The people of Mid-World understand that the world consists of four seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter - however some places of Mid-World take this a step further by adapting the calendar cycle in different ways.
They also follow the year within a twelve month cycle.
Agricultural Calendar[]
The residents of the Barony of New Canaan expanded the basic four seasons into seven different stages which match with the ancient agricultural calendar. These are Winter, Wide-Earth, Sowing, Mid-Summer, Full-Earth, Reaping and Years End. Each of these stages are marked by a Fair Day.
It appears that other places followed this calendar as well such as the village of Eluria.
Lunar cycles[]
The year is further divided into moons in Mid-World. Each full moon is named for a face that its surface appears to resemble; unlike the moon of Earth, this face is different throughout the year. Several moons are named in the series:
- The Goat Moon - February.[1]
- The Kissing Moon - Mid-summer.
- The Peddlers Moon - Late summer.
- The Huntress Moon - Autumn, during Full Earth.[2]
- The Demon Moon - Late autumn and early winter. The last moon of the year.[3]
Between the Huntress and Demon Moons the Reaptide Festival takes place, with the day after the festival being called Reap Morn symbolising the first day of winter.