Calendar

The calendar of Gel Mia is somewhat different from the one found on Earth. Gel Mia uses the eleven-month Nian calendar. Each month is thirty days long with four seven-day weeks and two days of special religious significance tied to the deity each month is named for. The current year is 1129 by the Nian calendar.The cycle of months in Gel Mia is Rathmun > Umbermin > Brightmin > Glim > Helmense > Corelmer > Roylmer > Ornamun > Myrmin > Jamina > Celeminas.

Spring
Umbermin

Brightmin

Glim

Summer
Helmense

Corelmer

Roylmer

Autumn
Ornamun

Myrmin

Jamina

Winter
Celeminas

Rathmun

1129 Nian
Each month of the Nian calendar is named for one of the major deities of Gel Mia. Below is a basic calendar for the year 1129.

Rathmun
The only month not named for a deity of the modern pantheon. Instead, Rathmun is named for a deity who's name has been obliterated from history. The famineday of Rathmun is spent preparing for the feastday that follows by creating food as well as songs, poems, or speeches to share with the community.The feastday of Rathmun, Year's Embrace, celebrates the beginning of the new year and the leaving behind of the winter solstice.

Umbermin
The month of Umbermin is named for the goddess of the sea, Umberlee. The famineday of Umbermin is spent collecting tithes to the god-queen of the sea. The feastday of Umbermin, the Fair Seas Festival, is celebrated in a variety of ways. Coastal cities such as Umberthroat and Nabor will throw the collected wealth into the ocean, letting it be pulled down into Umberlee's Cache beneath the waves. In-land cities instead use their collected money to maintain roads and waterways that lead to the ocean, the better to belay the ocean with the world's wealth.

Brightmin
The month of Brightmin is named for Dugmaren Brightmantle, dwarven god of study and discovery.

Glim
The month of Glim is named for Garl Glittergold, gnomish god of luck and laughter.

Helmense
The month of Helmense is named for the watchful god, Helm.

Corelmer
The month of Corelmer is named for Corellon, a devastatingly beautiful elven deity.

Roylmer
The month of Roylmer is named for the goddess of agriculture and love, Sheela Peryroyl.

Ornamun
The month of Ornamun is named for Onatar, the kobold god of the forge and hearth.

Myrmin
The month of Myrmin is named for Myrkul, the reaper and soul shepherd.

Jamina
The month of Jamina is named for the goddess of magic and the dead, Wee Jas.

Celeminas
The month of Celeminas is named for Celestian, the god who watches over the stars and all who look upon them.