Omban calendrics

The Fair Cycle

All the countries of the former Omban Empire, Ashnabis, and parts of Umnaka and Luetka use the Fair Cycle, a 365-day calendar consisting of thirteen 28-day months (starting at the beginning of spring), followed by the Abas Feast (Ancestors' Feast) at the end of one year and the beginning of the next. This calendrical reform was enacted in 215 I.E. and was, by design and name, intended to be fair - prior to that time battles over the length of months and their relative importance were endemic in the Empire. The Hand and the Voice alternate months in terms of the chief responsibility for ceremonial affairs, public feasts, and other important civic activities. Because there is a 13-month year, the specific months of their responsibility alternate on a two-year cycle.

	Ombesh	Aummesh	Season - Rainfall	Days
1	Fikho	Pikko	spring - rainy	28
2	Khurar	Huraar	spring - rainy	28
3	Pesme	Beshme	spring - moderate	28
4	Shosolda	Etsmaal	summer - moderate	28
5	Dezhiri	Dechiri	summer - moderate	28
6	Fult	Polt	summer - dry	28
7	Gugivas	Gogivash	summer - dry	28
8	Kerai	Kerei	fall - dry	28
9	Latas	Latas	fall - moderate	28
10	Loster	Loshter	fall - moderate	28
11	Udim	Udim	winter - moderate	28
12	Zhuno	Chuno	winter - moderate	28
13	Jinush	Yenu	winter - rainy	28
	Abas Feast			1

Each month is divided into four seven-day weeks. The Abas Feast is separate, outside of any of these seven days.

	Ombesh	Aummesh
1	Afras	Apras
2	Iklis	Iklis
3	Savos	Safaus
4	Ukh	Ukke
5	Nakhami	Nakkami
6	Isper	Ishper
7	Shum	Shom

Negili Reckoning

The nation of Khutu uses an older calendar system, the Negili Reckoning, for most official purposes. This 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, all sorts of chaos results. 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 saint / First Emperor of Omba 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 Cycle 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.

Kyrmonyri (The Spheres)

In the city of Jinto and other parts of northern Umnaka, the Fair Cycle is employed. However, in more traditional and rural parts of the country, an older, 354-day lunar-stellar cycle known as the Spheres, or in Enskrai, kyrmonyri, is employed. Each of 12 lunar months begins with the new moon, and proceeds for 29 or 30 days, each of which has its own name. This cycle rapidly gets out of sync with solar calendars of 365 days. Normally this is resolved at the yearly conclave of the Enskrai clans, where the chiefs decide to add intercalary months as needed every few years.

#	Month
1	Kyreske
2	Twunowe
3	Henkjotri
4	Korwe
5	Wolywe
6	Mjenskuwi
7	Iskwe
8	Kontuprut
9	Okjopri
10	Winskowe
11	Konskowe
12	Konkwily

#	Name	#	Name	#	Name
1	Sjupra	11	Miske Korp	21	Upreno
2	Njipra	12	Lerke Korp	22	Umjewet
3	Wijet	13	Nenretkwi	23	Njok Jewet
4	Mynsoret	14	Hewi	24	Njok Sekwe
5	Jumpji	15	Kjunsol	25	Njok Mokipru
6	Kjurji	16	Mopre	26	Njok Nunret
7	Ryrwinat	17	Umjewet	27	Mokipru
8	Tjul	18	Iriske	28	Irjumpu
9	Rusi	19	Lenski Korp	29	Juhet
10	Mjimi	20	Munkji Korp	30	Heqet