Calendars

There are multiple calendars used throughout the galaxy. The Yeddo calendar is considered standard across the Federation of Stellar Systems but many star systems have their own separate calendar used primarily by their locals.

Darian calendar

The first calendar used by the Valerian Empire after its capital became based on Mars. It is a 24 month calendar that can have either 27 or 28 sols, or Martian solar days.

Yeddo calendar

The most common system used by humans. Originally created as an alternative to the Darian calendar before the advent of the vrNet, it is based on the rotation and revolution periods of Yeddo. One year on Yeddo is 360 Earth days and one Yeddo day is approximately 26 Earth hours. Months are based on the orbital period of Yeddo's moon Ezo which takes about 30 Earth days. The months are as follows:

• Frostuary
• Valentino
• Rabbit's Egg
• Sky's Gift
• Veritas
• Minerva - Named after Empress Minerva, chosen as the name of the month with the summer solstice to represent her rule being considered the apex of the Valerian Empire.
• July
• August
• Aurelia
• Scarlet Leaf
• Harvest
• Exmas - Thought to be derived from the ancient holiday of Christmas which began as a single day before becoming celebrated during the entire month.

There are seven days of the week which are Onesday, Twosday, Tresday, Foursday, Pentsday, Seisday and Sevensday.

Years are measured by the number of revolutions since the Blackout.

Torus calendar

The overwhelming majority of Torus citizens are androids and thus, have an ability to rely on on-the-fly mathematical calculations which are impossible for most humans. The Torus calendar is simply defined as the number of seconds since the launch of Mobius OS, the operating system that tracks the uploaded consciousnesses of Torusian citizens - built around 700 years ago. Torusians refer to seconds as ticks, appending prefixes to change their factor. A kilotick for example refers to 1000 seconds.

Merin calendar

Merin's calendar is based on the current ruling family of the planet. Individual months are based on Merin's complex lunar cycle.

Frey calendar

One year in the Frey calendar is based on how long it takes for the gas giant Asgard to orbit its star. One month is based around the time it takes for Frey to make a single orbit around Asgard.

Loupa calendar

Loupa's calendar is incredibly complex. It accounts for not only the orbits of Loupa's two moons but all the other planets in the Canis system. Years are not measured by how long it takes for Loupa to orbit its star due to how short it is compared to other worlds. Instead, a "year" is measured based on very specific configurations of the planets and the phases of Loupa's moons.