Months of the Year[edit]
The Tamrielic calendar is composed of twelve distinct months (sometimes called "Seasons"[1]), each approximately thirty days in length. Each month has an associated constellation, which is said to affect the traits of anyone born in that month, and each month corresponds roughly to an equal period of time in the Gregorian calendar. The months — and their real-life equivalents — are measured as follows:
Name of
Month |
Argonian name[2] |
Birthsign[1] |
Gregorian
Equivalent |
Days
Arena, Daggerfall |
Days
Morrowind |
Days
Oblivion, Skyrim |
Days
Gregorian |
| Morning Star |
Vakka (Sun) |
The Ritual |
January |
30 |
† |
31 |
31 |
| Sun's Dawn |
Xeech (Nut) |
The Lover |
February |
30 |
28 |
28 |
28‡ |
| First Seed |
Sisei (Sprout) |
The Lord |
March |
30 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
| Rain's Hand |
Hist-Deek (Hist Sapling) |
The Mage |
April |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
| Second Seed |
Hist-Dooka (Mature Hist) |
The Shadow |
May |
30 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
| Midyear* |
Hist-Tsoko (Elder Hist) |
The Steed |
June |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
| Sun's Height |
Thtithil-Gah (Egg-Basket) |
The Apprentice |
July |
30 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
| Last Seed |
Thtithil (Egg) |
The Warrior |
August |
30 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
| Hearthfire* § |
Nushmeeko (Lizard) |
The Lady |
September |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
| Frostfall* |
Shaja-Nushmeeko (Semi-Humanoid Lizard) |
The Tower |
October |
30 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
| Sun's Dusk |
Saxhleel (Argonian) |
The Atronach |
November |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
| Evening Star |
Xulomaht (The Deceased) |
The Thief |
December |
30 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
* These three months are variously referred to as one word or two words.
§ Hearthfire is occasionally referred to as Heartfire or Heart Fire, as found in the Codex Scientia. In Skyrim, "Heart Fire" is used exclusively on the game calendar, although it appears as "Hearth Fire" (as one or two words) in some books.
† Morning Star did not normally appear in unmodified Morrowind due to a programming error.
‡ Except on a leap-year, when it's 29.
Note that the constellation of The Serpent does not correspond to any one month, because The Serpent wanders randomly around the sky.
Days of the Week[edit]
A week in the Tamrielic calendar is also, as with the real-life equivalent, measured in seven days. In order, the days are:
| Tamrielic |
Gregorian |
| Sundas |
Sunday |
| Morndas |
Monday |
| Tirdas |
Tuesday |
| Middas |
Wednesday |
| Turdas |
Thursday |
| Fredas |
Friday |
| Loredas |
Saturday |
The names of the days are mostly different corruptions of the same naming scheme we have on the English calendar, only with the exception of Middas and Loredas. Sundas, Morndas, Tirdas, Turdas and Fredas are respectively different corruptions of Sun, Moon, Tyr, Thor and Frigg, the same as the English calendar. Middas could mean the day at the middle of the week, as traditionally the deities corresponding to Wednesday (Wodanaz (Odin) / Mercury / Hermes) could not possibly be corrupted to form a "mid-" stem. It would, however, be analogous to the German word for Wednesday, "Mittwoch", and its literal English translation and synonym "midweek". Loredas is most likely taken from the Nordic languages where Saturday is called a "Bath Day" - "lördag", "lørdag," or "laurdag", in place of the Roman God Saturn, as the Vikings had a habit of bathing on Saturday.
Daggerfall Calendar[edit]
Daggerfall's calendar was somewhat different, in that each month had 30 days, and always started on a Sundas. This is what it looks like:
| Local/Regional Holiday |
| National Holiday |
| Daedric Summoning Day |
| Local/Regional Holiday & Daedric Summoning Day |
| National Holiday & Daedric Summoning Day |
| Morning Star |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
|
| Sun's Dawn |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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| First Seed |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
|
| Rain's Hand |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
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| Second Seed |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
|
| Mid Year |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
|
| Sun's Height |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
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| Last Seed |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
|
| Hearth Fire |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Frost Fall |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
|
| Sun's Dusk |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
|
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|
|
| Evening Star |
| S |
M |
T |
M |
T |
F |
L |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
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See Also[edit]
References[edit]
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Appendices
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| Arcana and Metaphysics |
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| Culture and Tradition |
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| Law and Politics |
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| Rituals and Prophecies |
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