TEXT: Greyhawk Calendar
  Calendar by Kent Matthewson, text by Joe Katzman (kat@pathcom.com) and Jason Saunders, 1994. modified by 
  Mike LeSeney, 1995 
  Fireseek
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  New Year's Day
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  26
  27
  28
  Readying
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday Waterday Earthday Freeday
  1
  Festival of St. Bane
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  Snowdrop Festival
  11
  12
  13
  14
  Heartsday
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  26
  27
  28
  
  Coldeven
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11
  Festival of the 
  Blood Moon
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  Trapper's 
  Rendezvous
  24
  Trapper's 
  Rendezvous
  25
  Trapper's 
  Rendezvous
  26
  Trapper's 
  Rendezvous
  27
  Trapper's 
  Rendezvous
  28
  Trapper's 
  Rendezvous
  Growfest
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  Banapis
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  Foolsday
  Planting
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11
  Tanabat
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  26
  27
  28
  
  Flocktime
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  Beory's Day
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  Harnekiah
  9
  Harnekiah
  10
  Harnekiah
  11
  Harnekiah
  12
  Harnekiah
  13
  Harnekiah
  14
  Harnekiah
  15
  St. Cuthbert's 
  Day
  16
  17
  18
  Walpurgis
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  26
  27
  28
  Wealsun
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  Goodrhys
  Festival of the 
  Blinding Light
  2
  Festival of the 
  Blinding Light
  3
  Festival of the 
  Blinding Light
  4
  Festival of the 
  Blinding Light
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  Bawming the 
  Thorn
  17
  Ceremony of the 
  Turning
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  26
  27
  28
  Richfest
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  
  Reaping
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  Sotillion's Day
  26
  27
  28
  Goodmonth
  Starday Sunday Moonda
  y
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  Grandmote festival
  King's Festival
  5
  King's Festival
  6
  King's Festival
  7
  King's Festival
  8
  9
  10
  11
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  Miner's Fairs
  26
  Miner's Fairs
  27
  Miner's Fairs
  28
  Miner's Fairs
  
  Harvester
  Starday Sunday Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11
  Loggers' Fests
  12
  Loggers' Fests
  13
  Loggers' Fests
  14
  Loggers' Fests
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  Raksha Bandhan
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  Imperium Invicta
  26
  Imperium Invicta
  27
  Imperium Invicta
  28
  Imperium Invicta
  Brewfest
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  Patchwall
  Starday
  Sunday Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  Bellringer's Feast
  8
  9
  10
  11
  12
  13
  14
  Lammas
  15
  16
  17
  18
  Wiccrhys
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  26
  27
  28
  
  Ready'reat
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  Turning of the 
  Shebbear Stone
  6
  7
  Festival of Hope
  8
  9
  10
  11
  Day of 
  Remembrance
  12
  Day of Reflection
  13
  Day of Retribution
  14
  Great Freeday
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  25
  26
  27
  28
  Suns'ebb
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  Marihwyd
  24
  25
  Days of 
  Thought
  26
  Days of Thought
  27
  Days of Thought
  28
  Days of Thought
  Needfest
  Starday
  Sunday
  Moonday
  Godsday
  Waterday
  Earthday
  Freeday
  1
  Mummergin
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  Feast of Unreason
  Greyhawk Calendar and Major Holidays
  by Joe Katzman and Jason Saunders, 1994. modified by Mike LeSeney, 1995 
  I Fireseek (Winter)
  11th= Luna's full moon
  25th= Luna's new moon
  
