Nahan Calendar
The Nahan Calendar (Mosici: [ãnaʀãx vẽnɛ̃certs]) is the calendar system used in Imerchal.
Mechanics
The Calendar divides the year into 12 months (Mosici: [nɛ̃]) of 30 days. Each are further divided into 5 6-day weeks (Mosici: [ʀẽnaẅ]; Occitan: rainau /rajˈnaw/, not setmena, which is reserved for the Gregorian week). A standalone 5- or 6-day week is added at the end of the year to keep the start of the year on the spring equinox.
The years are numbered according to an era. Historically eras started at the change of the ruling monarchic dynasty. In Imerchal, the years are counted since the crossing from Asteron. This era is dubbed “Era of the Crossing”.
Name of the Months
In Mosici the months are less named and more numbered. indeed their names are constructed by compounding the Mosici number for the month with the word . In Occitan and English, the month names are borrowed from Mosici
| Month # | Mosici | Occitan | English | Month # | Mosici | Occitan | English | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [mõnɛ̃] | monèm | Monem | 7 | [mõsɛẅnɛ̃] | monseunèm | Monseunem | |
| 2 | [ʎĩnɛ̃] | lhinèm | Linem | 8 | [ʎisɛẅnɛ̃] | lhiseunèm | Liseunem | |
| 3 | [tɛpnɛ̃] | tepnèm | Tepnem | 9 | [tɛpsɛẅnɛ̃] | tepseunèm | Tepseunem | |
| 4 | [voẅnɛ̃] | vounèm | Vounem | 10 | [voẅsɛẅnɛ̃] | vouseunèm | Vouseunem | |
| 5 | [naɐ̯nɛ̃] | nagnèm | Nanem | 11 | [naɐ̯sɛẅnɛ̃] | nagseunèm | Nasenem | |
| 6 | [sɛẅnɛ̃] | seunèm | Seunem | 12 | [sɛʎĩnɛ̃] | selhinèm | Selinem | |
| R | [ʀɛẅnɛ̃] | reunèm | Reunem | |||||
Writing dates
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leifin | volselnaimt anip, | phaconc mon·selnar·fialei·starelc |
aifasie |
| [voẅɣ | ʎivẽ | voẅsɛẅnɛ̃dãneh | mõs ɛẅnaɐ̯ vjaʎi zdaʀɛẅɣ | ɛvaʒɛ] |
| Fourth | Secondine | in Volselnem, | 319th | (year of the) Crossing. |
In short it may be written as (Cross. 319, 10-2’4 in English or Trv. 319, 10-2’4 in Occitan) , or (12-[]’6 or R-[]) is used as the month/week pair for the intercalary week.