The Madius Calendar
The seasons of Madius are based on an elliptical orbit, meaning the north and south hemisphere do not experience different seasons. This means that summers are at least moderately warm (getting up to 20 degrees celsius) even quite far north and winters are quite cold everywhere (-20 possible even at the equator). Areas with particular geographic features, such as Sylvaris may experience a more stable, year long climate.
Months (30 Days)
1 Sun's Birth (Summer)
2 Sun's Wrath (Summer) - Midsummer celebration
3 Tempered Sun (Summer)
4 Nature's Wane (Autumn)
5 Leaf's Descent (Autumn) - Sunset Harvest Festival
6 Setting Sun (Autumn)
7 Snow's Beginning (Winter)
8 Cold's Embrace (Winter) - Midwinter Festival
9 Rising Twilight (Winter)
10 First Thaw (Spring)
11 Nature's Birth (Spring) - Dawn Planting Festival
12 Half Sun (Spring)
The full moon occurs in the middle of each month, and is celebrated by a 2 day holiday that is outside of the normal week structure. As such, a month is comprised of 2 weeks, followed by 2 days of the full moon celebration, and then another 2 weeks.
Solstice and Equinox festivals all fall upon full moons, with Equinoxes generally having 2 extra days of celebration (resulting in a 6 day holiday, 2 days of weekend, 2 days of full moon, and then the first two days of the following week are taken off), while the Solstice festivals will usually encompass the week prior and after a full moon, resulting in 16 days of celebration.
Days of the Week (7 days)
1 Morndas
2 Tirdas
3 Middas
4 Ilendas
5 Fredas
6 Loredas (Weekend)
7 Faradas (Weekend)
Holidays:
8th-23rd Sun’s Wrath: Midsummer
13th-18th Leaf's Descent: Sunset Harvest (Dragon’s Pillage)
8th-23rd Cold’s Embrace: Midwinter
13th-18th Nature's Birth: Dawn Planting
26th Nature's Birth: Sieas Day (A holiday similar to Valentine's day)