  1st= New Year's Day. The first day following the Needfest was offically decreed as the first day of the 
  new year by the Overking in Rauxes and has been accepted by most of the Oeridian dominated nations 
  around the Flanaess. The Bakluni nations have their own new year.
  II Readying (Spring/Winter)
  11th= Luna's full moon
  15th= Celene's new moon
  25th= Luna's new moon
  1st= Festival of St. Bane. Attempts to turn undead on this date receive a +1 level bonus.
  10th= Snowdrop Festival. Masks are worn to a sort of all-day party and at dusk clothing is exchanged 
  between the sexes amidst general hilarity. Due to the weather, this is usually overclothing, though 
  underclothing is not unheard of in some places.
  14th= Heartsday, or "Myhrissian." 
  III Coldeven (Spring)
  11th= Luna's full moon
  25th= Luna's new moon
  11th= Festival of the Blood-Moon. Sacred to worshippers of Nerull and most lawful evil cults as well, 
  this grim festival technically begins on the 10th and ends on the evening of the 12th. It commemorates 
  the blood-red moon which appeared all over the Flanaess on this day in 294 CY. (Some sages 
  postulated common volcanism as the source, but proponents dwindled quickly after several sages 
  disappeared under mysterious circumstances.) Elaborate ceremonies are held in fell and shadowy 
  places, many of which are grisly and unpleasant in the extreme. This festival is now honoured in Iuz' 
  lands as well since the Wars, in mocking celebration of the surprise attacks which decimated the 
  Heirarchs of Molag in 583 CY. 
  22nd-28th= Trapper's Rendezvous. Much favoured by rangers and other woodsmen.
  Growfest
  4th= Celene's full moon, Vernal Equinox
  Very important to Atroa, Beory, Berei, Elhonna.
  * 1st day is Banapis, also known as "Losar" among certain Bakluni sects, who consider it to be New 
  Year's! Huge parties with presents exchanged, considered everybody's birthday. Not celebrated in Suel 
  lands, who consider celebration of any but one's actual birth date to be evidence of ignorance and 
  barbarism.
  * Last day is "Foolsday," sacred to Olidammara and other trickster gods. In Ulek and among rangers, it 
  is traditional to send someone 'hunting the gawk' {a meaningless errand}. The Lord of Misrule from the 
  Feast of Unreason, variantly named Motely or Widdershins, is sometimes elected to preside over this 
  day as well. In Greyhawk, the Desportium of Magick is held that night in and around the Great Citadel.
  * Also known as the Feast of Atroa in celebration of a new growing season and the promise of 
  prosperity. This is time when communities gather together to plan for the future. It is not uncommon for 
  a celebration to center around a community event like a barn-raising, to help a neighbor whose 
  homestead may have been damaged over the winter. The day's community work is then relieved with 
  
  revelry in the evening where bonds of friendship often grow.
  IV Planting (Low Summer/Spring)
  4th= Luna's full moon
  18th= Luna's new moon
  11th= Tanabat, also known as the Seven Sisters Festival. Legend has it that Olidammara was 
  entertained on this day by seven lovely sisters, who welcomed him in his guise as a minstrel and treated 
  him royally. So impressed was he by their treatment and their wine that he revealed himself and offered 
  to transport them to his halls, there to live in bliss forever. Though the vineyard's exact location is a 
  mystery, the legend is widespread, and many grapegrowing regions claim that the Seven Sisters came 
  from their lands. At night, therefore, the story is acted out and people head out to the grape arbours, 
  listening for echoes of the sisters' laughter as they ascended to paradise. The rest of the holiday is a 
  celebration of the grape and its byproducts and features prayers for a good vintage in the coming year, 
  as well as much celebration and sampling of the previous year's wines. It is especially sacred to 
  followers of the Laughing Rogue, though followers of other nature deities often officiate as well.
  V Flocktime (Low Summer/Spring)
  4th= Luna's full moon
  15th= Celene's new moon
  18th= Luna's new moon
  1st= Beory's Day. Villagers sing and dance around a wooden pole to celebrate the passing of the 
  seasons and the blessings of spring. 
  8-14th= Dwarven rituals of Harnekiah, or "cleansing of the mountains." Ritual humanoid hunts 
  conducted. Some humans {mountaineer rangers in particular} also celebrate "Ulaa's Hunt."
  15th= St. Cuthbert's Day, which many of his more active followers honour by trying to root out evil 
  cults before Walpurgis falls. Unfortunately, this frequently leads to mistakes and misunderstandings, 
  especially when strangers are involved.
  18th= Walpurgis, The Dark Night, is extremely sacred to priests of evil. Many evil congregations hold 
  elaborate, depraved ceremonies in dark and unholy places. Others send agents out into the night to 
  perform assassinations or otherwise engage in unspeakable acts. On this dread night, all turning rolls 
  against undead are made at -4, in addition to any other penalties, and all evil priests may cast spells as 
  if they were one level higher. Most other folk with any sense stay inside, preferably with shutters 
  locked and barred.
  VI Wealsun (Low Summer/Summer)
  4th= Luna's full moon
  18th= Luna's new moon
  1st= Goodrhys, a festival dedicated to the arrival of Mayaheine on Oerth.
  1st-4th= Festival of the Blinding Light (Pholtus).
  16th= Bawming the Thorn, a placation of evil nature aspects by a parade of children who tie a ribbon to 
  the oldest thorn tree in the region. Intended to ensure safety for the next day.
  
