Months and Annums

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The calendar in Thedas consists of twelve thirty-day months. Four annums split the year, signifying the transition between seasons. A fifth annum celebrates the start of a new year. Although each month has a name in the language of Ancient Tevinter, the people of Ferelden commonly use the "low" names. The Tevinter names are listed first, followed by the more common name for the month.

Since the DA calendar has different months and seasons here is a list of which months are with which season:

Annum: Wintersend
Second Month: Pluitanis / Guardian
Third Month: Nubulis / Drakonis
Fourth Month: Eluviesta / Cloudreach


Annum: Summerday
Fifth Month: Molioris / Bloomingtide
Sixth Month: Ferventis / Justinian
Seventh Month: Solis / Solace

Annum: Funalis
Eighth Month: Matrinalis / August
Ninth Month: Parvulis / Kingsway
Tenth Month: Frumentum / Harvestmere

Annum: Satinalia
Eleventh Month: Umbralis / Firstfall
Twelfth Month: Cassus / Haring
Annum: First Day
First Month: Verimensis / Wintermarch

Months and Annums

Annum: First Day
First Month: Verimensis / Wintermarch
Annum: Wintersend
Second Month: Pluitanis / Guardian
Third Month: Nubulis / Drakonis
Fourth Month: Eluviesta / Cloudreach
Annum: Summerday
Fifth Month: Molioris / Bloomingtide
Sixth Month: Ferventis / Justinian
Seventh Month: Solis / Solace
Annum: Funalis
Eighth Month: Matrinalis / August
Ninth Month: Parvulis / Kingsway
Tenth Month: Frumentum / Harvestmere
Annum: Satinalia
Eleventh Month: Umbralis / Firstfall
Twelfth Month: Cassus / Haring

The Chantry calendar measures time as a period of Ages. The current is the Dragon Age, while the period before was the Blessed Age. Each Age lasts approximately a century and there have been nine so far.

The First Age was marked by the creation of the Chantry. Time periods before the first age are called Ancient, so 400 years before the first Age would be -400 Ancient. This is equivalent to 800 TE by the Imperial reckoning or about 1,300 years before the present.

In the 99th year of each Age the Divine (the leader of the Chantry) looks for an event or portent in order to determine the name of the new Age. The last portent was a dragon awakening and going on a rampage. This suggests an age full of violence and destruction.