Time in the Realms
In the Forgotten Realms a day is made up of 24 hours. There are 10 days in a week and 3 weeks (30 days) in a month. And a year is made up of 12 months, which is 360 days.
The days are referred to by their number and the months are referred to by name according to the following table:
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Month
|
Name
|
Gregorian Name
|
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1
|
Hammer
|
January
|
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2
|
Alturiak
|
February
|
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3
|
Ches
|
March
|
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4
|
Tarsakh
|
April
|
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5
|
Mirtul
|
May
|
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6
|
Kythorn
|
June
|
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7
|
Flamerule
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July
|
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8
|
Eleasias
|
August
|
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9
|
Eleint
|
September
|
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10
|
Marpenoth
|
October
|
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11
|
Uktar
|
November
|
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12
|
Nightal
|
December
|
The years are referred to by number and by name. The numbering of the years is based on the Dale Reckoning (DR). The year 0 DR, is the year that the elven court allowed humans to settle in the more open regions of the forests.
The following years are used in the games supported by the Inn:
| Icewind Dale |
1281 DR |
Year of the Cold Soul |
| Balders Gate 2: Shadows of Amn |
1369 DR |
Year of the Gauntlet |
There is a list of all the years and their names. It is in .RTF format and you can get it here.
It would take a long time to see a day pass while playing a computer game, so some modifications were made. A single round in an AD&D (pen and paper) game is 60 seconds. The computer games compress the rounds to 6 seconds.
A turn is 10 rounds, which is then 60 seconds in the the game. A total day is compressed to 2 hours and 24 minutes.
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