The week (suar, betar, yyar, apar, nyar, zhuar, zhadar, orar, renar, and suene) is ten days long; there are exactly twenty-eight weeks in the year, so while a season is not quite three weeks, each day of the season is the same every year (meaning calendars, unlike on Earth, are recyclable!). Typically Renar, the ninth day of the week, is a day of rest, since it is the Karbean day of worship. Sometimes Suene—day 10—is also included.
Days are divided into smaller units. Each consists of twenty hours (ejekeyo), but since a day goes from sunrise to sunrise, clocks must be reset every week to account for seasonal alterations. There are 20 minutes( taho) in each hour and 40 seconds (tahalayo) in each minute.
A leap year occurs every ten years. It is inserted the day before the new year and is considered an “eleventh day of the week”—its name is suesara. It is considered a lucky day on which to be born, to be married, and even to die.
HISTORY OF THE CALENDAR
There is actually no record of when the calendar was invented, which is a startling oversight for such a well-documented culture. However, since it emerged simultaneously with the chronology system, it is assumed that they were invented, if not by the same person, then by contemporaries.
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