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By rights, this should technically be called the Anyeli calendar as the meanings and names all derive from the Anyeli language and culture, theirs being the oldest of the Created Races. However, this is the official calendar used all across Elysia, so we can be forgiven for the slight misnomer.
| The Elysian calendar (XA) is exactly 8,000 years older than the Gregorian calendar (AD/BC) and 940 years older than the Zanaryan calendar (ZT). That makes it fairly simple to work out timeline equivalences and character birthdates:
| AD + 8000 = XA
BC - 8000 = XA
| XA - 960 = ZT
AD + 7040 = ZT
BC - 7040 = ZT
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All of the months in the Elysian calendar derive their names from the Anyeli word minas, which means "month". The current month is displayed in the forum sidebar on the index page.
Note: The seasons listed here are for the
southern hemisphere. The northern hemisphere will be the exact opposite.
| Month | Position in Calendar | Season | Description | Gregorian
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| Minevas | 1st | Spring | Elysians celebrate both the new year and the end of winter during this month.
Derived from the Anyeli words evas, meaning "one". | September |
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| Duminas | 2nd | Spring | The spring equinox occurs during Duminas.
Derived from the Anyeli word duo for "two". | October |
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| Thallominas | 3rd | Spring | Derived from thallo for "blossom" | November |
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| Tesseminas | 4th | Summer | Tesseminas brings summer solstice.
It is derived from tessera, meaning "four". | December |
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| Penteminas | 5th | Summer | Derived from the Anyeli word pente for "five". | January |
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| Telominas | 6th | Summer | Telominas comes from the word telos, meaning "end", and relates to the end of summer. | February |
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| Deminas | 7th | Autumn | Derived from the Anyeli word de, meaning "earth". | March |
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| Oktominas | 8th | Autumn | Oktominas brings the autumn equinox. It is derived from oktu for "eight". | April |
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| Pyrominas | 9th | Autumn | This is the month of Harvest for many crops and thus the Harvest Moon Festival. "Pyrominas" is derived from the Anyeli word pyros for "flame-coloured" or "red". | May |
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| Menenas | 10th | Winter | Derived from the word mene, meaning "to withstand". | June |
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| Erimis | 11th | Winter | Derived from the word eris, the month of "strife" brings the winter solstice. | July |
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| Thanatas | 12th | Winter | Thanatas is the month of death, where old life dies off to make room for the new that comes in Spring. The word "Thanatas" derives from thanatos, which literally means "death". | August |
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