The Mekkan Calendar
Added 2025-01-20 20:51:31 +0000 UTCHow many days in a month, months in a year, and significant dates, suggested by Orekh! Unfortunately, I just don't know a lot of significant dates, as I haven't really spent a lot of time writing out the historical lore to such granularity. At least, not events I'm willing to discuss yet. But it is true that every month has exactly four weeks of 28 days, so each month's numbers are always in the same place. All the names of the months are translated from their language to ours for your convenience. What's the 13th month? Uh... untranslatable.
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well it has a tilt since they have seasons, given that they arent incredibly harsh its probably similar to earth's tilt
MigunoOS
2025-08-14 15:51:48 +0000 UTCPlanetary aspects of Mekkan as far as I know: -Star: G2? -Semi Major Axis: 1 AU (based on the year length), -Eccentricity: N/A (likely very low) , -Mass: ? (likely 1 earth mass) - Radius: probably like earth -Gravity: likely 1 g -Axial tilt: N/A - Day length: 24 hours probably due to year length -Average temperature: Probably same as earth but could be a bit colder -Atmospheric composition: Assuming same as earth, -Atmospheric pressure: probably same as earth, Edit: trying to make a list lie this on pateron is a pain
Oswald
2025-07-24 04:25:22 +0000 UTCWhat about hours in a day
Darcy Foster
2025-03-12 10:17:45 +0000 UTCKaren having 4th wall powers is my favorite lore fact
Joe
2025-02-04 22:37:12 +0000 UTCThe thirteenth month is Calibration, meant to normalize any variations on the calendar. The significance might vary based upon culture - either as a good time of the year or ill-omened due to being "outside" the rest of the year. A time for supernatural things to occur good and ill.
Mika Kyubi
2025-02-02 13:44:49 +0000 UTCI am guessing that their calendar epoch is counting from the establishment of the unified Human kingdom or something.
ijuinkun
2025-01-27 07:00:51 +0000 UTCWeekless days are a no-go for the Abrahamic religions, who insist that their day of worship happen exactly every seven days with no exceptions. People get VERY insistent when they think that their afterlife is on the line.
ijuinkun
2025-01-27 06:59:56 +0000 UTCCall the 13th month Kei
Your name
2025-01-22 07:06:55 +0000 UTCI've honestly heard about this, but companies don't want it because then they'd have to pay their workers technically more per month and government's won't be making as much from taxation. But that's just a theory! A geographic theory! lol
NightMedic
2025-01-22 05:30:56 +0000 UTCI feel the need to ask how old Nora is...
Crimson Dragon
2025-01-22 01:57:34 +0000 UTCtheir names are so close i forget. Also the lab coat might hide her tail if she has it at this point.
Netari Icefyng
2025-01-21 23:30:56 +0000 UTCAh, Faceless, I didn‘t say no but not yet. If Karen is shown with a tail, Maren should also have streaks. As this is not the case, this fictional scene took place on the timeline before the happenings at the estade …
Joshu Kel'Machan
2025-01-21 20:25:41 +0000 UTCShe gains a tail in the comic so it's canon!
Facelessbuster
2025-01-21 20:11:17 +0000 UTCVery cool! I'd like to see more about the world the Twokinds characters live in.
feralcat52
2025-01-21 18:34:32 +0000 UTCMaren's hair doesn't show any white streaks, so Karen probably doesn't have a tail yet.
Joshu Kel'Machan
2025-01-21 18:11:58 +0000 UTCIt's Karen that has the darker skin. And in addition to the Keidran ears, she also has a very thin layer of fur. That's what makes her "skin" look darker. As an aside, does she not have a tail in the Sketchverse?
Aaron Peterson
2025-01-21 17:37:15 +0000 UTChaha, fair enough
Terra The Wizard
2025-01-21 15:00:11 +0000 UTCWhy does maren have darker skin than her sister is it something to do with the curse that gave her keidran ears?
Netari Icefyng
2025-01-21 14:38:33 +0000 UTCKaren:4th wall break go BRRR
Netari Icefyng
2025-01-21 14:36:49 +0000 UTCWell if going by the classic Julian calendar names and continue the September (7th) - October (8th) - November (9th) - December (10th) chain, then it would be logical to have the 13th month called Undecimber (11th). As for why the 12th month of the calendar is literally named "Tenth", you'll have to ask the Ancient Romans.
Orlet Soir
2025-01-21 11:08:08 +0000 UTCeyy a discworld fan, but doesn't the Discyear have sixteen months and eight seasons?
The Cereal Dragon and Family
2025-01-21 10:57:10 +0000 UTCYes I am turning my stupid Simpsons reference into a thing that actually makes sense now.
The Cereal Dragon and Family
2025-01-21 10:56:24 +0000 UTCSmarch, obviously. The weather's lousy. Also March should be the first month of the year so that the numbered months make sense, that way "Smarch" can be short for "second March" and it can be a metaphor for the marching forward of time.
