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The four seasons the calendar is based on are autumn (''kanami''), winter (''tandaikin''), spring (''tandayena'') and summer (''enaukam''), in the order they appear in the year — these ones are defined by equinoxes and solstices and not by climate alone (even if the origins of their names, all Toyubeshian, are related to climate). Climatic seasons are totally not uniform across the Inquisition: even in the Lāmiejāya plain, the two seasons (''būṃṣoe'' or dry season and ''dašoe'' or rainy/monsoon season) have vastly different start/end dates and lengths in it. Some areas even define more than four seasons: in and around the metropolitan area of Cami (the most populated on the planet), five seasons are traditionally distinguished, with rain patterns being the defining factor (that area having a markedly wet humid subtropical climate). | The four seasons the calendar is based on are autumn (''kanami''), winter (''tandaikin''), spring (''tandayena'') and summer (''enaukam''), in the order they appear in the year — these ones are defined by equinoxes and solstices and not by climate alone (even if the origins of their names, all Toyubeshian, are related to climate). Climatic seasons are totally not uniform across the Inquisition: even in the Lāmiejāya plain, the two seasons (''būṃṣoe'' or dry season and ''dašoe'' or rainy/monsoon season) have vastly different start/end dates and lengths in it. Some areas even define more than four seasons: in and around the metropolitan area of Cami (the most populated on the planet), five seasons are traditionally distinguished, with rain patterns being the defining factor (that area having a markedly wet humid subtropical climate). | ||
The autumn equinox ('' | The autumn equinox (''kanampeiṃlalyā'') is the first day of the year, and likewise the spring equinox (''tandayempeiṃlalyā'') is on the (functional) mid-point the year, being the first day of the eighth month — it is not the true mid-point because seasons are not equal: spring is the longest with 108 days, then autumn with 107, winter with 103, and summer with 100. Thus the first part of the year has 210 days while the second one has 208.<br/> | ||
The winter solstice ('' | The winter solstice (''tandaikyuñcehånna'') is on the fifteenth day of the fourth month, while the summer solstice (''enaukyuñcehånna'') falls on the thirteenth day of the eleventh month. The solar months of the Chlouvānem calendar are: | ||
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| '''Kanamimaila''' || 29 || autumn water || <small>15th day:</small> ''(northern) winter solstice''; | | '''Kanamimaila''' || 29 || autumn water || <small>15th day:</small> ''(northern) winter solstice''; camilalyājaṃšā | ||
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| ''' | | '''Lalyāñaiṭa''' || 30 || night star || <small>10th day:</small> maivajaṃšā | ||
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| ''' | | '''Ñaryāyāmyah''' || 29 || mountain fog || | ||
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| ''' | | '''Camimæchlyē''' || 30 || great green || | ||
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As a comparison with the Western calendar used in most of the planet, the first day of Māltapārṇāvi is the third day of the twenty-first Western month; the first day of the Western year is the 21st day of Murkāsena. | As a comparison with the Western calendar used in most of the planet, the first day of Māltapārṇāvi is the third day of the twenty-first Western month; the first day of the Western year is the 21st day of Murkāsena. | ||