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Golarion Calendar (Excel)
Vivriel,

TSR 95053-55 avatar

I made an Excel calendar generator for Golarion that works for any year from 1 A.R. with moon phases, leap days and the holidays in Campaign Setting all marked in. My version differs from Lilith's in 2 major ways:

1) It synchs with the date mentioned in Second Darkness, in that 14 Arodus 4708 IS Oathday.

2) I marked the solstices and equinoxes closer to our real calendar, on the 20/21/22 of the first month of the season, as I think that's what the Pathfinder authors have in mind when they mention things like "first day of autumn" in the AP's. Because the Campaign Setting delineates the seasons clearly by month, I've kept Lilith's method of marking the start of a season on the first day of the relevant month.

You can download it here.

There's a moon font included in the zip. You need to install that to see the moon phases correctly. To generate the calendar for a particular year, just type the year number into the yellow box on the first page.

This being Excel, the calendar isn't as pretty as the one that Lilith and Fray made, but it does work for any year into the future. If anyone with more artistic talent wants to take it and make pretty swimsuit calendars out of the output, be my guest.

Enjoy!

Joey Virtue (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber),

C 2-Cinderlands-Ecology avatar

This is great stuff how do i download the moon phases?

Vivriel,

TSR 95053-55 avatar

The moon font is included in the zip file. Just extract it and right click to "install" the font into the Windows font directory.

Since uploading that, I fixed the fonts in a few places for consistency and better readability, and added Korvosan holidays (except the King's Birthday, because you know why). The new version is here.

Joey Virtue (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber),

C 2-Cinderlands-Ecology avatar

Great Stuff Thanks this is just what im looking for.

Vivriel,

TSR 95053-55 avatar

<Answers to a ghost question deleted.>

Glad you find it useful. Now to hope more people, especially those in power, use it so we can fix on one official calendar and avoid all future date inconsistencies. ;)

Mairkurion {tm} (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber),

Carlisle Pathfinder PZO 111 D avatar

Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

Gamer Girrl,

6 Raxius-Malgorian avatar

I tried the link and was told File not Found ... any other place to find it?

Vivriel,

TSR 95053-55 avatar

Sorry for the confusion, Gamer Girl. After uploading the new version, I removed the old file from the site. The link in my second post, for the version with Korvosan holidays, does work.

Now I've restored the original link to point to the new version as well. Either link will get the same file now.

Hope you like it.

Edit:
No, for some reason, the old file is still restored when I try to re-upload the new file under the old name. Oh well, you'll need to use the link in my second post. Sorry.

Qadira Rynthief (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber),

Locksmith avatar

thanks for the calendar! I've been looking for something like this for a long time.

Ryn, who barely notices the passing of days...

Gamer Girrl,

6 Raxius-Malgorian avatar

Vivriel wrote:
Sorry for the confusion, Gamer Girl. After uploading the new version, I removed the old file from the site. The link in my second post, for the version with Korvosan holidays, does work.

Now I've restored the original link to point to the new version as well. Either link will get the same file now.

Hope you like it.

Edit:
No, for some reason, the old file is still restored when I try to re-upload the new file under the old name. Oh well, you'll need to use the link in my second post. Sorry.


Thankee very much!

Phouka,

Oct avatar

The calender is great, but there's something I've been having a little trouble with. I've searched the campaign setting, and nowhere does it say how many days there are in a year (or how many days in a month for that matter). I see you have assigned 30 days to each month. That works out to 360 days (361 if it's a leap year). The description of the year also states that there are seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. If this is 52 full weeks a year, then there are 364 days a year and some months must have 31 days. I know this is a really minor detail to most people, but I've been trying to figure it out for a while now and I don't know if there's a place these extra days are supposed to go or if we're left to fill them in wherever we feel like putting them right now. Any suggestions?

Vivriel,

TSR 95053-55 avatar

Curse of the Crimson Throne Player's Guide states on page 7 that:

The people of Golarion measure time much like we do as well, with seven days to a week and twelve 30-day months to a year.

I'm not sure why it was left out of the Campaign Setting, but until a later publication contradicts the above, it seems pretty fixed that we have 360 days, not full 52 weeks, to a year.

Phouka,

Oct avatar

That makes sense. I suppose saying 52 weeks a year is easier than saying "51 weeks and three days a year."

eirip (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Chronicles Subscriber),

15 AIce Mephit avatar

Very nice work indeed on the calendar.

