Useful Reference Works
The Calendars of Third-Age Eriador: 1. The Calendars of Third-Age Eriador
Different cultures do not reckon time in the same ways: a fact that Tolkien appreciated, as one can see from Appendix D in The Lord of the Rings. This is probably one of the least-used background pieces, since Tolkien obligingly "translated" all the time-keeping into terms more familiar to us and, of itself, it holds little that inspires. Consequently, few fan-fiction writers bother with such apparently irrelevant detail. Within the context of a story, "translation" usually smoothes out any difficulties about whether it is Isilya, Monendei, or Monday.
For those of us who write in multicultural contexts, however, such details can be important. Say an Elf arranges to meet a Ranger in Mithlond at Mettarë. They need to be clear on whether that's Elvish Mettarë (in March) or Mettarë by mortal reckoning (in December). Making the appointment for three weeks from now might also be confusing, since the Elves have six days in a week instead of seven. If a Hobbit tells a Gondorian to come to tea on the fifth of Winterfilth, they'd probably get a bemused stare. These kinds of misunderstandings can be very useful for writers in search of tension or comic relief.
Appendix D does not, alas, set calendars other than that of the Shire out in a straightforward fashion. I would therefore like to offer the following as an aid to those who find themselves muddled by the six seasons of the Elves, the idiosyncratic month-names used by the Dúnedain, and various ways of accounting for leap-years. Given the milieu of my own stories, I will discuss the calendrical systems found in the west of Middle-Earth during the later Third Age. Information on other systems, including the Númenórean system of the Second Age and the New Reckoning of the Fourth Age, instituted by King Elessar, is also found in Appendix D. (It may be of interest to note that the March 25th New Year of the New Reckoning not only commemorated the destruction of the Ring, but was very close to the Elvish New Year of Elessar's youth.)
Steward's Reckoning for Men
This is based on King's Reckoning, the Númenórean calendar used in Arnor and Gondor so long as they still had kings. Mardil, the first Ruling Steward of Gondor († T.A. 2080) reformed the calendar to reduce cumulative errors in leap-year rounding (analogous to the 1582 Gregorian calendrical reform in Europe). By the end of the Third Age, this had been adopted by most speakers of Westron or Common Speech. The year began at mid-winter, following the practice of the First Age Edain; a week had seven days; and there were twelve 30-day months, with five days outside the months: Yestarë/First Day, Tuilérë/Spring Day, Loëndë/Year-Middle, Yáviérë/Autumn Day, and Mettarë/Last Day. An extra middle-day (enderi) was added to Loëndë every fourth year. Most Westron-speakers used the ancient Quenya month-names; the Dúnedain were peculiar in using Sindarin month-names. In the table below, the Dúnedain mode is given; those wishing to follow Common practice can consult Appendix D for the corresponding Quenya names.
Shire Reckoning
Hobbits, being conservative souls, did not take to the Steward's reform, and their system is a different variant of the King's Reckoning. (Tolkien was surely influenced by the demonstrated calendrical obstinance of the British. Not only did they resist reforms to the date of Easter in the 7th and 8th centuries, but they clung to the Julian calendar-and its March 25th New Year-until 1752.) Their year also started at mid-winter; they also had seven-day weeks and twelve 30-day months with five days outside the months; but those five days were 1 Yule, 2 Yule, 1 Lithe, Midsummer's Day, and 2 Lithe. The central two days of Yule corresponded to Mettarë and Yestarë in the Steward's Reckoning (Yuletide ran for six days in all); the other three were the consecutive Summerdays, to which they added a fourth day, Overlithe, once every four years. Their own count of years (S.R.) began with the colonization of the Shire in T.A. 1601, so that T.A. 3020 corresponds to S.R. 1420, which was an Overlithe leap-year. They had their own month and weekday names; Tolkien gives archaic and "modern" forms of the latter in Appendix D.
