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  | name=Terran Calendar |   | name=Terran Calendar | ||
  | image=TerranCalendar.jpg |   | image=TerranCalendar.jpg | ||
  | caption-image= |   | caption-image=The Terran year cycle, showing months and seasons. | ||
  | basic_timekeeping=Solar year based on Earth's orbit around the [[Sun (Kosmos)]] |   | basic_timekeeping=Solar year based on Earth's orbit around the [[Sun (Kosmos)]] | ||
  | seconds_per_minute=60 |   | seconds_per_minute=60 | ||
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  | months_per_year=12 |   | months_per_year=12 | ||
  | days_per_year=365 (366 in leap years) |   | days_per_year=365 (366 in leap years) | ||
  | unique_scales= |   | unique_scales=BBJ (Before the Birth of [[Jovanah (Kosmos)|Jovanah]]), ABJ (After the Birth of Jovanah) | ||
  | usage_and_origin= |   | usage_and_origin=Refined in the 16th century ABJ by Terran priests and scholars to correct solar drift | ||
  | origin=[[Earth (Kosmos)|Earth]], [[Humanity (Kosmos)|Humanity]] |   | origin=[[Earth (Kosmos)|Earth]], [[Humanity (Kosmos)|Humanity]] | ||
  | used_by=All major nations and cultures of [[Kosmos]] |   | used_by=All major nations and cultures of [[Kosmos]] | ||
  | adopted_by=Gradually worldwide, standardized by the 20th century |   | adopted_by=Gradually worldwide, standardized by the 20th century ABJ | ||
  | type=Solar Calendar |   | type=Solar Calendar | ||
  | universe=[[Kosmos]] |   | universe=[[Kosmos]] | ||
  | system= |   | system=Terran Solar Reckoning | ||
  | usage=Standard civil calendar of [[Kosmos]] |   | usage=Standard civil calendar of [[Kosmos]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Terran Calendar (Kosmos)''' is the standard civil calendar of [[Kosmos]], devised on [[ | The '''Terran Calendar (Kosmos)''' is the standard civil calendar of [[Kosmos]], devised on [[Terra (Kosmos)|Terra]] and based on the solar year. It divides time into seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, and employs leap years to keep alignment with the orbit of the planet around the [[Sol (Kosmos)]]. Time is measured relative to the birth of [[Jovanah (Kosmos)|Jovanah]], with years designated as either '''BBJ''' (Before the Birth of Jovanah) or '''ABJ''' (After the Birth of Jovanah). | ||
== Measurements == | == Measurements == | ||
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== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
The Terran Calendar | The Terran Calendar was established to correct the imprecisions of older reckoning systems that misaligned with the Sun’s cycle. By the 16th century ABJ, priests and scholars of Kosmos reformed the reckoning to prevent the drift of equinoxes, which had disrupted harvests and holy observances.  | ||
* ''' | * '''Reform of the Reckoners:''' The 16th-century correction refined leap-year rules to synchronize earthly days with the solar year.  | ||
* '''Leap Year Rule:''' Years divisible by 4 are leap years, except those divisible by 100 | * '''Leap Year Rule:''' Years divisible by 4 are leap years, except those divisible by 100 unless also divisible by 400.  | ||
* '''Adoption:''' | * '''Adoption:''' Different nations resisted or embraced the reform at different times, but by the 20th century ABJ it had become universal across Earth. | ||
== Cultural Significance == | == Cultural Significance == | ||
The Terran Calendar | The Terran Calendar governs nearly every aspect of life in [[Kosmos]]:Â Â | ||
* '''Religious Observances:''' | * '''Religious Observances:''' Most faiths measure holy days against its months and seasons.  | ||
* '''Civil Records:''' Governments, treaties, and | * '''Civil Records:''' Governments, treaties, and scholarship use it to mark time.  | ||
* '''Historical Continuity:''' | * '''Historical Continuity:''' Archivists of Kosmos divide history into eras of BBJ and ABJ, reflecting the centrality of Jovanah’s life to human timekeeping. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* The calendar will remain accurate for tens of thousands of years before drifting | * The leap-year system ensures the calendar will remain accurate for tens of thousands of years before drifting.  | ||
* The | * The Terran days of the week were originally named for celestial bodies and deities.  | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Calendars]] | [[Category:Calendars]] | ||
[[Category:Kosmos]] | [[Category:Kosmos universe]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Lore]] | ||
[[Category:Timekeeping]] | [[Category:Timekeeping]] | ||