Holy Days of Nyrundian Religion

Each Month begins with a full moon. There are exactly 28 days to each month except for October in which there are 31. There is no moon on the 14th of each month. 

There are four seasons to each year and each year begins with spring when the Nyrundian clerics summon the warm East Winds and break winters hold on Oerth. Monsoons hit the east coasts in spring and the Nyr Dyv begins to flood with the melting snow by the beginning of February. 

In summer the Red Star appears in the northern skies and is usually thought of as a portent of war. This star disappears from the southern sky by November. 

The months of August and September contain "Starfall," a dazzling shower of shooting stars that is sometimes known to interfere with spellcasters. The astrological constellations are also known to have strong effects on the craft of wizardry. See the Calendar of Oerth for a full list of all sun charts and holidays of various religions and countries of Oerth.

January

First month of spring

• 1st Akitu Festival (11 days), Ceremony to Bring East Winds, beginning of spring. Day One: Ishtar's Birthday and Mass Marriage Ceremonies (in Cities of Ishtar, this is the True Marriage City Spell). First Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 2nd Akitu Festival Day Two: Prayers of the Sheshgallu priest to city god (Anu in Theocracy). This prayer speaks to the god’s victories over his enemies. The people pray for mercy to the city, people, and temple. The Highest Priest(ess) of Ishtar officiates prayers in the Theocracy for victory and mercy and makes report to the Theocracy about the status of war in the world. 
• 3rd Akitu Festival Day Three: Girru & Gibbil's Day, celebration of the fire gods. Girru and Gibbel priests make two images of the god of each city (wood, gold, and gems). The king/city ruler takes off his symbols of office and proclaims that he or she has not offended the gods, etc. King leads statue of city god out by hand in a procession. Lasts to 7th day.
• 4th Akitu Festival Day Four: Greet Dragon, Epic of Creation. Clerics of Tiamat in the Theocracy greet the rise of the dragon constellation with the first tablets of the Enuma Elish Epic of Creation. Divination: lacanomancy (drops of oil fall into cup of water, observe how they spread) and extispicy (reading entrails of sacrifices). Dramatic plays presented of creation epic by Nabu clerics.
• 5th Akitu Festival Day Five: Kishar’s day (earth day); commoner appointed “king for a day” (Mardi Gras King). The people burn herbs, incense, etc. Dancing with drums (Agad). 
• 6th Akitu Festival Day Six: Pyre and bull sacrifice. Sacrificial fire plays a large role in both sacrifice.  Nusku the sacrificial flame brings offerings to the gods and lights the pyre which will be stoked until the end of Akitu for general sacrificing for purification and the removal of sin after the restoration of order.
• 7th Akitu Festival Day Seven: Ea’s day. Rulers show humility to the gods. Temple purified, a sheep is killed to take upon itself all the sins and evil of the world. The sheep is then thrown into a river. Priest of city slaps his cheek. Gilgamesh, King of Nyrond, slapped by Archcleric
• 8th Akitu Fesitval Day Eight: Lawsuits, judgments performed at sunrise under the sun by Shammash’s clerics in the Theocracy. Ceremonial judging of Ravin and the Forsaken of the Dark One. Lord Taran Soothra uses the Judgment Power of Lawgiver, the Sword of Justice in Babylon.
• 9th Akitu Festival Day Nine: Day of Anu. Collection of tithes from Nyrundian cities brought to Theocracy. Burn substitute offering: trap demons in clay figurines and bury them; destruction of goats for inability to open mouth; Redression account in Theocracy.
• 10th Akitu Festival Day Ten: Church of Ninurta summons the East Winds and brings spring. Various Cities celebrate the winds and weather in different ways. In Babylon, this day also marks the blessings of the druids and lions and ceremony to Tammuz, Ishtar’s husband, the shepherd. Cloudship and sandskiff races celebrate the power of the East Winds.
• 11th Akitu Festival Day Eleven: End of Akitu. Sacrifice to Tiamat on Black Mountain. Various cities celebrate the end of Akitu in ways that are relevant to each city. In Babylon, the city re-enacts the Battle at Tovag Baragu for the people of the city gathered in the Gladiatorial Arena.
• 10th-18th Monsoons hit east coast of Oerth and spread west
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 17th St Baalice's day

February

Middle of Spring

Nyr Dyv floods

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 5th St Rasha's Day (Feast of the Firefighters)
• 6th St. Dorthea's Day
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 14th St. Ansur's Day
• 14th Vernal Equinox (Earth miracles double effect, No Air miracles)
• 15th-28th Days of Danger (Istaritu travel and give warning)
• 23rd Terminalia (Nyrundian aniversary of Enmerkar's proclamation)
• 24th St Sunniva's Day
• 26th Hygea's Day (Gulan male ceremony of purification)

