Nisiro Cycle
The Jihhan calendar or Nisiro Cycle is the calendrical system used by the Imperial Jigh as well as other Parshitan nations and people. It is one of the Parshitan calendars, sharing the basic structure of calendars from throughout the region.
The calendar consists of a 365-day calendar cycle called Nizeṛõ (year count), which divides into 2 Mṣơṛ (half-year) and two transitional days called tã.
Nizeṛõ & Rpjũkhã
The Nizeṛõ ("two count cycle") consists of two mṣơṛ cycles and of two tã's. The starting point of the year can be either or both transitional days since this kind of year counting isn't fixed and is uncommon. Usually the term "Nizeṛõ" or "Nisiro" just refers to the calendrical system having two halves or counts.
The Rpjũkhã or the Rapyukhe is another and more common way of counting years. This method uses the coronation date of the Rapyud as the first day of the first year. Using this method, the first year is year 1, not 0. However, only the year is counted from that day, the day and week cycles stay the same. This means that the year does not start a new week or a Mṣơṛ cycle.
Mṣơṛ
A Mṣơṛ is a 13 week period that starts from one solstice and ends at the next one. Bơ Mṣơṛ starts from the summer solstice and ends at the winter solstice, Syia Msơṛ starts from the winter solstice and ends at the summer solstice. Each week or tyamã consists of 14 days, except for the first week of Syia Msơṛ. The first week of Syia Msơṛ is 13 days long, except during leap years, which are every 4 years, where a Rtãng (leap day) is added at the beginning of the week. Each Msơṛ starts during the midday, which creates a half-day period called a transitional day or tã.
Each day is governed by a specific god and every person has a calendar name after the day they were born.
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