Mañi calendar

The Mañi calendar is a lunisolar calendar used by Quaxin Xun and many other cultures of southern Soltenna and northern Akulanen. It originated in pre-migration insular Mañi culture, around 1000 BCE. Mañic names are traditionally derived from the Mañi calendar.

Months of the year

The months of the year of the Mañi calendar are as follows:

	translation	Mañi	Ndxiixun	Hlung	Nichoh	Awatese
1	outrigger boat	hàkmąŗał	kwą¹rá²se²	jakwarał	jàcuą́uhtlà	karał
2	shark	chiixichko	chi²¹xí²	xiixixok	chístzi	tixin
3	elephant	zñąą̀	za²ñą¹³	sñaa	zñą̂	zihang
4	archer	ŋòruyà ñąą̀nma	ñą¹³mba³	ñạạnạ	ñą̂u	nayąnmanga
5	potter's wheel	řuukwa	ru²¹qua²	luukwa	ácuú	řuką
6	flute player	ŋòruyà tirùkkoxał	ti¹rú³	tirukkoxał	tírùj	tukoxąru
7	whirlpool	waxkoxko	wá²ko¹xe²	waxkoxok	guascsó	wąxku
8	butterfly pea flower	ñįnnaàko	ñį²nda¹³	ñịlạạkọ	ñįndâ	ningną
9	cashew apple	kułùhiko	ku¹su³hi¹	kułujiko	cúsùjí	kułi
10	seabird	liìyàmatexe, liìi	lli¹³ya³mba¹te¹xe²	liyihi	llîmbátzé	liyąmąte
11	Komodo dragon	michèʼŗļani, michèni	mbi²ché³la¹	michehelani	mbitzèꞌrguá	miteřą
12	barge	łàakani	sa³¹ka¹	łaakani	tlǎcá	łak
	foreigner	ŋųnįŋ	ŋų¹nį²́	ŋụlịị	ŋų́nįuh	nguning

These months are named after constellations of the Ngerupic zodiac.

Days in the month

Historically, the Mañi calendar assigns the number of days in the month on the fly, so that each month would begin on the full moon. As a result, almost every month had 29 or 30 days.

In modern days, months alternate between 29 days (odd-numbered months) and 30 days (even-numbered months).

Synchronization with the solar year

The Mañi year starts the first time the full moon is in Hàkmąŗał Outrigger, which usually occurs around the vernal equinox. The wet season in southern Soltenna and northern Akulanen starts in the month of Chiixichko Shark. In order to keep the lunar cycle in sync with the solar year, 1 thirteenth intercalary month, Ŋųnįŋ (the foreigner), is inserted every three years after Łàakani Barge. The intercalary month has 35 days in the modern calendar. Historically, the number of days in the intercalary month would be variable, based on the number of days required to resynchronize the calendar with both the synodic month and the sidereal year.