## Overview --- The Standard Elman Calendar is a solar calendar that divides the year into 12 months of alternating 30 and 28 days. ## Solar Chart --- ![[Elman_calendar.jpg | 300]] As early as 150 AL the celestial observations used to map the sky had observed that the world completed a day/night cycle in 24 hours, and yearly revolution around the sun in 348 days. Thus, an easy system to keep track of important harvests and festivals was formulated, with the names of the months deriving from various figures associated with the early history of [[Old Elmany|Elmany]]. ## Months --- | Month | Number of days | | -------- | -------------- | | Arami | 30 | | Tarusi | 28 | | Gamuti | 30 | | Cletus | 28 | | Lansani | 30 | | Viruga | 28 | | Bilara | 30 | | Sasanka | 28 | | Ustala | 30 | | Karpaji | 28 | | Quartus | 30 | | Paiventi | 28 | | TOTAL | 348 |