Havenic Calendar

The Havenic Calendar is a time standard created to organize and record past, future, and current events within the city. For as long as Haven had been a city of multiple major races, confusion had permeated all discussions of times, dates, and history, as each major race had their own calendar with their own definitions for years, months, and weeks. This highly disorganized system constantly created nightmarish logistical issues, but Haven citizens managed to struggle through the problems and resisted all attempts by the Haven government to create a unified time standard.

Following the destruction of Haven by the Leviathan Impact, the government officials that had survived saw the rebuilding process as a blank slate and an opportunity to introduce new reforms. The few surviving citizens of Haven, united strongly as one community during the rebuilding effort, agreed to almost all of these unification-based reforms, including the new Havenic Calendar.

Many races still keep their own calendars for use in social and cultural interactions with other members of their race, and a minority of Haven citizens reject the Havenic Calendar outright, but in general it has been widely adopted and considered a successful reform.

Haven-centered Eras
The Havenic Calendar measures time based on the founding of the city of Haven, which is defined as the year in which King Mikkel Deadman II formally renamed the tiny town of Leyhollow to Haven, and proclaimed it to be the capital city of all human lands.

All years before this point are denoted as "BH," or "Before Haven," and all years after this point are denoted as "HE," or "Haven Era." The year of Haven's founding is the year 1 HE. As an example, events occurring 5 years before the moment Haven was founded are said to have occurred in the year 5 BH.

Timeline of Havenic History
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Years
The Havenic New Year begins on the first day of Spring, which is defined as the first day on which the length of daylight first exceeds the length of nighttime since the Autumnal Equinox. In the Material Plane, this is a span of 368 days.

Months and Seasons
The 368 days of the Havenic Calendar are divided into 8 months of 46 days each, with each season taking place across two months. Each of the four major races of Haven named the two months of the season they felt most represented their culture.

Weeks and Days
The 46 days of each month are divided into 4 segments, in a 20-3-20-3 format. The blocks of 20 days are normal business days, and the short 3 day periods are designated for festivals and relaxation. The people of Haven do not have names for their days, and instead think of them as only festival or non-festival.