Calendar
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[edit] After the Breaking (AB)
The Toman Calendar was used to record years After the Breaking of the World (AB). Devised by Toma dur Ahmid, it was adopted continent-wide approximately two centuries after the death of the last male Aes Sedai. It is unknown if the peninsula of Toman Head is named for this same individual. This calendar was in regular use until the end of the Trolloc Wars, which took place approximately 1,350 years after the end of the Breaking.
[edit] Free Year (FY)
The chaos and destruction of the Trolloc Wars resulted in confusion as to the exact date under the Toman system, so Tiam of Gazar created a new calendar dating from the Wars' end. The Gazaran Calendar, in celebration of supposed freedom from the Trolloc threat, measured time in Free Years (FY).
[edit] From the Founding (FF)
Artur Hawkwing formed a new calendar based on the founding of his empire, but years From the Founding (FF) are only known and referred to by historians.
[edit] New Era (NE)
The disruption of the War of the Hundred Years created a need for a new calender. Devised by the Sea Folk scholar Uren din Jubai Soaring Gull and promoted by the Panarch Farede of Tarabon, the Farede Calendar, currently in use, measures years of the New Era (NE), dating from the War's arbitrarily decided end.
The months of the year, although rarely used, are as follows:
- Taisham
- Jumara
- Saban
- Aine
- Adar
- Saven
- Amadaine
- Tammaz
- Maigdhal
- Choren
- Shaldine
- Nesan
- Danu
There are also certain feastdays which occur between/after months, making a total of 364 days.
[edit] Length of Year
There are 10 days to the week, 28 days to the month and 13 months to the year, for a total of 364, plus several holidays that are not part of any month.
[edit] Real World References
Although it is not entirely clear how long the planet's circuit around the sun is, 13 months * 28 days per month = 364 days, plus the feast days, accounts for almost exactly the same as our astronomical year.
In early books, Robert Jordan had apparently not decided how long the week would be, so there are contradictory references to both 7 and 10-day weeks in the text.
