Calendar of Harptos

The Calendar of Harptos is the calendar used in nearly all of Faerûn. It was created by the wizard Harptos although most people associate the word 'Harptos' with the calendar. It is split into twelve months, each lasting three tendays (or thirty days). There are an additional five days that fall between months, bringing the total number of days in most years to 365.

Months and festivals

 * Hammer (Deepwinter)
 * Midwinter between Hammer 30 and Alturiak 1
 * Alturiak (The Claw of Winter or The Claws of the Cold)
 * Ches (The Claw of the Sunsets)
 * Spring Equinox on Ches 18
 * Tarsakh (The Claw of the Storms)
 * Greengrass between Tarsakh 30 and Mirtul 1
 * Mirtul (The Melting)
 * Kythorn (The Time of Flowers)
 * Summer Solstice on Kythorn 20
 * Flamerule (Summertide)
 * Midsummer between Flamerule 30 and Eleasias 1--once every four years, Shieldmeet occurs the day after Midsummer
 * Eleasias (Highsun)
 * Eleint (The Fading)
 * Autumn Equinox on Eleint 21
 * Highharvestide between Eleint 30 and Marpenoth 1
 * Marpenoth (Leafall)
 * Uktar (The Rotting)
 * Feast of the Moon between Uktar 30 and Nightal 1
 * Nightal (The Drawing Down)
 * Winter Solstice on Nightal 20