The Calendar of Imladris
Elves had a different perspective on time. Their basic unit was the yén, which is 144 solar years, but they also recognized a coranar or "sun-round," the solar year. This was more commonly called a loa or "growth," in reference to the turn of the seasons. Consideration of the waxing and waning of green, growing things was important in their short calendar; so was their base-six numerical system, with its preference for reckoning by six and twelve. The Elvish year began with spring; they had six-day weeks; and they had six seasons, two of which were 72 days (12 weeks) long and four of which were 54 days (9 weeks) long. They had five days outside these seasons; however, these do not precisely match those of the other calendars. Two are Yestarë and Mettarë, as in the Mannish system, but these fell around the spring equinox instead of the winter solstice. Like the Hobbits, they lumped the other three enderi or middle-days together (no specific names are given); but at the fall equinox rather than the summer solstice. These were doubled to six days every twelve years. Both the Quenya and Sindarin season names are given in the table below; weekday names in these two languages can be found in Appendix D. Being the People of the Stars, Elves reckoned that a day started at sunset, rather than sunrise, and had distinct names for evening and morning twilight.
Dwarves
I am disappointed that Tolkien said so little regarding Dwarvish calendrics. One might think such matters were as closely guarded as their language were it not for Thorin's statement that "all should know" when their year began, on "the first day of the last moon of Autumn on the threshold of Winter. We still call it Durin's Day when the last moon of Autumn and the sun are in the sky together" (The Hobbit, "A Short Rest"). This suggests that Dwarves used a lunisolar system based on the cycles of the moon as well as the sun, similar to those of Semitic-language-speakers such as Jews and Arabs, with whom they also share linguistic traits. (Early versions of The Hobbit had Durin's Day falling on the first moon of Autumn [Rateliff, Mr. Baggins, Ch. III "Rivendell," iv], which would match the beginning of the Hebrew year in September or October). If the parallel holds, the Dwarvish year began with the first visible crescent after the new moon preceding the winter solstice . . . and that is when the keyhole to the secret door opened on the Lonely Mountain: "[Bilbo] saw the orange ball of the sun sinking towards the level of his eyes . . . and there pale and faint was a thin new moon above the rim of the Earth" (The Hobbit, "On the Doorstep"). It is odd, however, that Thorin said Dwarves were no longer able to guess when Durin's Day falls--they were aware of the approaching date of the winter solstice, and it should not have been difficult to coordinate that with the phases of the moon. The only other piece of possibly calendrical information we have is that the Dwarves of Nogrod gave feasts at midsummer (The Silmarillion, "Of Maeglin").
Strictly speaking, the Gregorian calendar-that used by modern European-derived societies-was not found in Eriador in the Third Age, but is included to provide a base-line for the reader. (So, was Aragorn born on March 1st or Gwaeron 1st?) The following correspondences were calculated by setting Loëndë and Midsummer's Day to June 21st (summer solstice), and filling in the months and extra days as described in Appendix D. It was highly gratifying to see that the Elvish Yestarë would then fall on the spring equinox if Tuilérë was equated with the first day of tuilë. "Leap-year" accommodations are given in parentheses on a separate line for each system, and days outside the months or seasons are in bold.
