Calendar

Most of Merowe uses the Sabienth calendar system, which counts 7 days in a week, 4 weeks in a month, 3 months in a season and 4 seasons in a year. The months are named as follows: The months correspond exactly with the moon phases, where every first of the month has a new moon, and every fifteenth has a full moon. The weeks are also commonly referred to as new week, first week, full week, or last week (e.g. I pay rent every new week; we last saw Tom during first week).

A number of special days are celebrated across the continent:
 * 1 Heha - New Sunday, first day of the new year.
 * 15-21 Fycut - Autumn Festival, celebrating the end of harvest season.
 * 21 Araf - Sunrise Day, the shortest day, celebrating that days become longer again.
 * 12-15 Julans - Meat Festival, celebrating newborn farm animals.
 * 21 Rihue - Sunset day, the longest day, celebrating the joy of summer.
 * 28 Dewter - Old Sunday, last day of the year.