The Reckoning of Rivendell, or the Calendar of Imladris, was a calendar used by the Elves of Rivendell (Imladris is the name of that land in Sindarin). It is apparently the only Eldarin calendar described by the Hobbits in the Red Book of Westmarch.[1]
Structure[]
It consisted of six long "months" or short seasons, called astar (sg. asta) in Quenya. Among them, Lairë (summer) and Hrívë (winter) both lasted for 72 days, while the other seasons Tuilë, Yávië, Quellë, and Coirë were each 54 days long.[1] The Calendar of Imladris began with the day of the spring equinox.[2]
In every year called coranar ("sun-round"; pl. coranári) or loa ("growth"; pl. loar) in Quenya, there were five extra days that were not considered a part of any season and were celebrated as chief festivals. Between Yávië and Quellë were three middle-days called Enderi. The first and last days of every year were other two extra days outside seasons and called Yestarë and Mettarë in Quenya respectively. This produced a coranar to consist 365 days, but to keep a deficit of minutes from building up over time, every twelfth year (the Elvish equivalent of a leap year) Elves doubled their middle-days to make six instead of three, thus getting complete 144 solar years that formed a single yén or "great year".[1]
However, a yén would be over 1 day too long in compare to the precise length of 144 coranári. So the Red Book states here the last year of every third yén omitted the doubling of its Enderi. Thus, every 432nd year had only 3 Enderi and lacked leap days due to that.[1]
Seasons and extra days[]
| № | Season | Meaning | Length | Shire Reckoning equivalent[1] | Modern equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yestarë | "First-day" | 1 day | 6th Astron | 28 March | |
| 1 | Tuilë | "Spring" | 54 days | 7th Astron to 30th Thrimidge | 29 March to 21 May |
| Ethuil | |||||
| 2 | Lairë | "Summer" | 72 days | 1st Forelithe to 9th Wedmath | 22 May to 1 August |
| Laer | |||||
| 3 | Yávië | "Autumn" | 54 days | 10th Wedmath to 3rd Winterfilth | 2 August to 24 September |
| Iavas | |||||
| Enderi | "Middle-days" | 3 days | 4th to 6th Winterfilth | 25th to 27 September | |
| 4 | Quellë[1] | "Fading" | 54 days | 7th Winterfilth to 30th Blotmath | 28 September to 20 November |
| Firith[2] | |||||
| 5 | Hrívë | "Winter" | 72 days | 1st Foreyule to 10th Solmath | 21 November to 31 January |
| Rhîw | |||||
| 6 | Coirë | "Stirring" | 54 days | 11th Solmath to 4th Astron | 1 February to 26 March |
| Echuir | |||||
| Mettarë | "Last-day" | 1 day | 5th Astron | 27 March |
Days of the week[]
Unlike that in calendars of the Númenóreans (and their Dúnedain descendants in Gondor and Arnor) and Hobbits of the Shire, an Elvish week had six days. It was called Enquië, and among its six days the chief one was Valanya, the last day ordinally.[1] Each yén consisted 8,766 enquier.
