SOURCE. – I’m just posting it here as an aid and taking no credit.
Galactic Standard Time Measurement
- 60 Seconds = 1 minute
- 60 minutes = 1 hour
- 24 hours = 1 day
Galactic Standard Calendar
- 5 days = 1 week
- 7 weeks = 1 month
- 35 days = 1 month
- 368 days = 1 year
- 10 months + 3 Fete (Festival) weeks + 3 holidays = 1 year
Fete/Festival Weeks
- New Year Fete Week = first five days of the new year (takes place before the first month)
- Festival of Life = five days between the sixth and seventh months. It was marked by parties, get-togethers, and gift-giving.
- Festival of Stars =five days between the ninth and tenth months of the year that celebrates interstellar space travel. It was marked by vacations to other worlds most often.
Days of the Week
- Primeday (first day of the week)
- Centaxday (second day)
- Taungsday (third day)
- Zhellday (fourth day)
- Benduday (fifth/last day of the week)
The Galactic Standard Calendar is based on the
luno-solar calendar of Coruscant (from before the official founding of the Empire). It is the ‘standard’ in both the Republic and the Empire for basic measurements. However, there are many, many variations for various species, planets, etc. This is just the ‘standard’ used; similar to measurements of weight, etc.
Basically, this is not the ‘only calendar’ but the one used most often by governments, the military, etc. to be the ‘standard’. I thought it might be useful for people writing or roleplaying in the Star Wars galaxies to have a rough idea.
NOTE: There is mention in some sources of a 12 month/368 day calendar, but it doesn’t mention length of weeks, months, etc. other than ‘30-31 days’ so basically seems to be a ‘real life calendar’. I’m not 100% sure which is considered ‘canon’ so I choose to list the one that was a bit more ‘different’ for fun.
SOURCES
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic_Standard_Calendar
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fete_Week
http://swtor.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic_Standard_Calendar
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/63474-resourse-galactic-standard-calendar/This would have beEN SO HELPFUL SIX YEARS AGO!!!
Adding the months…
The 10th Months :
1st month : Elona
- 2nd month : Kelona
- 3rd month : Selona
- 4th month : Telona
- 5th month : Nelona
- 6th month : Helona
- 7th month : Melona
- 8th month : Yelona
- 9th month : Relona
- 10th month : Welona
This would have been helpful last week. Oh my God. Thanks for sharing! 😀
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