Second Paradise Calendar

On the 17th day of the month Hevrad (Day of Hevrad, Second Phase) in the year 196 E.P., Emperor Faustan XII declared a new calendar to celebrate the wild success, both politically and economically, of the Gaasian Empire. That day also marked the Spring Solstice, a conscious effort on the Emperor's part to further symbolize Gaas's rise to power.

Second Paradise was a calendar based on the seasons having, obviously, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each season took 1/4th of Atris's 344 day year, or 86 days. The first day of each season is the solstice, which was taken as a holiday and kept separate from the normal days and nivrams of the calendar. The remaining 85 days were divided into 5 nivrams of 17 days (these could be referred to as weeks, except they are far longer than one expects a week to last). In Ancient Gaasian, "nivram" literally meant "merchant's scale," as time was money to them. In a nivram, employers were required by law to give their employees two days off but the law did not state which days that had to be. This meant that "weekends" came scattered and randomly amongst the people, which the Emperor believed would encourage trade to continue unhindered by frequent holidays, except on the solstices.

The days of the nivram are: 1. Guethyl 2. Hyrra 3. Lamnas 4. Drero 5. Kals'nok 6.Op'rala 7. Nithl'dra 8. Kekz 9. Sor-kli'ma 10. Trimmas 11. Garl'or 12. Por'bramis 13. Morviil 14. Asht'a 15. Aegris 16. Wes'zrik 17. So'dril'ii

Example of a Written Date: Summer, 3rd nivram, Garl'or, 143 S.P. (Season, 1st-5th nivram, Day, Year.)