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Gregorian Steward's Reckoning Imladris Shire
January 1 Narwain 11 9 (week 9) Afteryule 11
January 2 Narwain 12 50 Afteryule 12
January 3 Narwain 13 1 Afteryule 13
January 4 Narwain 14 2 Afteryule 14
January 5 Narwain 15 3 Afteryule 15
January 6 Narwain 16 4 Afteryule 16
January 7 Narwain 17 5 (week 10) Afteryule 17
January 8 Narwain 18 6 Afteryule 18
January 9 Narwain 19 7 Afteryule 19
January 10 Narwain 20 8 Afteryule 20
January 11 Narwain 21 9 Afteryule 21
January 12 Narwain 22 60 Afteryule 22
January 13 Narwain 23 1 (week 11) Afteryule 23
January 14 Narwain 24 2 Afteryule 24
January 15 Narwain 25 3 Afteryule 25
January 16 Narwain 26 4 Afteryule 26
January 17 Narwain 27 5 Afteryule 27
January 18 Narwain 28 6 Afteryule 28
January 19 Narwain 29 7 (week 12) Afteryule 29
January 20 Narwain 30 8 Afteryule 30
January 21 Nínui 1 9 Solmath 1
January 22 Nínui 2 70 Solmath 2
January 23 Nínui 3 1 Solmath 3
January 24 Nínui 4 2 Solmath 4
January 25 Nínui 5 Coirë/Echuir Solmath 5
January 26 Nínui 6 2 Solmath 6
January 27 Nínui 7 3 Solmath 7
January 28 Nínui 8 4 Solmath 8
January 29 Nínui 9 5 Solmath 9
January 30 Nínui 10 6 Solmath 10
January 31 Nínui 11 7 (week 2) Solmath 11
February 1 Nínui 12 8 Solmath 12
February 2 Nínui 13 9 Solmath 13
February 3 Nínui 14 10 Solmath 14
February 4 Nínui 15 1 Solmath 15
February 5 Nínui 16 2 Solmath 16
February 6 Nínui 17 3 (week 3) Solmath 17
February 7 Nínui 18 4 Solmath 18
February 8 Nínui 19 5 Solmath 19
February 9 Nínui 20 6 Solmath 20
February 10 Nínui 21 7 Solmath 21
February 11 Nínui 22 8 Solmath 22
February 12 Nínui 23 9 (week 4) Solmath 23
February 13 Nínui 24 20 Solmath 24
February 14 Nínui 25 1 Solmath 25
February 15 Nínui 26 2 Solmath 26
February 16 Nínui 27 3 Solmath 27
February 17 Nínui 28 4 Solmath 28
February 18 Nínui 29 5 (week 5) Solmath 29
February 19 Nínui 30 6 Solmath 30
February 20 Gwaeron 1 7 Rethe 1
February 21 Gwaeron 2 8 Rethe 2
February 22 Gwaeron 3 9 Rethe 3
February 23 Gwaeron 4 30 Rethe 4
February 24 Gwaeron 5 1 (week 6) Rethe 5
February 25 Gwaeron 6 2 Rethe 6
February 26 Gwaeron 7 3 Rethe 7
February 27 Gwaeron 8 4 Rethe 8
February 28 Gwaeron 9 5 Rethe 9
(February 29)
March 1 Gwaeron 10 6 Rethe 10
March 2 Gwaeron 11 7 (week 7) Rethe 11
March 3 Gwaeron 12 8 Rethe 12
March 4 Gwaeron 13 9 Rethe 13
March 5 Gwaeron 14 40 Rethe 14
March 6 Gwaeron 15 1 Rethe 15
March 7 Gwaeron 16 2 Rethe 16
March 8 Gwaeron 17 3 (week 8) Rethe 17
March 9 Gwaeron 18 4 Rethe 18
March 10 Gwaeron 19 5 Rethe 19
March 11 Gwaeron 20 6 Rethe 20
March 12 Gwaeron 21 7 Rethe 21
March 13 Gwaeron 22 8 Rethe 22
March 14 Gwaeron 23 9 (week 9) Rethe 23
March 15 Gwaeron 24 50 Rethe 24
