter	31
11	Zhuno	winter	28
12	Jinush	winter	33

Traditionally the Negili Reckoning had each month start with the same day of the week (Afras), regardless of what day preceded it in the previous month, and with Romokh, the five-day festival in the middle of the year, having no day names. Nowadays it is more common for Khutuans to follow the day cycle of their neighbours without regard to the month.