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== Timekeeping & Celestial Mechanics == | == Timekeeping & Celestial Mechanics == | ||
A mean solar year on Delgar is approximately 391.125 mean solar days long. Thus, | A mean solar year on Delgar is approximately 391.125 mean solar days long. Thus, the 391-day Araxian calendar must add 1 leap day every 8 years to prevent drift. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
|24 hours | |24 hours | ||
|~24 hours | |~24 hours | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1 hour | |1 hour | ||
| Line 725: | Line 721: | ||
|Saturday | |Saturday | ||
|} | |} | ||
That's right, Delgar has two | That's right, Delgar has two hump-days. 🐫 | ||
== Dumecian Calendar == | == Dumecian Calendar == | ||
The Dumecian Calendar has the same year length and weekdays as the Araxian Calendar | The Dumecian Calendar has the same year length and weekdays as the Araxian Calendar, but it does not name individual months. In addition, the year begins in spring instead of summer, and the intercalary period is 3-4 days instead of 7-8 and occurs between winter and spring instead of between spring and summer. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ | |+ | ||
| Line 738: | Line 734: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" |Spring | | rowspan="3" |Spring | ||
| rowspan="3" | | | rowspan="3" |97 days | ||
|1st | |1st | ||
|Vexa | |Vexa | ||
| Line 752: | Line 748: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" |Summer | | rowspan="3" |Summer | ||
| rowspan="3" | | | rowspan="3" |97 days | ||
|1st | |1st | ||
|Vymera | |Vymera | ||
| Line 766: | Line 762: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" |Autumn | | rowspan="3" |Autumn | ||
| rowspan="3" | | | rowspan="3" |97 days | ||
|1st | |1st | ||
|Treth | |Treth | ||
| Line 780: | Line 776: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3" |Winter | | rowspan="3" |Winter | ||
| rowspan="3" | | | rowspan="3" |97 days | ||
|1st | |1st | ||
|Ophine | |Ophine | ||
| Line 797: | Line 793: | ||
! colspan="3" |Notes | ! colspan="3" |Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[New Year's (Dumecia)|New Year | |[[New Year's (Dumecia)|New Year]] | ||
| | |3 days | ||
| colspan="3" |Not considered part of any month | | colspan="3" |Not considered part of any month | ||
|- | |- | ||