  17th= Ceremony of the Turning. Celebrated among the Flannae, the Marklands, and in Druidic 
  communities. Seven-year olds are carried blindfolded and barefoot into the woods, and must find a new 
  name before returning to the village feast. Each child is released separately and alone. They are guided 
  by rowdy singing {and a huge bonfire if they are slow}, and when they return they are carried into the 
  centre of the gathering to whisper their name into the fire. This is their Truename, with all that implies. 
  It should be noted that rangers and priests of Elhonna are also especially busy this night, quietly 
  patrolling the area and looking out for the children's safety. In friendly lands some elves are also drawn 
  to this sort of role, and it is considered a good omen for a child to successfully spot one.
  Richfest
  4th= Luna's full moon, Celene's full moon, Summer Solstice
  Important to all sea gods, plus Boccob, Sotillion, Llerg (Beasts) and often Kord (games).
  * Sealords' Feast celebrated in coastal areas, esp. "Festival of the Blue Moon" at midweek, when 
  Celene is full. In Greyhawk and other inland areas, Guild Days are celebrated at this time instead.
  * Also known in some communities as the Feast of Sotillion in celebration of the god's victory in 
  wresting the sun from its southern decline and bringing it back to warm Oerth and promote growth and 
  prosperity. Celebrants use the time to enjoy the leisures of summer with picnics and family reunions. It 
  is a time to put aside family strife and offer reconciliation, in honor of the sun own homecoming.
  * Midsummer Day is consider the Holy Day of Pelor, god of sun, light, and healing. In most good or 
  neutral places this is an official rest day, and the holiday is even respected in some evil lands like the 
  Great Kingdom. Feasting and enjoying the sun are important activities, and it is considered a sign of 
  respect to wear yellow somewhere on one's person. In non-evil lands, at least, those who don't are 
  regarded with some suspicion. The weather tends to be uncannily reliable (rain is generally a sure sign 
  of Pelor's extreme disfavour with an area), and public services are held outdoors by Pelor's priests. A 
  public processional is followed by a free meal, and healing and comfort is provided to the needy while 
  priests and priestesses vigorously entreat the more fortunate for alms.
  * All undead are turned at +4 during Midsummer's Day. Priests of Nerull also dread this day, as they 
  suffer a -2 on all rolls and opponents get a +2 to save vs. their spells. The bonus against undead 
  vanishes that night, but the priests of Nerull must lie low until the next night before their curse wears 
  off.
  * Note that in the Theocracy of the Pale, this day is held to be sacred of Pholtus instead, though many 
  of the same activities occur. Travelers are warned that celebrants all wear white instead, and yellow 
  clothing or a yellow fabric strip pinned to one's tunic are considered blasphemous.
  * Both moons are full the 4th day of Richfest, on Midsummer Night. Lycanthropes aplently, but faeries 
  are also extremely active and Mages also report certain spell enhancements now and again. This is 
  often the evening when spell-shows happen.
  VII Reaping (High Summer/Summer)
  11th= Luna's new moon
  25th= Luna's full moon
  25th= Sotillion's Day, know popularly as Labor Day and also, derisively, as "St. Ides" (for "Saint 
  Idler's"). Followers will do no work and enjoy the summer. Widely popular, especially for the young 
  
