Talk:Kara-Turan calendar

How is it that Kara-Tur only has 356-day years, while the rest of Toril has 365.25 days? ~ Lhynard (talk) 20:58, March 21, 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello. I've done another search on this and I can't see mention of a leap year or any mention of intercalation in the Kara-Tur calender. It looks like it's never been addressed in any 'Ask Ed' post on Candlekeep either. We could put a note in the appendix that describes how the Chinese calendar deals with this (by adding a leap month) or just acknowledge that it has not been specified. -Thomas Love http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/jackass/images/5/5f/Star_tiny.png [ talk ] 19:59, March 22, 2018 (UTC)


 * Nope, I don't know anything about this either. Ed Greenwood doesn't do Kara-Tur, so there's no benefit to asking him. I'm curious, so I'll work up the page and clarify this. (Maybe they don't have a leap day, the calendar's slipped, and that's why it starts sometime in February or March? :) ) — BadCatMan (talk) 11:37, March 23, 2018 (UTC)


 * (In contrast, the Zakharan calendar has 365.25 days, so it always matches up the same way, although they clump their 5 or 6 holidays altogether instead of spacing them out.)|~ Lhynard (talk) 11:42, March 23, 2018 (UTC)


 * Ah, it's said in the KTCS that "the calendar is derived from the actions of Heaven", and this seems to be managed by the Moon Women. This suggests something like the Chinese lunar calendar, which has similar 30- and 29-day month lengths (though more 29-day months). — BadCatMan (talk) 12:25, March 23, 2018 (UTC)


 * I noticed the same thing about the fewer 29-day months yesterday. I'm not sure what to do with that. I think the answer is that there is simply not enough information to correlate the calendar systems. ~ Lhynard (talk) 12:54, March 23, 2018 (UTC)


 * There are also a lot of undated, unexplained holy days and festivals. One of them could be a leap day, but that's just speculation. — BadCatMan (talk) 13:04, March 23, 2018 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've developed the article to further explain the calendar and added some notes on the issue and possible explanations. Since Grand History converts all KT dates to DR with flat 1-to-1 correspondence, the issue is moot. There's more to add later, but at this point it would only confuse matters. :) — BadCatMan (talk) 12:58, March 24, 2018 (UTC)


 * And a 13th month does confuse matters. :) I don't think there's much more to say about this. There are many more feasts and festivals, but details are often scant and specific to a region, and rarely dated with any precision. — BadCatMan (talk) 07:42, March 25, 2018 (UTC)


 * Great work! ~ Lhynard (talk) 13:16, March 25, 2018 (UTC)