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In [[Third Age 2360]] Steward [[Hador of Gondor]] added 1 day to that year though this deficiency had not quite reached that amount being now a delay of only 0.3 day. By [[Third Age 3020]] the deficit had once again accumulated to 0.77 days<ref>{{HM|AB}}, "not yet amounted to 1 day"</ref>.
In [[Third Age 2360]] Steward [[Hador of Gondor]] added 1 day to that year though this deficiency had not quite reached that amount being now a delay of only 0.3 day. By [[Third Age 3020]] the deficit had once again accumulated to 0.77 days<ref>{{HM|AB}}, "not yet amounted to 1 day"</ref>.


The Stewards' Reckoning was eventually  adoped by most speakers of [[Westron]] such as the [[Dwarves]] and even the [[Elves]] (who maintained their former traditions only for ritual purposes).  
The Stewards' Reckoning was eventually  adoped by most speakers of [[Westron]] such as the [[Dwarves]] and even the [[Elves]] (who maintained their former traditions only for ritual purposes).
 
In the [[Fourth Age]], the calendar was replaced by the [[New Reckoning]]


==The Calendar==
==The Calendar==

Revision as of 00:04, 9 May 2009

Stewards' Reckoning or Revised Calendar was the calendar system introduced in Gondor by Mardil Voronwë, its first Ruling Steward around Third Age 2000.

It survived until the end of the Third Age, and was thus the calendar in use at the time of the War of the Ring.

Background

Arnor and Gondor used a Númenorean calendar called King's Reckoning. When the era of the Kings passed with the fall of Arnor and the loss of King Eärnur, the King's Reckoning presented (through the continued accumulation of the millenial deficits) an offset of about 1.6 days out of synchronicity with the astronomical observations.

History

Steward Mardil made all months of equal length (30 days) and arranged the two days gained such symmetrically to the other holidays and also inserted two leap-days in Third Age 2059. However this still left a minor deficit of about 8 hours in advance. It is possible that the leap-day of Third Age 2060 was dropped in consequence.

In Third Age 2360 Steward Hador of Gondor added 1 day to that year though this deficiency had not quite reached that amount being now a delay of only 0.3 day. By Third Age 3020 the deficit had once again accumulated to 0.77 days[1].

The Stewards' Reckoning was eventually adoped by most speakers of Westron such as the Dwarves and even the Elves (who maintained their former traditions only for ritual purposes).

In the Fourth Age, the calendar was replaced by the New Reckoning

The Calendar

The names of the months and days were now popularly used in Quenya (though Dale and Rohan, retained old names, at least among the lower population); the Dúnedain adhered to Sindarin versions.

Observatins

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "not yet amounted to 1 day"
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