  and in love. As a result the full moon of this month is often referred to as the "lover's moon". PCs 
  should be careful not to attack skulking figures or muffled noises!
  VIII Goodmonth (High Summer/Summer)
  11th= Luna's new moon
  15th= Celene's new moon
  25th= Luna's full moon
  4th= Grandmote festival, involves large archery competition, fair, and festivities devoted to gods of 
  luck (Istus, Ralishaz neg., Norebo, Rudd).
  4th-7th= King's Festival in Furyondy/Veluna.
  25th-28th= Miner's Fairs.
  IX Harvester (High Summer/Autumn)
  11th= Luna's new moon
  25th= Luna's full moon
  11th-14th= Loggers' Fests.
  20th= Raksha Bandhan, a Bakluni festival still celebrated in those lands, and in Perrenland and 
  Highfolk as well. A celebration of siblings {usually, but not always, opposite sex}, where bracelets and 
  flower necklaces are made and traded along with sweets. For those who do not have siblings, a 'blood 
  brother' ceremony is sometimes performed among very close friends. It is considered a great honour to 
  wear such a token on this day.
  25th-28th= Imperium Invicta festival in the Great Kingdom. Still celebrated in Rauxes, North and 
  South Kingdoms, Szeffrin's lands, and some other areas.
  Brewfest
  4th= Celene's full moon, Autumnal Equinox
  * Celebration of the harvest and the arts of brewing. Very important to Wenta, Berei, Beory, and 
  Olidammara. The Halfling, Gnomic, and Dwarven pantheons also hold this day in very high regard.
  * Also known as the Feast of Wenta in some communities and is a celebrated with song, dance and 
  offerings of the summer's harvest to the goddess Wenta for her blessings during the cold days before 
  winter. 
  * Keoland and allied states celebrate with the Regal Games in Niole Dra.
  X Patchwall (Autumn)
  4th= Luna's new moon
  18th= Luna's full moon
  7th= Bellringer's Feast in All but Brotherhood and Great Kingdom lands. Everyone gathers at the 
  largest bell in the region (usually a town hall or temple) when it is rung, then exchange treats and other 
  baked goods. The militia also turns out in full regalia, as this festival is connected with themes of 
  warning and preparedness. Though this day has become more festive, in some embattled lands its 
  
  original purpose has completely reasserted itself, and celebrations in Nyrond are likely to be strained at 
  best.
  14th= Druidic Festival of Lammas.
  18th= Wiccrhys. Originally celebrated as Samhain ("Oidche Samha"), or All Hallows Eve in Geoff, the 
  Ulek states, and Druidic areas. The borders of the spirit world grow thin this night, so people 
  traditionally dress as spirits and cavort all night as faeries are always depicted as doing. The hope is 
  that true spirits will not recognize them as mortal and thus not harm them. 'Soulcakes' are begged of 
  passerby, and some larger cities also have a great mummers' play in which everybody dies at the end 
  but then resurrect themselves. Persons being raised from the dead on this night receive a +20% bonus 
  to their survival rolls, but evil is also strengthened. Aside from the obvious danger of summoned fiends 
  et. al., saves vs. spells from any evil caster are at -2.
  XI Ready'reat (Autumn)
  4th= Luna's new moon
  15th= Celene's new moon
  18th= Luna's full moon
  5th= Turning of the Shebbear Stone. Commemorates the feats of Shebbear, a famous Oeridian hero of 
  awesome strength; also a way of clearing the land. The largest stone on the property is rolled once 
  toward the west. This holiday produces many injuries, just in time for...
  7th= Festival of Hope. Healing and atonement offered, esp. by priests of Pelor and also for Zodal, for 
  whom this is the holiest day of the year. It has attained even greater significance of late as a festival for 
  good generally, especially among exile communities.
  11th-14th= Days of Dedication, sacred to followers of Trithereon. The Day of Remembrance, dedicated 
  to those who died defending liberty, begins the festival.
  12th= Day of Reflection, for followers to reflect on their lives and their goals.
  13th= Day of Retribution, where solemn oaths of vengeance are typicaly sworn against those deserving 
  same, priests publicly judge disputes among the faithful, and special favour may be shown by the deity 
  to those attempting a daring deed in the name of liberty. 
  14th= Great Freeday celebration ends "Days of Dedication."
  XII Suns'ebb (Winter)
  4th= Luna's new moon
  18th= Luna's full moon
  23rd= Marihwyd. A parade of white costumed followers led by a white robed person wearing a horse's 
  skull sing blessings at the doors of the village and are rewarded with treats. Popular among Geoffites, 
  Tenha, and Sterish, as well as the County of Ulek and Greyhawk.
  25th-28th= Days of Thought, sacred to devotees of Rao, Delleb, and some sages. Spent in self-
  examination and study.
  
