Shire Reckoning

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Shire Reckoning is the Hobbit-devised calendar system used in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, particularly in the Shire, to mark years and dates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hobbit calendar
calendar system
fictional calendar
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings Appendices NERFINISHED
The Return of the King NERFINISHED
The Two Towers NERFINISHED
correspondsTo Third Age calendar
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED
documentedIn Appendix D of The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
feature all months have equal length
weekday sequence is not disrupted by intercalary days
hasDayName Hevensday
Highday
Mersday
Monday
Sterday
Sunday
Trewsday
hasIntercalaryDay 1 Lithe
1 Yule
2 Lithe
2 Yule
Mid-year’s Day NERFINISHED
hasIntercalaryDays yes
hasLeapDay Overlithe NERFINISHED
hasMonth Afterlithe
Afteryule NERFINISHED
Astron NERFINISHED
Blotmath
Forelithe
Foreyule NERFINISHED
Halimath NERFINISHED
Rethe NERFINISHED
Solmath
Thrimidge
Wedmath NERFINISHED
Winterfilth
hasNumberOfDaysPerMonth 30
hasNumberOfDaysPerYear 365
hasNumberOfMonths 12
hasWeekLength 7 days
languageOfMonthNames Westron (represented by English dialectal forms) NERFINISHED
partOf Middle-earth legendarium NERFINISHED
startsOn Mid-year’s Day always falls on the same weekday
usedBy Hobbits NERFINISHED
usedForDating events in the Shire
the War of the Ring from the Hobbits’ perspective
usedIn the Shire NERFINISHED
yearZeroEvent crossing of the Brandywine by Marcho and Blanco
yearZeroName Year of the Shire NERFINISHED

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Shire calendarSystem Shire Reckoning