Gaian Calendar

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Gaian years and months are counted differently to their Earth equivalents. I've put together a list for both, filling in the gaps and basing Gaia's counted year names off of the counting method of the Chinese Sexegenary calendar. Like the Chinese calendar, both parts of the name change each year. Crystal North is followed by Diamond North-East and then by Ruby East etcetc. The numbers in the table show the order in which the years are named.

	Crystal	Diamond	Ruby	Emerald	Sapphire	Obsidian	Amethyst
North	1	51	45	39	33	27	21
North-East	8	2	52	46	40	34	28
East	15	9	3	53	47	41	35
South-East	22	16	10	4	54	48	42
South	29	23	17	11	5	55	49
South-West	36	30	24	18	12	6	56
West	43	37	31	25	19	13	7
North-West	50	44	38	32	26	20	14

Zaibachans also have an additional way to count the years, based on how long Dornkirk has reigned over the Empire.

Some significant years are listed below:

 

Dornkirk comes to Gaia:	Crystal North	0
Folken is born:	Amethyst East	91
Allen is born:	Emerald North	95
Celena is born:	Ruby North	101
Dilandau is created:	Crystal North-West	106
Chid is born:	Amethyst South-West	111
The Destiny War begins:	Emerald South-East	116
The Destiny War Ends:	Sapphire South	117
Current Year:	Crystal North-East	3 years post-Dornkirk

The months, known as Moons, also have their own names:

 

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blue	Purple	Green	White	Yellow	Orange	Black	Red	Turquoise	Pink	Brown	Grey