Calendar

Most Anan societies have adopted a shared calendar based upon the seasonal cycles of the world and the common names of the most worshipped deities. The calendar was created sometime following the events of the Cataclysm; the old Anan calendar being one example of knowledge lost during the years following the planet's near destruction. While the details of the past system of date keeping are now known by some scholarly groups, most historians prefer to retroactively convert these days to the new Anan calendar to make them more readable to the public eye.

The Anan Year
Anachain operates on an 18 month year, with one month corresponding to each god. Years are numbered in ascending order from the year most scholars approximate the Cataclysm to have occured in. There are 547 days to a year, with every other year experiencing an extra day,called Yu Lan Jie in the Halfblood kingdoms.

Anan Months
The majority of the Anan months fit cleanly into a certain part of the seasonal cycle, this cycle being the basis of the Anan calendar.

Two of the Anan months, however, are split between two seasons, Divida between Winter and Spring and Cora between Summer and Fall. These months are considered to be periods of transition by some cultures.

The Anan Week
The Anan week is seven days long, with a typical 24 hours to a day. A typical month contains 30 days.