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The Endless Empire of Ermarian.
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Cyclis Mundi
These are the cycles of the world:Cycle | Earth seconds | Earth colloquial | Earth days | Ermarianese days | Ermarianese colloquial |
Rotational period (day) | 97367 | 27:02:47 | 1.13 | 1 | 16:00:000 |
Orbital period (year) | 27276401 | 315 days, 16:46:41 | 315.70 | 280.140 | 280 days, 2:03:215 |
Lunar (Rugos) (month) | 3407851 | 39 days, 10:37:31 | 39.44 | 35.000 | 35 days, 0:00:004 |
Lunar (Limna) | 3894409 | 45 days, 1:46:49 | 45.07 | 39.997 | 39 days, 15:15:74 |
These are the fixed temporal units of Ermarian - "years", "months" and "days" are translated as direct equivalents, the rest are left untranslated.
Unit | Length in next smaller unit | rels | Earth colloquial | Earth seconds |
Rel | - | 1 | 1.486 seconds | 1.486 |
Tam | 256 rels | 256 | 0:06:20.340 | 380.340 |
Tor | 16 tams | 4096 | 1:41:25.438 | 6085.438 |
Day | 16 tors | 65536 | 1 day, 27:02:47 | 97367 |
Month* | 35 days | 2293760 | 39 days, 10:37:25 | 3407845 |
Year | 8 months / 280 days | 18350080 | 315 days, 12:59:20 | 27262760 |
*Months are based on Rugos' lunar period (35 days, 1/8 year), rounded to days. Limna's period (40 days, 1/7 year) has been used in some cultures, but is obsolete in modern timekeeping.
These are the months and seasons of Ermarian:
Evermoon
Remembrance (vernal equinox)
Suncome
Radiane (midsummer)
Empire
Leafloss (autumnal equinox)
Icefall
Frost (midwinter)
These are the days of Ermarian:
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These are the leapyear corrections of Ermarian, which synchronize an annual defect of 27276401/97367-280 = .1400988 Ermarianese days.
Period | Correction | Remaining defect (days/year) |
- | - | +0.14 (one day in 7 years) |
Every 7 years | Add a 36th day to Radiane | -2.76e-3 (a day in ~350 years) |
Every 350 years | Ignore the previous | +9.88e-5 (a day in ~10000 years) |
Every ~10000 years | Add a 37th day to Radiane in a leapyear | -1.2e-6 (a day in ~1000000 years) |
(The final rule has not been applied in the history of the calendar, and is considered a purely theoretical extension.)