March 16 Gwaeron 25 1 Rethe 25
March 17 Gwaeron 26 2 Rethe 26
March 18 Gwaeron 27 3 Rethe 27
March 19 Gwaeron 28 4 Rethe 28
March 20 Gwaeron 29 Mettarë Rethe 29
March 21 Gwaeron 30 Yestarë Rethe 30
March 22 Tuilérë Tuilë/Ethuil Astron 1
March 23 Gwirith 1 2 Astron 2
March 24 Gwirith 2 3 Astron 3
March 25 Gwirith 3 4 Astron 4
March 26 Gwirith 4 5 Astron 5
March 27 Gwirith 5 6 Astron 6
March 28 Gwirith 6 7 (week 2) Astron 7
March 29 Gwirith 7 8 Astron 8
March 30 Gwirith 8 9 Astron 9
March 31 Gwirith 9 10 Astron 10
April 1 Gwirith 10 1 Astron 11
April 2 Gwirith 11 2 Astron 12
April 3 Gwirith 12 3 (week 3) Astron 13
April 4 Gwirith 13 4 Astron 14
April 5 Gwirith 14 5 Astron 15
April 6 Gwirith 15 6 Astron 16
April 7 Gwirith 16 7 Astron 17
April 8 Gwirith 17 8 Astron 18
April 9 Gwirith 18 9 (week 4) Astron 19
April 10 Gwirith 19 20 Astron 20
April 11 Gwirith 20 1 Astron 21
April 12 Gwirith 21 2 Astron 22
April 13 Gwirith 22 3 Astron 23
April 14 Gwirith 23 4 Astron 24
April 15 Gwirith 24 5 (week 5) Astron 25
April 16 Gwirith 25 6 Astron 26
April 17 Gwirith 26 7 Astron 27
April 18 Gwirith 27 8 Astron 28
April 19 Gwirith 28 9 Astron 29
April 20 Gwirith 29 30 Astron 30
April 21 Gwirith 30 1 (week 6) Thrimidge 1
April 22 Lothron 1 2 Thrimidge 2
April 23 Lothron 2 3 Thrimidge 3
April 24 Lothron 3 4 Thrimidge 4
April 25 Lothron 4 5 Thrimidge 5
April 26 Lothron 5 6 Thrimidge 6
April 27 Lothron 6 7 (week 7) Thrimidge 7
April 28 Lothron 7 8 Thrimidge 8
April 29 Lothron 8 9 Thrimidge 9
April 30 Lothron 9 40 Thrimidge 10
May 1 Lothron 10 1 Thrimidge 11
May 2 Lothron 11 2 Thrimidge 12
May 3 Lothron 12 3 (week 8) Thrimidge 13
May 4 Lothron 13 4 Thrimidge 14
May 5 Lothron 14 5 Thrimidge 15
May 6 Lothron 15 6 Thrimidge 16
May 7 Lothron 16 7 Thrimidge 17
May 8 Lothron 17 8 Thrimidge 18
May 9 Lothron 18 9 (week 9) Thrimidge 19
May 10 Lothron 19 50 Thrimidge 20
May 11 Lothron 20 1 Thrimidge 21
May 12 Lothron 21 2 Thrimidge 22
May 13 Lothron 22 3 Thrimidge 23
May 14 Lothron 23 4 Thrimidge 24
May 15 Lothron 24 Lairë/Laer Thrimidge 25
May 16 Lothron 25 2 Thrimidge 26
May 17 Lothron 26 3 Thrimidge 27
May 18 Lothron 27 4 Thrimidge 28
May 19 Lothron 28 5 Thrimidge 29
May 20 Lothron 29 6 Thrimidge 30
May 21 Lothron 30 7 (week 2) Forelithe 1
May 22 Nórui 1 8 Forelithe 2
May 23 Nórui 2 9 Forelithe 3
May 24 Nórui 3 10 Forelithe 4
May 25 Nórui 4 1 Forelithe 5
May 26 Nórui 5 2 Forelithe 6
May 27 Nórui 6 3 (week 3) Forelithe 7
May 28 Nórui 7 4 Forelithe 8
May 29 Nórui 8 5 Forelithe 9
May 30 Nórui 9 6 Forelithe 10
May 31 Nórui 10 7 Forelithe 11
June 1 Nórui 11 8 Forelithe 12
June 2 Nórui 12 9 (week 4) Forelithe 13
June 3 Nórui 13 20 Forelithe 14
June 4 Nórui 14 1 Forelithe 15