Osirion Michael Brock (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

EDFinal Scaled avatar

Great work. Thanks you.

Osirion yoda8myhead (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

R 1-Rakshasa-Opener Redo 1 avatar

The file's gone! Can you repost it or email it to me at this screenname at pathfinderwiki.com?

Vivriel,

TSR 95053-55 avatar

Only the old version is gone. The updated version with Korvosan holidays is still there.

DOWNLOAD LINK

Enjoy!

Lady Bluehawk,

TSR 95053-25 avatar

Vivriel wrote:
I made an Excel calendar generator for Golarion that works for any year from 1 A.R. with moon phases, leap days and the holidays in Campaign Setting all marked in. My version differs from Lilith's in 2 major ways:

1) It synchs with the date mentioned in Second Darkness, in that 14 Arodus 4708 IS Oathday.


Hmm...I found, in trying to do it first using Word calendar templates and changing the month name, day name, and year before looking for something here (duh!), that if you sort of ignore the order of days of the week as listed in the hardback Pathfinder Chronicles book (pg. 238):

Moonday = work, religion (night)
Toilday = work
Wealday = work
Oathday = work, pacts signed, oaths sworn
Fireday = work, market day
Starday = work
Sunday = rest, religion

and go with probably the analog they intended (i.e., Moonday = Monday, Toilday = Tuesday, etc.), Sunday would start the week in our Earthly calendar, which would make Oathday a "Thursday" rather than a "Wednesday", and then Arodus 14, 4708 (start of Second Darkness) works just fine. ;->

Also: in most months, a lot of the 6th day stuff, 20th day stuff, etc. falls on our "Sundays", which makes sense. ;->

Lady Bluehawk,

TSR 95053-25 avatar

Lady Bluehawk wrote:
Vivriel wrote:
I made an Excel calendar generator for Golarion that works for any year from 1 A.R. with moon phases, leap days and the holidays in Campaign Setting all marked in. My version differs from Lilith's in 2 major ways:

1) It synchs with the date mentioned in Second Darkness, in that 14 Arodus 4708 IS Oathday.


Hmm...I found, in trying to do it first using Word calendar templates and changing the month name, day name, and year before looking for something here (duh!), that if you sort of ignore the order of days of the week as listed in the hardback Pathfinder Chronicles book (pg. 238):

Moonday = work, religion (night)
Toilday = work
Wealday = work
Oathday = work, pacts signed, oaths sworn
Fireday = work, market day
Starday = work
Sunday = rest, religion

and go with probably the analog they intended (i.e., Moonday = Monday, Toilday = Tuesday, etc.), Sunday would start the week in our Earthly calendar, which would make Oathday a "Thursday" rather than a "Wednesday", and then Arodus 14, 4708 (start of Second Darkness) works just fine. ;->

Also: in most months, a lot of the 6th day stuff, 20th day stuff, etc. falls on our "Sundays", which makes sense. ;->


Aw, crud; forgot that while 2008 IS a leap year here, 4708 is not...so it doesn't work after all... [cry][/cry]

Lady Bluehawk,

TSR 95053-25 avatar

Vivriel wrote:
The moon font is included in the zip file. Just extract it and right click to "install" the font into the Windows font directory.

Since uploading that, I fixed the fonts in a few places for consistency and better readability, and added Korvosan holidays (except the King's Birthday, because you know why). The new version is here.


Hmm...well, I got the newer version (pays to come in late to the party sometimes <G>), and extracted both to the directory where I keep my Pathfinder stuff. Should I have extracted the moon phases file to the Windows font directory? It's still giving me a rain drop, closed file, downward pointing hand, and open file symbols instead of the moon phase symbols. :-(

Lady Bluehawk,

TSR 95053-25 avatar

Lady Bluehawk wrote:
Lady Bluehawk wrote:
Vivriel wrote:
I made an Excel calendar generator for Golarion that works for any year from 1 A.R. with moon phases, leap days and the holidays in Campaign Setting all marked in. My version differs from Lilith's in 2 major ways:

1) It synchs with the date mentioned in Second Darkness, in that 14 Arodus 4708 IS Oathday.


