The elven calendar divides the year into eight parts, collectively called savaeds; most of them share the name with the holiday that starts them.
The elven New Year is celebrated on Samhain.
Holidays
The Elven calendar is divided up by 8 points: 4 holidays during a new moon, 2 solstices, and 2 equinoxes.
Conversion Tables
- These conversion tables are based on the assumption that a year in the Witcher world is 365/366 days long and that the astrological and mythological phenomena happen at about the same time of the year as in the northern hemisphere of our own world.
- One should note that the Witcher universe has slightly smaller years as the beginning of each month is marked by a new moon, making each month roughly 28-30 days long, rather than 30-31 like the Gregorian calendar.
- As is common with calendars, astrological and mythological holidays have been moved to a fixed date.
Elven to Gregorian
| Original | Info | Converted | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samhain (Saovine) | Holiday | 31 October | 1 day |
| Samhain (Saovine) | 1st Savaed | 01 November – 20 December | 50 days |
| Yule/Midwinter (Midinvaerne) | Holiday | 21 December | 1 day |
| Yule | 2nd Savaed | 21 December – 01 February | 43 days |
| Imbolc (Imbaelk) | Holiday | 02 February | 1 day |
| Imbolc | 3rd Savaed | 02 February – 20 March | 47 days |
| Birke | Holiday | 21 March | 1 day |
| Birke | 4th Savaed | 21 March – 30 April | 41 days |
| Beltane (Belleteyn) | Holiday | 01 May | 1 day |
| Blathe | 5th Savaed | 01 May – 20 June | 51 days |
| Midsummer (Midaëte) | Holiday | 21 June | 1 day |
| Feainn | 6th Savaed | 21 June – 31 July | 43 days |
| Lughnasadh (Lammas) | Holiday | 01 August | 1 day |
| Lughnasadh (Lammas) | 7th Savaed | 01 August – 23 September[1] | 53 days |
| Velen | Holiday | 23 September | 1 day |
| Velen | 8th Savaed | 23 September – 31 October | 39 days |
| Leap Day | 29 February | 1 day |
Gregorian to Elven
| Original | Info | Converted | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year | Holiday | 12 Yule | 1 day |
| January | 1st Month | 12 Yule – 42 Yule | 31 days |
| February | 2nd Month | 43 Yule – 27 Imbolc | 28 days |
| March | 3rd Month | 28 Imbolc – 11 Birke | 31 days |
| April | 4th Month | 12 Birke – 41 Birke | 30 days |
| May | 5th Month | 01 Blathe – 31 Blathe | 31 days |
| June | 6th Month | 32 Blathe – 10 Feainn | 30 days |
| July | 7th Month | 11 Feainn – 41 Feainn | 31 days |
| August | 8th Month | 01 Lammas – 31 Lammas | 31 days |
| September | 9th Month | 32 Lammas – 08 Velen | 30 days |
| October | 10th Month | 09 Velen – 39 Velen | 31 days |
| November | 11th Month | 01 Saovine – 30 Saovine | 30 days |
| December | 12th Month | 31 Saovine – 11 Yule | 31 days |
| Leap Day | 28 Yule | 1 day | |
| February | Leap Year, 2nd Month | 43 Yule – 28 Imbolc | 29 days |
| March | Leap Year, 3rd Month | 29 Imbolc – 11 Birke | 31 days |
References
- ↑ pg 22 The Tower of the Swallow
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