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The main calendar used on the planet Gor in John Norman's series of science-fiction novels. Few things are uniformly standardized across the whole of Gor, but this is the predominant calendar in the "northern civilized cities of known Gor". There are twelve months in the calendar, and each month contains five "hands" (i.e. 5-day weeks), and is followed by its "passage hand" (which is technically outside the month). The twelfth and last month of the year (shown at bottom right) is followed not only by its passage hand, but also by another 5-day period, the ill-omened "waiting hand". The start of a new year is at the vernal equinox. The four months which start at or just after the equinoxes and solstices -- the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th months -- have the standard short names En'Kara, En'Var, Se'Kara, and Se'Var (where En is translated "first", Se "second", Kara "standing" or "resting", and Var as "turning"). On Gor, the Sardar fairs are held during those months. The names of the other months vary between different cities, or are simply numbered (as done in the graphic). The passage hands are generally numbered (so the "first passage hand" follows the month of En'Kara, etc). Often each city has its own year-numbering system, but the era of years since the founding of the city of Ar is widely known. A leap day is inserted "at the end of the waiting hand". Calculations on Gor of when to insert a leap day can apparently be rather convoluted, but on earth it makes sense to always add the leap day about three 7-day weeks after Feb. 29th in the Gregorian calendar, so that there will be a fixed Gregorian-Gorean calendar correspondence for most days in a year (only the last two hands of the 12th month, the 12th passage hand, and the waiting hand will have their Gregorian dates shifted by one during leap years). | The main calendar used on the planet Gor in John Norman's series of science-fiction novels. Few things are uniformly standardized across the whole of Gor, but this is the predominant calendar in the "northern civilized cities of known Gor". There are twelve months in the calendar, and each month contains five "hands" (i.e. 5-day weeks), and is followed by its "passage hand" (which is technically outside the month). The twelfth and last month of the year (shown at bottom right) is followed not only by its passage hand, but also by another 5-day period, the ill-omened "waiting hand". The start of a new year is at the vernal equinox. The four months which start at or just after the equinoxes and solstices -- the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th months -- have the standard short names En'Kara, En'Var, Se'Kara, and Se'Var (where En is translated "first", Se "second", Kara "standing" or "resting", and Var as "turning"). On Gor, the Sardar fairs are held during those months. The names of the other months vary between different cities, or are simply numbered (as done in the graphic). The passage hands are generally numbered (so the "first passage hand" follows the month of En'Kara, etc). Often each city has its own year-numbering system, but the era of years since the founding of the city of Ar is widely known. A leap day is inserted "at the end of the waiting hand". Calculations on Gor of when to insert a leap day can apparently be rather convoluted, but on earth it makes sense to always add the leap day about three 7-day weeks after Feb. 29th in the Gregorian calendar, so that there will be a fixed Gregorian-Gorean calendar correspondence for most days in a year (only the last two hands of the 12th month, the 12th passage hand, and the waiting hand will have their Gregorian dates shifted by one during leap years). | ||
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Summary
The main calendar used on the planet Gor in John Norman's series of science-fiction novels. Few things are uniformly standardized across the whole of Gor, but this is the predominant calendar in the "northern civilized cities of known Gor". There are twelve months in the calendar, and each month contains five "hands" (i.e. 5-day weeks), and is followed by its "passage hand" (which is technically outside the month). The twelfth and last month of the year (shown at bottom right) is followed not only by its passage hand, but also by another 5-day period, the ill-omened "waiting hand". The start of a new year is at the vernal equinox. The four months which start at or just after the equinoxes and solstices -- the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th months -- have the standard short names En'Kara, En'Var, Se'Kara, and Se'Var (where En is translated "first", Se "second", Kara "standing" or "resting", and Var as "turning"). On Gor, the Sardar fairs are held during those months. The names of the other months vary between different cities, or are simply numbered (as done in the graphic). The passage hands are generally numbered (so the "first passage hand" follows the month of En'Kara, etc). Often each city has its own year-numbering system, but the era of years since the founding of the city of Ar is widely known. A leap day is inserted "at the end of the waiting hand". Calculations on Gor of when to insert a leap day can apparently be rather convoluted, but on earth it makes sense to always add the leap day about three 7-day weeks after Feb. 29th in the Gregorian calendar, so that there will be a fixed Gregorian-Gorean calendar correspondence for most days in a year (only the last two hands of the 12th month, the 12th passage hand, and the waiting hand will have their Gregorian dates shifted by one during leap years).
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