Hmm...I found, in trying to do it first using Word calendar templates and changing the month name, day name, and year before looking for something here (duh!), that if you sort of ignore the order of days of the week as listed in the hardback Pathfinder Chronicles book (pg. 238):

Moonday = work, religion (night)
Toilday = work
Wealday = work
Oathday = work, pacts signed, oaths sworn
Fireday = work, market day
Starday = work
Sunday = rest, religion

and go with probably the analog they intended (i.e., Moonday = Monday, Toilday = Tuesday, etc.), Sunday would start the week in our Earthly calendar, which would make Oathday a "Thursday" rather than a "Wednesday", and then Arodus 14, 4708 (start of Second Darkness) works just fine. ;->

Also: in most months, a lot of the 6th day stuff, 20th day stuff, etc. falls on our "Sundays", which makes sense. ;->


Aw, crud; forgot that while 2008 IS a leap year here, 4708 is not...so it doesn't work after all... [cry][/cry]

On the other hand, January 1, 2008 (Abadius 1, 4708) was on a Tuesday (my Toilday), and Viv's is on a Fireday (his fifth day of the week, my Oathday, Thursday in real life)?

I'm confused... :-/

Vivriel,

TSR 95053-55 avatar

Lady Bluehawk wrote:
Vivriel wrote:
The moon font is included in the zip file. Just extract it and right click to "install" the font into the Windows font directory.

Hmm...well, I got the newer version (pays to come in late to the party sometimes <G>), and extracted both to the directory where I keep my Pathfinder stuff. Should I have extracted the moon phases file to the Windows font directory? It's still giving me a rain drop, closed file, downward pointing hand, and open file symbols instead of the moon phase symbols. :-(

Yes, you still need to either "install" or copy the font file into the Windows font directory.

Vivriel,

TSR 95053-55 avatar

Lady Bluehawk wrote:
On the other hand, January 1, 2008 (Abadius 1, 4708) was on a Tuesday (my Toilday), and Viv's is on a Fireday (his fifth day of the week, my Oathday, Thursday in real life)?

I'm confused... :-/


As are we all. Paizo has not, to date, published an official calendar, so we're all working on our own preferred assumptions. The Guide to Korvosa states that there're 12 months of 30 days each, which makes 360 days in a non-leap year. The Campaign Setting says 52 weeks of 7 days, which makes 364 days.

My calendar assumes 360 days in a year.

Have fun with it, but don't expect it to match our Earth calendar with 365 days and a leap year once every 4 instead of 8 years.

Lady Bluehawk,

TSR 95053-25 avatar

Vivriel wrote:
Lady Bluehawk wrote:
On the other hand, January 1, 2008 (Abadius 1, 4708) was on a Tuesday (my Toilday), and Viv's is on a Fireday (his fifth day of the week, my Oathday, Thursday in real life)?

I'm confused... :-/


As are we all. Paizo has not, to date, published an official calendar, so we're all working on our own preferred assumptions. The Guide to Korvosa states that there're 12 months of 30 days each, which makes 360 days in a non-leap year. The Campaign Setting says 52 weeks of 7 days, which makes 364 days.

My calendar assumes 360 days in a year.

Have fun with it, but don't expect it to match our Earth calendar with 365 days and a leap year once every 4 instead of 8 years.


Yeah, amen, an official calendar would be great! ::pouring over it again::

::nodding:: Okay...Golarion must be somewhat closer to the sun than we are here, to have a "leap year" be 365 rather than 366...and thanks for doing the hard work! It does look cool...now, if I can just get the moon phases to behave...

Damon Griffin (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber),

Gryphon avatar

Vivriel wrote:
Paizo has not, to date, published an official calendar, so we're all working on our own preferred assumptions. The Guide to Korvosa states that there're 12 months of 30 days each, which makes 360 days in a non-leap year. The Campaign Setting says 52 weeks of 7 days, which makes 364 days.

My calendar assumes 360 days in a year.

Have fun with it, but don't expect it to match our Earth calendar with 365 days and a leap year once every 4 instead of 8 years.


What if there are no leap years, and we have this calendar:

Spring months (3 months of 30 days each)
[Beltane]
Summer months (3 months of 30 days each)
[Lughnasadh]
Autumn months (3 months of 30 days each)
[Imbolc]
Winter months (3 months of 30 days each)
[Samhain]

The four extra days (for which I just stuck in the names of four pagan sabbats) mark seasonal transitions and are not part of a 30-day month, but are part of a 7-day week; this allows for a 360 day calendar year and a 364-day physical year. The Romans did this sort of thing.

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