The Théan calendar comprises twelve months of 30 days, and a five-
or six-day long holiday at the end of the year, the Prophets' Mass. The
months are:
| Primus | Quartus | Julius | Octavus |
| Secundus | Quintus | Corantine | Nonus |
| Tertius | Sextus | Septimus | Decimus |
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Each month is divided identically in four weeks of seven days and two Feast days. The feasting days of the 15th and 30th are not "real" days and not considered part of the week.
| Soldi | Veldi | Amordi | Terdi | Guerdi | Redi | Voltadi | Feast Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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In addition to the Prophets' Mass and the twenty-four Feast Days (two per month), there are a few Castillan holidays and special events of interest:
Finally, this is not a holy day but all our heroes celebrate their birthday on 21st day of Sextus – all player characters are born on this day (it’s a defining characteristic of PCs)
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Clocks and watches or other timepieces are not nearly as prevalent in Théah as they are in our modern day, and they are also far less accurate. Peasants and sailors tell the time of day by the height of the sun, and at night by the constellations they see. Aside from those natural markers, days are punctuated by the cycle of masses, as announced by church bells; a person is far more likely to say "Be here at vespers tomorrow" than "at six." The exact hours by the clock vary with seasons, since they are based on the sunrise and sunset.
Sailors have a different way of dividing the day: ship watches. Here is the most common arrangement:
The ship's company is usually divided into two watches, designated as the starboard watch and the larboard or port watch, who alternate being on duty for each shift or watch. Notice that with this arrangement, each group alternates from day to day having the First Watch, and so on. This is one reason for the two short Dog Watches, the other reason being to allow convenient time for the evening meal.
A bell is struck each half hour to indicate time, so that the sailors count bells to tell time. For example, five bells in the middle watch corresponds to half past two in the morning.
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In Julius 1669, the date of the new moon became of great interest to Ferdinand "Beggar John" de la Reina del Mar. So for his sake, I looked up the actual date of the moon phases in 1669 and converted them to the Thean system. (We'll ignore details like whether the correction for the Julian calendar should apply or not.) Here are the next few new moons for 1669:
Because Thean months are 30 days long, fairly close to the lunar month (about 29.53 days), the date of specific moon phases doesn't vary much and is a little easier to remember from month to month.
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