Fair Cycle

The Fair Cycle, known pejoratively at The Unfair Cycle and Khogru's Folly, and whose advocates were known as Smoothers or Thirteeners, was a calendrical reform introduced by the emperor Khogru I starting in 215. Since the beginning of his reign, Khogru had been seeking to produce administrative reform to the Empire, and smoothing out the Negili Reckoning, which was notorious for having months of uneven days, most notably the 'wee month' of Dend Aivas. The Fair Cycle, in its place, had thirteen months of exactly 28 days each, followed by the Abas Feast, which, under the Negili reckoning had been a minor festival, but which in the Fair Cycle was a special day of feasting outside of any month. Despite resistance, Khogru's innovation was relatively successful, and became, effectively, the only calendar used for any official, military, or religious purposes by the end of the century.

In the chaotic days after the end of the Empire in 338 IE, Eluli Ula, with his newfound authority in Khutu, abandoned the Fair Cycle there, returning to the Negili Reckoning still used in folk practices and much everyday life. Today the Negili Reckoning continues to be used in Khutu, despite the confusion that it causes occasionally when dealing with other nations. The suppression of the Calendar Rebellion in Onighus, the Khutuan capital, in 623, was the last effort to restore Khutu to the Fair Cycle. The Fair Cycle is used throughout the other Omban successor states, as well as in Ashnabis. parts of Umnaka and Luetka. 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.

Months

	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

Days

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