Difference between revisions of "Roshar"

The RosharanVorin calendar is divided up into ten months, with ten weeks each. Both the months and the weeks are named after the RosharanVorin numerals (which, in turn, are derived from the names of the [[Herald]]s), and are sometimes combined into abbreviations. Such abbreviations have the full name of the month and two suffixes, for week and day. Each week is five days,{{book ref|sa1|14}} and a year on Roshar is 500 days long, ultimately defined by the time between two [[Weeping]]s.{{book ref|sa2|46}} Although the Rosharan year is 500 days long, these days are shorter than usual, coming in at 20 Rosharan hours, which are themselves cut down into 50 Rosharan minutes.{{ref|text=A Rosharan hour is slightly shorter than an Earth hour.{{wob ref|8086}}|group=Note}}{{wob ref|8928}} Consequently, a Rosharan year is only 10% longer than the cosmere standard.{{wob ref|8086}}{{au ref|Rosharan}} As an example Chachel means it's the third day of the week.{{book ref|sa1|46}} Interestingly, Kaladin, who gets paid once a week, refers to payday as "third pass".{{book ref|sa1|14}} Presumably, this means that another way to talk about days of the week is by saying first, second, third, fourth or fifth pass.