Talk:Calendar/@comment-30383387-20170825044514

Concerning how our Gregorian calendar aligns with the "Imperial" calendar, my current theory is that the year begins on either the Summer Solstice (~June 20) or the Atumnal Equinox (~September 20). I chose those dates because they are of astronomical significance, which I think would be worthy of "resetting the astronomical clock".

If the Imperial calendar begins on the Autumnal Equinox, that would place the Last Reaping ROUGHLY in the same time frame as Halloween (~15 days off, around November 15). The problem I have is that the "wintery" months (Darkness, High Cold, Ice) would fall closer to the spring months (March, April, May). But if the Imperial Calendar begins on the Summer Solstice, that shifts the seasons too far in the other direction.

Not like I'm losing sleep over this, but it'd be nice to have an "official" way of telling when the year begins.