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'''TBA:''' native terms for most such subdivisions. | |||
The Dundulanyä calendar counts the 418-day Eventoan solar year, divided into 14 months of varying length (30 days on average), as well as a concurrent (not numbered) "short year" of 216 days, which forms the basis of the "week" system, dividing that number of days into 18 "weeks" of 12 days each. | |||
The solar year is not exactly 418 days long (the exact amount being roughly 418.1668 days), so that each sixth calendar year is a 419-day long leap year, adding one day at the end of the last month. The "long" (418-day) and "short" (216-day) counts are grouped together into 78-year cycles (151 short counts), where the 78th year is a leap year (the thirteenth in such a cycle) and the 151st short count also adds a single day (hence having a length of 217 days), so that both counts end on the same day (the 32.617th of the cycle) at the end of the 78th solar year / 151st short year. | |||
The start of the calendar year is on the Southern hemisphere fall equinox. | |||
The Eventoan day is about 34.8 Earth hours long, and there is no uniform standard to divide it among the various parts of the planet. The Dundulanyä divide the day into 48 (40<sub>12</sub>) subdivisions called ''garaṇai'' (singular ''garaṇa''), each one about 43.5 Earth minutes long. The day is, for timekeeping and time expressions, divided into eight periods, called TBD, of six ''garaṇai'' each. | The Eventoan day is about 34.8 Earth hours long, and there is no uniform standard to divide it among the various parts of the planet. The Dundulanyä divide the day into 48 (40<sub>12</sub>) subdivisions called ''garaṇai'' (singular ''garaṇa''), each one about 43.5 Earth minutes long. The day is, for timekeeping and time expressions, divided into eight periods, called TBD, of six ''garaṇai'' each. | ||