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As described in The History of the Hadradan Calendar, the Anurean Calendar is currently in use in the Empire and has been for longer than the moons have existed. The Anurean Calender was basd upon the movement of the sun, not the moons, and is the template that the Urovan calendar was built upon. Hadradans are more sophisticated that Urovans. Despite the terrible attack of the Mannenites that set them back several hundred seasons, the Hadradans are moving out of Mediaeval history and into the Renaissance. Many scholars are looking again at the world around them. Science is growing in importance and respectability, although it has not replaced magic as first choice of the great and the good. What this means from the point of view of the calendar is that people have begun to care what time of day it is. The hours in the day have real significance to the Hadradans, and have recently be named (in customary fashion) from one to twenty-eight. The Basics
The year on Iourn is 1372 days in length. This is apporximately four times the length of a year on Earth. In Urova years are counted from the appearance of the moon gods. In the Hadradan Empire years are calculated from the time Hadradan ancestors were led south by their great prophet, Elyas. The Hadradan calendar is 1121 years ahead of the Urovan calendar. 204 LE equals 1325 on the Anurean Calendar. The Iourn day is 28 hours long, and there are seven days in a week. In the Empire, the six week days are named after the greatest prophets of the Hadradan religion. Sunday is set aside for worship. It is the holy day of the One God. The names of the days of the week are as follows:
The months of the year are named after famous emperors from Hadradan history. The names of the months have changed markedly since the inception of the calendar in 880 PL (Urovan time). However, for the past 220 years the names of the months have remained unchanged. As in Urova, the new year begins on the first day of Spring. The names of the months are as follows:
Detailed InformationThe timings of sunrise and sunset, mean temperatures, precipitation and hours of daylight are true for Hadras, the greatest city in the Hadradan Empire. Locations further north will on the whole experience shorter, colder and wetter days; the reverse is true of locations to the south. Please note that Hadras is significantly further south than Uris, and enjoys longer and warmer days than that great city.
Telling the TimeThe Hadradan Day is divided into 28 hours. Like the Urovans, the Hadradan's count from 1-28 (not 0-27) when working out the time. The first hour of the day is 1 of the clock; the last hour of the day is 28 of the clock. The table below converts from Hadradan time to Earth time:
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