Months
- Seven of the twelve months are known.
- There are 12 months per year.
- Each month is 25 days long, split into 5 weeks.
- Each week is made up of 5 days. (Weeks are called, 'hands')
- Then, between each month is a five day week, called a 'Passage Hand', used to separate one month from the next. At the end of the year, there is one more 5-day week separating the old year from the new, this week is called the 'Waiting Hand'
5 days = week (hand)
5 weeks (hands) = month
1 week (Passage Hand) between each month
12 months per year
So, now the calculations are:
Earth days: 5 days per week x five weeks, + 1 passing hand=30 days; x 12 months=300 days + one waiting hand= 365 days.
But remember the actual Gorean year only has 300 days, the other 65 days are in passing and waiting hands.
Gorean days
- 5 days per week x five weeks=25 days; 25 days x 12 months=300 Gorean days
- Years are generally kept track of differently in each city by virtue of Administrator Lists (ex. the Forth Year the administrator was Yada, etc.)
- Some cities do add the dating of Ar next to their own cities dates.
- Time in Ar is calculated from the founding date of the city (called Contesta Ar).
- Most Goreans calculate the year from vernal equinox to vernal equinox.
- Turians, however, calculate it from summer solstice to summer solstice.