Days After the Winter’s Dark

The Year of Four Dragons, 1441AD

A Neradian Calender

Name	Other Names	Notes	Appx Equivalent Dates
New Year’s			March 21
Moradi	Moradin Moon	1st summer month	Mar 21 – Apr 20
Summer Finding			Apr 21 – May 21
Eggtidings			May 22 – Jun 21
Midsummer			Jun 22 – Jul 22
Haymaking			Jul 23 – Aug 22
Demetia	Demeter’s Moon		Aug 23 – Sep 21
Wrym’s Turn		1st winter month	Sep 22 – Oct 21
Winter Finding			Oct 22 – Nov 20
Jól	Yule		Nov 21 – Dec 20
Winterdark	Midwinter		Dec 21 – Jan 19
Danzi	Danzig’s Moon Frozen Moon		Jan 20 – Feb 18
Hunger Month			Feb 18 – Mar 20

Interesting notes:

• AD stands for After Dark, marking the time of the Age of Danzig. The Age ended 71 years ago, but the calender is still used by many.
• The first five months of summer have 31 days. The rest have 30.
• Borrowing from the Dwarves, the New Year starts on the day of the Equinox. If needed, additional days are added to Hunger Month to adjust back to the annual cycle.

Dolganiv Calendar, Dwarf Reckoning

16,885DR

Name	Notes	Other Names	Dates
New Years Feast		5-6 days around Spring Equinox	Mar ~19 – ~24
Greeting		First month greets the new year	Mar 24 – Apr 22
Erstdain			Apr 23 – May 22
Flowering			May 23 – Jun 21
Dolganuar		Named for great Dwarven king	Jun 22 – Jul 21
Reddening	Ripening		Jul 22 – Aug 20
Scything	Harvest		Aug 21 – Sep 19
Falkynjaeger			Sep 20 – Oct 19
Frostig	First Snow		Oct 20 – Nov 18
Ourobonuar	Wyrm’s Turn		Nov 19 – Dec 18
Lexlicht	Earthfreeze		Dec 19 – Jan 17
Danzigenuar	Danzig End Stone Freeze		Jan 18 – Feb 16
Moradinuar	Stone Reborn		Feb 17 – Mar 18

Interesting notes:

• DR means Dwarven Reckoning. The library of the Dwarven Codex is said to fill an entire fortress.
• In the Dwarven calendar, the last month is Moradin’s Month, the commemorate Moradin’s reshaping of the world and setting things to balance again for the new year.
• In some texts from the Winter Dark, Danzigenuar was called “Stone Freeze”, Moradinuar was called “Stone Reborn”, and Greeting was called “Moradinuar”.
• Dwarven Months all have exactly 30 days. During New Year’s Feast, additional days are added to restore balance.
• Most dwarves do not celebrate either solstice.

Neat calendar resources

• Heithinn Dating – EVFS
• Wikipedia entry for Month