| Quenya name | Sindarin name | Dedication |
|---|---|---|
| Elenya | Orgilion | Stars of Varda |
| Anarya | Oranor | Sun |
| Isilya | Orithil | Moon |
| Aldúya | Orgaladhad | Two Trees of Valinor |
| Menelya | Ormenel | Heavens |
| Valanya | Orbelain | Valar |
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Imladris Kalender |
| Albanian | Kalendari Imladris |
| Amharic | ዒምላድሪስ የቀን መቁጠሪያ |
| Azerbaijani | Imladris Təqvim |
| Armenian | Իմլադիս Օրացույց |
| Basque | Imladris Egutegi |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Імладріс Каляндар |
| Bengali | ইম্লাদ্রিস পঞ্জিকা ? |
| Bosnian | Imladris kalendar |
| Breton | Deiziadur Imladris |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Імладрыс Календар |
| Catalan | Calendari Imladris |
| Cebuano | Kalendaryo sa Imladris |
| Chinese | 伊姆拉崔 历法 |
| Croatian | Imladris kalendar |
| Czech | Imladris kalendář |
| Danish | Imladris kalender |
| Dutch | Imladriskalender |
| Esperanto | Kalendaro Imladris |
| Estonian | Imladriskalender |
| Faroese | Imladriskalendari |
| Finnish | Imladriskalenteri |
| French | Calendrier des Imladris |
| Frisian | Imladriskalinder (Western)
Imladris kalender (Northern) |
| Galician | Calendario Imladris |
| Georgian | იმლადრისი კალენდარი |
| German | Imladriskalender |
| Greek | Ιμλαδρισ Ημερολόγιο |
| Gujarati | ઇમલાડ્રિસ કૅલેન્ડર |
| Hebrew | ימלדריס לוח שנה |
| Hindi | इमलाड्रेस का कालदर्शक |
| Hungarian | Imladris naptár |
| Icelandic | Imladrisdagatal |
| Indonesian | Kalender Imladris |
| Italian | Calendario dei Imladris |
| Japanese | イムラドリス暦 |
| Javanese | Pananggalan Imladris |
| Kannada | ಇಮ್ಲಾಡ್ರಿಸ್ ಪಂಚಾಂಗ |
| Kazakh | Имладрис Күнтізбе (Cyrillic) Ïmladrïs Küntizbe (Latin) |
| Korean | 임 라드리스 역법 |
| Kurdish | Salnameya Imladris (Kurmanji Kurdish) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Имладрис Жылнаама |
| Latin | Calendarium Imladris |
| Lithuanian | Imladris Kalendorius |
| Latvian | Imladris Kalendārs |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Календар Имладрис |
| Malagasy | Ny Kalandrie Imladris |
| Malaysian | Kalender Imladris |
| Maori | Imladris Maramataka |
| Marathi | इम्लाड्रिस कॅलेंडर |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Имладрис Цагалбар |
| Nepalese | इम्लाड्रिस पात्रो |
| Norwegian | Imladriskalender |
| Occitan | Calendièr de Imladris |
| Old English | Imladris gerīmbōc |
| Persian | ایملادریس تقویم |
| Polish | Kalendarz Imladris |
| Portuguese | Calendário Imladris |
| Punjabi | ਇਮਲਾਡ੍ਰਿਸ ਜੰਤਰੀ |
| Romanian | Calendarul Imladris |
| Russian | Имладрис календаря |
| Sardinian | Calendàriu Imladris |
| Serbian | Имладрис Календар (Cyrillic) Imladris Kalendar (Latin) |
| Sesotho | Tšhupamabaka ea Imladris |
| Sicilian | Calannariu Imladris |
| Sinhalese | ඉම්ලාඩ්රිස් දින දර්ශනය |
| Slovak | Kalendár Imladris |
| Slovenian | Kalendár Imladris |
| Somalian | Imladris Kalandar |
| Spanish | Calendario Imladris |
| Sundanese | Kalénder Imladris |
| Swahili | Kalenda ya Imladris |
| Swedish | Imladris kalendern |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Тақвимӣ Имладрис |
| Tamil | இம்லாட்ரிஸ் நாட்காட்டி |
| Telugu | ఇమ్మెల్యేడ్రిస్ కేలండర్ |
| Thai | อิมลาดริสปฏิทิน |
| Turkish | Imladris takvimi |
| Turkmen | Imladris senenamasy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Календар Імладріс |
| Urdu | تقویم برائے املاڈراس |
| Uzbek | Имладрис Тақвим (Cyrillic) Imladris Taqvim (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Lịch Imladris |
| Walloon | Calindrî Imladris |
| Welsh | Calendr Imladris |
| Yiddish | קאלענדאר פון ימלאַדריס |
| Zazaki | Serrenameyo Imladris |