  Needfest
  4th= Celene's full moon, Winter Solistice
  * Begins with 'Mummergin'. People wear disguises and try to remain unrecognized, in order to 
  celebrate the wondrous and strange effect that magic and magical creatures have in the world. 
  Nevertheless, it should be noted that actual use of magic in such disguises is considered cheating, and 
  is frowned on in most areas. There is dancing and general carousing, and the high point is a parade and 
  the Performance of the Mummers, a play in which good and evil battle. Evil wins but the youngest 
  speaking child resurrects good and removes the evil from the bad actor. It is rare but not unknown for 
  some members of evil cults to take steps at this point, and vigilance is usually tight in larger cities.
  One exception is The Empire of Iuz, which holds a variant play in which their evil lord fights good and 
  wins. This is usually enacted by having priests in ceremonial masks publicly fight, defeat, and then 
  sacrifice a lightlyarmed prisoner amidst general rejoicing.
  The rest of the holiday is devoted to general merriment, and the last night before the months are again 
  counted in the calendar is very special. This is the Feast of Unreason, which is honoured by many 
  diverse faiths (Boccob, Lydia, Lirr, Norebo, Olidammara, Ralishaz, Trithereon, and even Rao and Iuz!) 
  for different reasons. In general, however, the mode of celebration is the same: Servants are promoted 
  to the head of towns, villages, and even royal courts, where they preside over the feast's duration. They 
  orchestrate silly laws {i.e.. having farmers push their carts, wearing only one shoe, etc.} which must be 
  obeyed, though traditionally they are followed about by a 'true' authority who can overrule any 
  proclamations deemed to be disastrous. Popular everywhere, even in the Great Kingdom, but ruthlessly 
  suppressed in the Theocracy of the Pale. This is a very popular Greyhawk festival, where it is 
  colloquially known as "Zagyg's Feast." The Mad Archmage retains his distinction as the only actual 
  ruler to ever be elected to preside at these festivals, and his influence can still be felt today. Mages 
  report that their spells will occasionally misfire in odd and/or humorous ways during this period, 
  though such misfires will never occur in lifethreatening situations unless one has greatly offended 
  Zagyg or Boccob.
  * Needfest is also known in some places as the Feast of Telchur, this holiday honours Telchur's valiant 
  battle in creating winter, and celebrates the beginning of winter's waning. In some places, an elaborate 
  play commemorates this event (Great Kingdom). In others, remembrance of family and recital of the 
  family tree is an important part of the day (Keoish principalities, Geoff, and Ulek). Most places, 
  however, celebrate primarily with an open house dinner after dark, the giving of presents, chainlighting 
  of candles, and singing and folk dancing. The goal is to make the sun feel like he is missing the fun so 
  that he comes back before it gets too cold. 
  
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