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Hyborian Calendar
« on: January 05, 2010, 04:58:36 pm »
Found this on a Conan fan site.  Hopefully Neromez can let us know where our adventure fits?

Hyborian Calendar
The Hyborian calendar is cyclic. Each year is named, and, every eight years, the year names
repeat. Years are named as follows:
1) Year of the Lion
2) Year of the Sun
3) Year of the Wolf
4) Year of the Spider
5) Year of the Serpent
6) Year of the Eagle
7) Year of the Dragon
8 ) Year of the Horse
Three of the eight years have 13 lunar months; the other five years have 12 lunar months. Each
year begins on the first full moon after the summer solstice. Days within each month are
numbered. The months are named as follows:
1) Month of the Griffin
2) Month of Fire
3) The Golden Month
4) Month of the Maiden
5) Month of the Scorpion
6) Month of the Bear
7) Month of the Snow Ape
8 ) Month of the Fish
9) Month of the Rat
10) Month of the Sparrow
11) Month of the Hawk
12) Month of the Ram
13) Month of the Dragon *
* This month occurs only in the years of the Lion, the Spider, and the Dragon. For easier dating
purposes, you could always use the A.A. designation (meaning Aquilonian Age). For example,
Conan was born in 1248 A.A. (The Year of the Lion).

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Re: Hyborian Calendar
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2010, 05:12:40 pm »
Right, so to make Conan roughly 22 years of age, At the present time (the meeting of our party in Messantia)  would be the Year of the Dragon, in the Month of the Sparrow.  This makes it early spring with 3 months to go plus the added Month of the Dragon until the new year -celebrated on the Summer Solstice, which will then make it the Year of the Horse.  The year would be 1270 AA.
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