Calendar of Harptos

The wizard Harptos created this calendar millennia ago and it is used almost all over Faerun. It splits the year into twelve months that each lasts three tendays (30 days). The months sequence and festivals are the following:

Midwinter Spring Equinox (Ches 18th)  Greengrass Summer Solstice (Kythorn 20th) Midsummer Autumn Equinox (Eleint 21st)
 * Hammer (Deepwinter)
 * Alturiak (the Claw of Winter or the Claws of the Cold)Calendar_of_Harptos.jpg
 * Ches (the Claw of Sunsets)
 * Tarsakh (the Claw of Storms)
 * Mirtul (the Melting)
 * Kythorn (the Time of Flowers)
 * Flamerule (Summertide)
 * Eleasias (Highsun)
 * Eleint (the Fading)

Highharvestide Feast of the Moon Winter Solstice (Nightal 20th)
 * Marpenoth (Leafall)
 * Uktar (the Rotting)
 * Nightal (the Drawing Down)

Midwinter: Although this holiday is generally known as Midwinter, it is often celebrated under different names. For example, the High Festival of Winter is a feast dat used by nobles and monarchs to mark or renew alliances. For commoners in northern climes, Deadwinter Day is a somber day noted mainly as the halfway point of winter, with hard times still to come.

Greengrass: The start of spring is traditionally a day of peace and rejoicing marked by the display of flowers (even if they need to be grown in a hothouse during the winter months) that are worn or given as sacrifices to the gods who have brought life back to the world.

Midsummer: The midpoint of summer is a time of feasting and love, marked by dalliances, betrothals, and (traditionally) good weather. Bad weather on this night is seen as a sign of ill fortune to come.

Shieldmeet: This festival is on once per four years and follows the Midsummer night. It is traditionally a day of open council between the ruled and their rulers, and the renewal of pacts. In addition to theatrical entertainment, many tournaments are held in Shieldmeet, allowing the brave and the foolish to try to prove themselves.

Highharvestide: The autumn harvest is marked by feasting and thanks. Many folk travel in the wake of this festival before the worst of winter's bite makes the roads and waterways impassable.

The Feast of the Moon: This holiday celebrates ancestors and the honored dead. During this festival, ancestral tales are recounted, and the stories and myths that bind cultures are taught anew.