The calendar used throughout the realms of Faerun consists of twelve months, each with an even thirty days. With the addition of five "special days," the Faerunian year is three hundred and sixty-five days long. Months are further divided into three tendays each.
The new year begins on the first of the month of Hammer, and ends on the thirtieth of Nightal. Years are numbered using Dalereckoning, based on the year that humans were first permitted by the Elven Court to settle in the forests. Concurrently, years are given names in the Roll of Years. These year names were drawn from the prophesies of the Lost Sage, Augathra the Mad, and her student, the great seer Alaundo. The
Year of the Gauntlet, during which all of the preceding stories are set, is 1369 Dalereckoning.
Colloquial Order Month Description
1 Hammer Deepwinter
– Midwinter 2 Alturiak The Claw of Winter, or the Claws of the Cold
3 Ches Month of the Sunsets
4 Tarsakh Month of the Storms
– Greengrass 5 Mirtul The Melting
6 Kythorn The Time of Flowers
7 Flamerule Summertide
– Midsummer 8 Eleasias Highsun
9 Eleint The Fading -Higharvestide 10 Marpenoth Leafall
11 Uktar The Rotting -The Feast of the Moon12 Nightal The Drawing Down