Qirsyllvian Calendars

There have been many calendars used through Qirsyllviar's history, but the most well known are listed here. All calendars divide the year into 373 days. Calendars in the table and below are listed from earliest adoption.

Fae Calendar
The calendar used in Alfheim and by Fae Folk in general. The earliest known adopted calendar.

Hylarene Calendar
The Hylarene Calendar is the calendar system used by the High Elven Empire of Hylar. It is not only used in Hylar, but us also the preferred calendar used by most sovereign elven states.

Tuzhu Calendar
The Tuzhu Calendar is the calendar used by the Tuzhu peoples throughout Huaxia, Zhonghua, and related countries.

It was invented by Huaxian astronomers during the waning years of the Chang Dynasty. The inventors of the calendar used the ascension of the Tian Dynasty to mark the beginning of the common era, so years prior are tagged TJQ (天於即位前/Tian yu Jiwei Qian/Before the Enthronement of Tian), while years since are tagged TJH (天於即位後/Tian yu Jiwei Hou/After the Enthronement of Tian). Note: 0TJH = 421BFZ. Each month is named for the animals of the Zodiac and the days of the week are named for representation of the bagua trigrams of Tuzhu mythology.

The months of the calendar use the same duration of days in the same order as the Zedylric calendar, but Shuqi 1st – Tuzhu New Year, is equal to Trisca 11th in the Zedylric Calendar, meaning it is at least three months behind the Zedylric Calendar.

Zedylric Calendar
The Zedylric Calendar, also known as the Solramese Calendar, was first adopted at least four thousand years after the lifetime of the first seven lunaculi. Created by Solramese astronomers during the reign of Solram I, founder of the Kingdom of Solram, an ancient state once resting in central Eurodon founded in the wake of the Fall of the Zedylrian Empire.

The calendar was first adopted several years after the inauguration of the Kingdom of Solram – one of several empires that emerged out of the chaos that resulted in Zedylria's destruction – and uses the widely acknowledged year of Zedylria's end as start year, marking the first year and all years after as AFZ (After Fall of Zedylria), thus making years prior BFZ (Before Fall of Zedylria). The creators of the calendar viewed the Fall of Zedylria as a major turning point in history, and so used the year the empire fell as the base for the calendar, thus marking the year Zedylria fell as 0AFZ.

The most accurate of any previous calendar, this calendar was at first only used by the Solramese Kingdom to supplant the old calendar used by Zedylria, but has since been adopted by the majority of Qirsyllviar. Even while the Kingdom of Solram has ceased to exist, it remains one of the most trusted calendars of Qirsyllviar. The days of the week are a relatively modern addition to the calendar.

Atlantian Calendar
The Calendar used by the Empire of Atlantis

Fuso Calendar
The Fuso Calendar is the calendar used by the countries of Fuso and Yamatai's dependencies. The Calendar was adopted during the reign of Emperor Kumo no Keiken'na, and uses the coronation year of Emperor Taiso no Keiken'na, the first emperor of Fuso, and thus the Idai Dynasty, as its beginning.

Years prior to and after adoption of the calendar are referred to as ZIO (前偉大王朝/Zen Idai Ōchō/Before Idai Dynasty) and IIO (以来偉大王朝/Irai Idai Ōchō/Since Idai Dynasty). Note: 0 IIO = 1717 AFZ The Fuso New Year is equivalent to the New Year of the Zedylric calendar, however the duration of the months very significantly from the former.

Notes & Trivia

 * With the year differences:
 * For calendars adopted before the Zedylric Cal., add the difference to get the equivalent year in the above calendar.
 * For calendars adopted after the Zedylric Cal., subtract the difference to get equivalent year in the above calendar.