March

Last Month of Spring

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 1st Matronalia (Marriage ceremonies of Ishtar)
• 2nd St Chad's Day
• 8th Birthday of Kishar
• 10th Last Feast of the Spring (Beer)
• 12th St Gregory's Day
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 15th-21st Pentecost, Warriors of Sin Quest
• 19th Feast of Lahamu & Lahamia
• 28th Rahasia Alvere's Birthday, Traditional Fesitival of Ishtar

April

First Month of Summer (this month nether creatures roam free)

( Red Star appears in Northern sky)

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god) 
• 1st Festival of Ishtar, Lion fights (Babylon, Chathold, Tyr, New Evermore)
• 2nd Lion Fights (Babylon), Master of the Walls Celebration
• 3rd Lion Fights, Celebration of the Daemon War (Babylon)
• 4th Lion Fights, Celebration of Ketian attacks (Babylon)
• 5th Lion Fights, Celebration of Desert battles (Babylon)
• 6th Lion Fights, Feast of the demon war (Babylon)
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 16th Feast of St. Cuthbert
• 20th Avendasora (Celebration of the Tree of Life) (Babylon)
• 25th St Mark's Day

May	Middle of Summer

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 1st Birthday of Anshar
• 11th St Mamertuis' Day
• 12th St Gregarin's Day
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 14th Summer Solstice (Fire miracles doubled, No Water miracles)
• 15th Ninurtan rain dances
• 16th St Brendan the Navigator

June	Last Month of Summer Height of plague season

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 1st Celebration of trade pacts, first Mardukian trade pact since the Dark Times (Babylon and Chendl)
• 9th St. Al'Akbar's Day
• 11th St Barnabas Day
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 17th New Evermorean Day of Marriage
• 18th Judgment Day of the Annunaki
• 24th Shammash's Birthday, Day of the Sun (Nyrundian)

July	First Month of Autumn

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god), Nyrundian Fasting begins
• 1st Celebration of Holy Swords, Birth of Conquest, first holy sword forged since the Dark Times (Babylon)
• 8th Feast of St. Sunniva
• 11th Feast of Lahamu & Lahamia
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 20th Day of St. Cuspa
• 20th Binding of Wreathes (Lahamu & Lahamia)
• 21st Nyrundian Day of Prayers
• 22nd Huricane Supplication Day (Ninurta)
• 22nd Charrissa Soothra's birthday (first child born after the Dark Times)
• 27th Nyrundian Pilgrimages, St Anda's Day

August

Middle of Autumn

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 12th Grape Festival (Beer)
• 13th-15th  "Starfall" (rain of shooting stars) begins, +5% miscast on spells
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 14th  Autunmnal Equinox (Air miracles doubled, No Earth miracles)
• 21st  St Dalvernar's Day
• 24th St Jalpa's Day

September

Last Month of Autumn

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 1st St. Keogtum's Day
• 11th-17th "Starfall" ends
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 15th Sin's Birthday (Birthday of the moon)
• 16th St. Ninian's Day
• 19th Day of Gula
• 21st St SuManda's Day

October

First Month of Winter

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 6th Feast of the Virgin Ahludam (Ninurtan snow queen)
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 25th St. Hammurabi's Day
• 27th Owalgt (Gulan women's healing ceremony)
• 30th Dedication of Lost Souls
• 31st Dark One's Day, Night of Wolves, All Hallow's Eve (Saints go to pay homage to the gods, no interventions)

November

Second Month of Winter

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 1st All Saints Day (Saints Return)
• 1st-5th Red Star Disappears from the southern sky
• 2nd New Evermorian Festival of Salvation, Day of Swords
• 4th Archcleric's Great Mass in the Theocracy
• 5th Wuwichim (Trigolese and Chendylese fire ceremonies)
• 6th Birthday of Tiamat
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 14th Winter Solstice (Water Miracles Doubled, No Fire Miracles)
• 17th Feast of St. Hilda (Nyrundian women's feast)
• 23rd St Uptananishiptim's Day

December

Harshest (last) Month of Winter

• 1st Sapatu (all churches make sacrifices to the city god)
• 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Charissa Al'vere (Old Red)
• 14th All Nyrundian cities sacrifice food, silver, or iron ore to Sin during the New Moon as she descends to the lower planes to battle evil. 
• 16th Festival of Ea