Rokaselan Calendar
The Rokaselan calendar is the timekeeping system used by the Rauratoshan Kingdom.
Mechanics
There are technically three versions of the Rokaselan calendar: the original calendar, the modified calendar, and the divine calendar. The modified calendar is the one used in the modern day, however, because it was developed after Rokaselan incursion to the ngearth, and better suits the systems in use there. The divine calendar is used as well, but only as a reference for durations.
Original
The Rokaselan calendar separates each month into 12 months. The first six months have 31 days, and the last six months have 30 days. However, the last day of the 12th month is only included if the number of days between vernal equinoxes is 366. This is done using a set of 29 and 33 year cycles, so that 1 Sairairita (an auspicious and important day) is predictable.
Years are named based on the currently ruling "dynasty." A word that references the dynasty is chosen by the first quing to rule in the dynasty. The current dynasty as of Gregorian year 2025 is referred to as "Kanata", who was confirmed in Gregorian year 1926. Therefore, the current year is Kanata 100.
While there is a more standard year count in this calendar, it is rarely used in Rauratoshan proper. Its most common use there is to disambiguate, such as referring to the new year's holiday which occurred on March 21, 2025 as "Tanasotan 2438." Such a count typically refers to the number of years supposedly contained in this world's cycle, and therefore is called "Misha Kótan", literally "cycle year."
Regardless of the name used, the year number is treated as an ordinal number - that is, "100(th year of) Kanata" or "2438(th) cycle year". Therefore, it typically ends with some variant of -sha.
| Era | Start date | End date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregorian | Misha Kótan | Gregorian | Misha Kótan | |
| Remuymaga | 817 AD | 1220 MK | 1223 AD | 1636 MK |
| Kagyuha | 1223 AD | 1637 MK | 1295 AD | 1708 MK |
| Karlan | 1295 AD | 1709 MK | 1611 AD | 2024 MK |
| Dúrisa | 1611 AD | 2025 MK | 1786 AD | 2198 MK |
| Peska | 1786 AD | 2199 MK | 1926 AD | 2338 MK |
| Kanata | 1926 AD | 2339 MK | ongoing | |
Modified
The modified Rokaselan calendar only differs from the original in the placement of leap years. The modified Rokaselan calendar uses the same leap years as the Gregorian calendar.
Divine
The divine calendar is the earliest version of the Rokaselan calendar, said to be given to the kingdom by Selshan themselves. It uses a strict 360-day year, separating each 30-day month into five 6-day weeks. In Rokasela, it is expected that birth certificates and building deeds list the date of construction in the divine calendar.
List of month names
| Name | Month length | Start time (Gregorian) | End time (Gregorian) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sairairita | 31 days | March 21 | April 20 |
| Nilarita | 31 days | April 21 | May 21 |
| Rekarita | 31 days | May 22 | June 21 |
| Towanrita | 31 days | June 22 | July 23 |
| Aririta | 31 days | July 23 | August 22 |
| Eskelrita | 31 days | August 23 | September 22 |
| Kastarita | 30 days | September 23 | October 22 |
| Rokorita | 30 days | October 23 | November 21 |
| Korakarita | 30 days | November 22 | December 21 |
| Merikrita | 30 days | December 22 | January 20 |
| Rikulrita | 30 days | January 21 | February 19 |
| Parfarita | 29 or 30 days | February 20 | March 20 |