Fortressian Calendar

In addition to the Gregorian calendar, the Principality also has its own specially created calendar for official and ceremonial use. This Fortressian Calendar had been in development since early in the Pillow Fortress's history, going through multiple revisions until reaching its present form. It was officially adopted on Portcullose 1st, 4 (January 20th, 2022) in accordance with Royal Decree 00010. The dates of Fortressian Holidays in the Gregorian calendar are determined by their occurrence on the Fortressian Calendar.

The Republic of the Serene Gate primarily uses the Gregorian calendar.

Epoch and Era

The epoch event of the Fortressian Calendar is the independence of the Principality of the Pillow Fortress on CE January 20 2018. That marks the start of a new calendar era, the Pillow Fortress (PF) era, beginning with the year PF 0. All the years before that belong to the Antefortressian (AF) era, numbering in reverse order from AF 0, which corresponds to the days CE January 1-19 2018, the year AF 1 being 2017, AF 2 being 2016, etc. backwards to the beginning of time at roughly AF 13,800,000,000.

Months

The Fortressian Calendar is divided into ten months of thirty-five days each for a total of 350 standard days. Determining the names of the months was the most difficult aspect of creating the Fortressian Calendar, delaying its adoption by several years, until a suitable schema could be found; the months are all named after various forms of fortification, altered slightly to accept endings reminiscent of those used in the naming of the months of the French Republican Calendar.

• Portcullose (portcullis)
• Moatose (moat)
• Merlonon (merlon)
• Yetton (yett)
• Bastal (bastion)
• Albarral (albarrana tower)
• Zvingaire (zwinger)
• Palisaire (palisade)
• Turridor (turret)
• Lunidor (lunette)

Collective Names

The first five months of the year (Portcullose, Moatose, Merlonon, Yetton, Bastal) are collectively referred to as Vanguard, and the second five months (Albarral, Zvingaire, Palisaire, Turridor, Lunidor) plus an intercalary period at the end of the year are collectively referred to as Rearguard.

Weeks

The thirty-five days of each Fortressian month are divided into five weeks of seven days. The weeks themselves do not have their own names, instead being referred to ordinally: first week, second week, third week, etc.

Days

Each Fortressian week is divided into seven 24-hour long days. The days are named by number in the order in which they occur.

• Uniday (One)
• Duoday (Two)
• Triday (Three)
• Quadriday (Four)
• Pentiday (Five)
• Hexiday (Six)
• Septiday (Seven)

The Principality has a four day work week, beginning on Uniday and ending on Quadriday, with the remaining three days considered "rest days" of reduced economic activity. The school week, however, is five days beginning on Uniday and ending on Pentiday.

Intercalary Period

The intercalary period, called Outwork, at the end of the year is necessary to prevent the Fortressian year from drifting relative to the Earth's rotation around the sun. It consists of any number of days which may be require to synchronize the years. Typically this is fifteen, bringing the 350 days of the Fortressian months to the 365 of the Gregorian year. However, in those years where there is a leap day added in the Gregorian year, an additional day is added to Outwork. The days of Outwork do not have their own individual names, but are referred to by the number in which they appear. 1 Outwork is "one", 2 Outwork is "two", etc.

Full Fortressian Calendar

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See also

• Fortressian Holidays