June 5 Nórui 15 2 Forelithe 16
June 6 Nórui 16 3 Forelithe 17
June 7 Nórui 17 4 Forelithe 18
June 8 Nórui 18 5 (week 5) Forelithe 19
June 9 Nórui 19 6 Forelithe 20
June 10 Nórui 20 7 Forelithe 21
June 11 Nórui 21 8 Forelithe 22
June 12 Nórui 22 9 Forelithe 23
June 13 Nórui 23 30 Forelithe 24
June 14 Nórui 24 1 (week 6) Forelithe 25
June 15 Nórui 25 2 Forelithe 26
June 16 Nórui 26 3 Forelithe 27
June 17 Nórui 27 4 Forelithe 28
June 18 Nórui 28 5 Forelithe 29
June 19 Nórui 29 6 Forelithe 30
June 20 Nórui 30 7 (week 7) 1 Lithe
June 21 Loëndë 8 Midsummer's Day
(2nd enderi) (Overlithe)
June 22 Cerveth 1 9 2 Lithe
June 23 Cerveth 2 40 Afterlithe 1
June 24 Cerveth 3 1 Afterlithe 2
June 25 Cerveth 4 2 Afterlithe 3
June 26 Cerveth 5 3 (week 8) Afterlithe 4
June 27 Cerveth 6 4 Afterlithe 5
June 28 Cerveth 7 5 Afterlithe 6
June 29 Cerveth 8 6 Afterlithe 7
June 30 Cerveth 9 7 Afterlithe 8
July 1 Cerveth 10 8 Afterlithe 9
July 2 Cerveth 11 9 (week 9) Afterlithe 10
July 3 Cerveth 12 50 Afterlithe 11
July 4 Cerveth 13 1 Afterlithe 12
July 5 Cerveth 14 2 Afterlithe 13
July 6 Cerveth 15 3 Afterlithe 14
July 7 Cerveth 16 4 Afterlithe 15
July 8 Cerveth 17 5 (week 10) Afterlithe 16
July 9 Cerveth 18 6 Afterlithe 17
July 10 Cerveth 19 7 Afterlithe 18
July 11 Cerveth 20 8 Afterlithe 19
July 12 Cerveth 21 9 Afterlithe 20
July 13 Cerveth 22 60 Afterlithe 21
July 14 Cerveth 23 1 (week 11) Afterlithe 22
July 15 Cerveth 24 2 Afterlithe 23
July 16 Cerveth 25 3 Afterlithe 24
July 17 Cerveth 26 4 Afterlithe 25
July 18 Cerveth 27 5 Afterlithe 26
July 19 Cerveth 28 6 Afterlithe 27
July 20 Cerveth 29 7 (week 12) Afterlithe 28
July 21 Cerveth 30 8 Afterlithe 29
July 22 Urui 1 9 Afterlithe 30
July 23 Urui 2 70 Wedmath 1
July 24 Urui 3 1 Wedmath 2
July 25 Urui 4 2 Wedmath 3
July 26 Urui 5 Yávië/Iavas Wedmath 4
July 27 Urui 6 2 Wedmath 5
July 28 Urui 7 3 Wedmath 6
July 29 Urui 8 4 Wedmath 7
July 30 Urui 9 5 Wedmath 8
July 31 Urui 10 6 Wedmath 9
August 1 Urui 11 7 (week 2) Wedmath 10
August 2 Urui 12 8 Wedmath 11
August 3 Urui 13 9 Wedmath 12
August 4 Urui 14 10 Wedmath 13
August 5 Urui 15 1 Wedmath 14
August 6 Urui 16 2 Wedmath 15
August 7 Urui 17 3 (week 3) Wedmath 16
August 8 Urui 18 4 Wedmath 17
August 9 Urui 19 5 Wedmath 18
August 10 Urui 20 6 Wedmath 19
August 11 Urui 21 7 Wedmath 20
August 12 Urui 22 8 Wedmath 21
August 13 Urui 23 9 (week 4) Wedmath 22
August 14 Urui 24 20 Wedmath 23
August 15 Urui 25 1 Wedmath 24
August 16 Urui 26 2 Wedmath 25
August 17 Urui 27 3 Wedmath 26
August 18 Urui 28 4 Wedmath 27
August 19 Urui 29 5 (week 5) Wedmath 28
August 20 Urui 30 6 Wedmath 29
August 21 Ivanneth 1 7 Wedmath 30
August 22 Ivanneth 2 8 Halimath 1
August 23 Ivanneth 3 9 Halimath 2
