Elven calendar

The elven calendar divides the year into eight parts, collectively called savaeds; most of them share the name with the holiday that starts them.

The elven New Year is celebrated on Saovine.Template:Toccenter

Solar holidays

There is four holidays which date is connected with the activity of the Sun.

• Solstices
  • Midwinter
  • Midsummer
• Equinoxes
  • Birke
  • Velen

Lunar holidays

Four other holidays takes place during a new moons.

• Imbaelk
• Belleteyn
• Lammas
• Saovine

Conversion Tables

• These conversion tables are based on the assumption that a year in the Witcher world is 365/366 days long and that the astrological and mythological phenomena happen at about the same time of the year as in the northern hemisphere of our own world.
• As is common with calendars, astrological and mythological holidays have been moved to a fixed date.

Elven to Gregorian

Original	Info	Converted	Duration
Saovine	Holiday	01 November	1 day
Saovine	1st Savaed	01 November – 20 December	50 days
Midwinter	Holiday	21 December	1 day
Yule	2nd Savaed	21 December – 01 February	43 days
Imbolc	Holiday	02 February	1 day
Imbolc	3rd Savaed	02 February – 20 March	47 days
Birke	Holiday	21 March	1 day
Birke	4th Savaed	21 March – 30 April	41 days
Belleteyn	Holiday	01 May	1 day
Blathe	5th Savaed	01 May – 20 June	51 days
Midsummer	Holiday	21 June	1 day
Feainn	6th Savaed	21 June – 31 July	41 days
Lammas	Holiday	01 August	1 day
Lammas	7th Savaed	01 August – 22 September	53 days
Velen	Holiday	23 September	1 day
Velen	8th Savaed	23 September – 31 October	39 days
	Leap Day	29 February	1 day
Inbolc	Leap Year, 3rd Savaed	02 February – 20 March	48 days

Gregorian to Elven

Original	Info	Converted	Duration
New Year	Holiday	12 Yule	1 day
January	1st Month	12 Yule – 42 Yule	31 days
February	2nd Month	43 Yule – 27 Imbolc	28 days
March	3rd Month	28 Imbolc – 11 Birke	31 days
April	4th Month	12 Birke – 41 Birke	30 days
May	5th Month	01 Blathe – 31 Blathe	31 days
June	6th Month	32 Blathe – 10 Feainn	30 days
July	7th Month	11 Feainn – 41 Feainn	31 days
August	8th Month	01 Lammas – 31 Lammas	31 days
September	9th Month	32 Lammas – 08 Velen	30 days
October	10th Month	09 Velen – 39 Velen	31 days
November	11th Month	01 Saovine – 30 Saovine	30 days
December	12th Month	31 Saovine – 11 Yule	31 days
	Leap Day	28 Yule	1 day
February	Leap Year, 2nd Month	43 Yule – 28 Imbolc	29 days
March	Leap Year, 3rd Month	29 Imbolc – 11 Birke	31 days