August 24 Ivanneth 4 30 Halimath 3
August 25 Ivanneth 5 1 (week 6) Halimath 4
August 26 Ivanneth 6 2 Halimath 5
August 27 Ivanneth 7 3 Halimath 6
August 28 Ivanneth 8 4 Halimath 7
August 29 Ivanneth 9 5 Halimath 8
August 30 Ivanneth 10 6 Halimath 9
August 31 Ivanneth 11 7 (week 7) Halimath 10
September 1 Ivanneth 12 8 Halimath 11
September 2 Ivanneth 13 9 Halimath 12
September 3 Ivanneth 14 40 Halimath 13
September 4 Ivanneth 15 1 Halimath 14
September 5 Ivanneth 16 2 Halimath 15
September 6 Ivanneth 17 3 (week 8) Halimath 16
September 7 Ivanneth 18 4 Halimath 17
September 8 Ivanneth 19 5 Halimath 18
September 9 Ivanneth 20 6 Halimath 19
September 10 Ivanneth 21 7 Halimath 20
September 11 Ivanneth 22 8 Halimath 21
September 12 Ivanneth 23 9 (week 9) Halimath 22
September 13 Ivanneth 24 50 Halimath 23
September 14 Ivanneth 25 1 Halimath 24
September 15 Ivanneth 26 2 Halimath 25
September 16 Ivanneth 27 3 Halimath 26
September 17 Ivanneth 28 4 Halimath 27
September 18 Ivanneth 29 Enderi Halimath 28
September 19 Ivanneth 30 Enderi Halimath 29
September 20 Yáviérë Enderi Halimath 30
(doubled to 6 days every 12 years)
September 21 Narbeleth 1 Quellë/Firith Winterfilth 1
September 22 Narbeleth 2 2 Winterfilth 2
September 23 Narbeleth 3 3 Winterfilth 3
September 24 Narbeleth 4 4 Winterfilth 4
September 25 Narbeleth 5 5 Winterfilth 5
September 26 Narbeleth 6 6 Winterfilth 6
September 27 Narbeleth 7 7 (week 2) Winterfilth 7
September 28 Narbeleth 8 8 Winterfilth 8
September 29 Narbeleth 9 9 Winterfilth 9
September 30 Narbeleth 10 10 Winterfilth 10
October 1 Narbeleth 11 1 Winterfilth 11
October 2 Narbeleth 12 2 Winterfilth 12
October 3 Narbeleth 13 3 (week 3) Winterfilth 13
October 4 Narbeleth 14 4 Winterfilth 14
October 5 Narbeleth 15 5 Winterfilth 15
October 6 Narbeleth 16 6 Winterfilth 16
October 7 Narbeleth 17 7 Winterfilth 17
October 8 Narbeleth 18 8 Winterfilth 18
October 9 Narbeleth 19 9 (week 4) Winterfilth 19
October 10 Narbeleth 20 20 Winterfilth 20
October 11 Narbeleth 21 1 Winterfilth 21
October 12 Narbeleth 22 2 Winterfilth 22
October 13 Narbeleth 23 3 Winterfilth 23
October 14 Narbeleth 24 4 Winterfilth 24
October 15 Narbeleth 25 5 (week 5) Winterfilth 25
October 16 Narbeleth 26 6 Winterfilth 26
October 17 Narbeleth 27 7 Winterfilth 27
October 18 Narbeleth 28 8 Winterfilth 28
October 19 Narbeleth 29 9 Winterfilth 29
October 20 Narbeleth 30 30 Winterfilth 30
October 21 Hithui 1 1 (week 6) Blotmath 1
October 22 Hithui 2 2 Blotmath 2
October 23 Hithui 3 3 Blotmath 3
October 24 Hithui 4 4 Blotmath 4
October 25 Hithui 5 5 Blotmath 5
October 26 Hithui 6 6 Blotmath 6
October 27 Hithui 7 7 (week 7) Blotmath 7
October 28 Hithui 8 8 Blotmath 8
October 29 Hithui 9 9 Blotmath 9
October 30 Hithui 10 40 Blotmath 10
October 31 Hithui 11 1 Blotmath 11
November 1 Hithui 12 2 Blotmath 12
November 2 Hithui 13 3 (week 8) Blotmath 13
November 3 Hithui 14 4 Blotmath 14
November 4 Hithui 15 5 Blotmath 15
November 5 Hithui 16 6 Blotmath 16
November 6 Hithui 17 7 Blotmath 17
November 7 Hithui 18 8 Blotmath 18
November 8 Hithui 19 9 (week 9) Blotmath 19
November 9 Hithui 20 50 Blotmath 20
November 10 Hithui 21 1 Blotmath 21
November 11 Hithui 22 2 Blotmath 22
November 12 Hithui 23 3 Blotmath 23
November 13 Hithui 24 4 Blotmath 24
November 14 Hithui 25 Hrívë/Rhîw Blotmath 25
November 15 Hithui 26 2 Blotmath 26
November 16 Hithui 27 3 Blotmath 27
November 17 Hithui 28 4 Blotmath 28
November 18 Hithui 29 5 Blotmath 29
November 19 Hithui 30 6 Blotmath 30
November 20 Girithron 1 7 (week 2) Foreyule 1
November 21 Girithron 2 8 Foreyule 2
November 22 Girithron 3 9 Foreyule 3
November 23 Girithron 4 10 Foreyule 4
November 24 Girithron 5 1 Foreyule 5
November 25 Girithron 6 2 Foreyule 6
November 26 Girithron 7 3 (week 3) Foreyule 7
November 27 Girithron 8 4 Foreyule 8
November 28 Girithron 9 5 Foreyule 9
November 29 Girithron 10 6 Foreyule 10
November 30 Girithron 11 7 Foreyule 11
December 1 Girithron 12 8 Foreyule 12
December 2 Girithron 13 9 (week 4) Foreyule 13
December 3 Girithron 14 20 Foreyule 14
December 4 Girithron 15 1 Foreyule 15
December 5 Girithron 16 2 Foreyule 16
December 6 Girithron 17 3 Foreyule 17
December 7 Girithron 18 4 Foreyule 18
December 8 Girithron 19 5 (week 5) Foreyule 19
December 9 Girithron 20 6 Foreyule 20
December 10 Girithron 21 7 Foreyule 21
December 11 Girithron 22 8 Foreyule 22
December 12 Girithron 23 9 Foreyule 23
December 13 Girithron 24 30 Foreyule 24
December 14 Girithron 25 1 (week 6) Foreyule 25
December 15 Girithron 26 2 Foreyule 26
December 16 Girithron 27 3 Foreyule 27
December 17 Girithron 28 4 Foreyule 28
December 18 Girithron 29 5 Foreyule 29
December 19 Girithron 30 6 Foreyule 30
December 20 Mettarë 7 (week 7) 1 Yule
December 21 Yestarë 8 2 Yule
December 22 Narwain 1 9 Afteryule 1
December 23 Narwain 2 40 Afteryule 2
December 24 Narwain 3 1 Afteryule 3
December 25 Narwain 4 2 Afteryule 4
December 26 Narwain 5 3 (week 8) Afteryule 5
December 27 Narwain 6 4 Afteryule 6
December 28 Narwain 7 5 Afteryule 7
December 29 Narwain 8 6 Afteryule 8
December 30 Narwain 9 7 Afteryule 9
December 31 Narwain 10 8 Afteryule 10
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Acknowledgements: Many thanks to the amiable denizens of the Garden of Ithilien for encouragement and support; special mentions to Gwynnyd, for the code that makes the table readable, and Lissa, for a timely reminder of Durin's Day.