The Cereal Dragon and Family
2025-01-21 10:55:03 +0000 UTCYou also need a clipboard.
J. Martin Laursen
2025-01-21 09:55:30 +0000 UTCWell, if it is untranslatable the name surely represents the sound of Wolf-Keidran howling at the moon in clear winter nights 😎
Joshu Kel'Machan
2025-01-21 07:11:53 +0000 UTCTerry Pratchett's Discworld has a month between June and July called Grune. So the thirteenth doesn't necessarily have to be the last month of the year!
Iago24
2025-01-21 06:03:33 +0000 UTCI've seen a calendar like this somewhere... I think they called the extra month Sol.
Combak
2025-01-21 05:33:42 +0000 UTCMy birthday is also Nov 18! Seems I share a special day with yet another cartoon character! For those who are wondering, it's Mickey Mouse.
Riley Welker
2025-01-21 04:56:21 +0000 UTCIf you fix September, October, and November while you're at you are the best ever
Matt A
2025-01-21 04:41:55 +0000 UTCExcept for her birthday and any other day cake is served.
eddi_TBH
2025-01-21 04:24:05 +0000 UTCThe 13th month is Octember; it's just the second Christmas Month, of course
Joshua Hasinski
2025-01-21 04:14:56 +0000 UTCThe 13th month is usually just called "Bob" The reasons why are long and murky but it doesn't REALLY matter... it's Bob either way 😉
AstroChaos
2025-01-21 04:12:21 +0000 UTCThey both looks cute in lab coat 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Mr great ape
2025-01-21 03:57:31 +0000 UTCI know it’s not the point of the art piece, but lab coat Maren is hot
Onyx Dragon 388
2025-01-21 03:22:04 +0000 UTCI'm a big fan of the 13 month calendar with a day or two at the end of the year to align it for the next year.
Todd Zircher
2025-01-21 02:53:02 +0000 UTCMore than one month was named after the guy who declared it. So Tomber? Fichemb(er)?
Cliff Warden
2025-01-21 02:33:02 +0000 UTCI actually wrote "Smarch" before changing to "untranslatable" because I didn't want people to not get the reference and actually think it was Smarch.
Thomas Fischbach
2025-01-21 02:31:47 +0000 UTCUntranslatable is my favorite word in these situations. Does that mean Tom is going to have to name a month?!
Joe
2025-01-21 02:12:37 +0000 UTCKaren doesn’t strike me as one to keep track of time XD
kriegerstein
2025-01-21 01:47:01 +0000 UTCThank you so much, this sketch means a lot to me! And yes, I was expecting to hear just about birthdays or something, so the sketch lives up to expectations despite what Maren said.
Orekh
2025-01-21 01:38:07 +0000 UTCMaren is CUTE with glasses!
Ordithus
2025-01-21 00:59:40 +0000 UTCRight, that makes sense! I was about to call into question the age of every human character...
Matty Butler
2025-01-21 00:45:59 +0000 UTCThe extra day is on New Years, a Day 0 if you will.
Thomas Fischbach
2025-01-21 00:38:26 +0000 UTCYea, blame the Caesars for that one. XD
okami-zero
2025-01-21 00:34:06 +0000 UTCDepending on where the extra month lies, converting to our calendar, Karen and Maren's birthdays actually land on Oct 25th (assuming the extra month is after November), or November 22nd (assuming the extra month is before November).
Tonks Moriarty
2025-01-21 00:31:24 +0000 UTCSame hat! 🤣🤣🤣
okami-zero
2025-01-21 00:30:34 +0000 UTCI found this out recently, and it kinda blew my mind...
Tonks Moriarty
2025-01-21 00:28:33 +0000 UTCMathing it out, their year is 364 days, so one less than ours (our leap years notwithstanding).
okami-zero
2025-01-21 00:27:53 +0000 UTCOfc the 13th Month is called Keith... no-one's quite sure why... even Keith!
Tonks Moriarty
2025-01-21 00:26:05 +0000 UTCWell of course we know what the 13th month is called--obviously, it's Decembuary.
AetherSprite224
2025-01-21 00:01:50 +0000 UTCI personally would love if we used a 13 month calendar in real life. You can fit exactly 13 months with 4 weeks a month, always starting on a Monday and ending on a Sunday. New Years Day and Leap Year would then be their own special weekless days on the last weekend of the year. (so it go New Month 28th Sunday > New Years Day > Leap Year Day (if needed) > Jan 1st Monday) This would make every holiday much more consistent and probably even save money for organizations on planning/scheduling. As for a name? Eh, I say name it Sol after the sun. It's a relatively culturally-neutral addition that way, but any name will do.
TrueWolves
2025-01-20 23:47:28 +0000 UTCRofl! Great fourth wall joke there tom xD
ElderScrollsMekkan
2025-01-20 23:34:07 +0000 UTCbut translated for our convenience september, october, november, december should be months 7-10 not 9-12
durandle
2025-01-20 23:28:50 +0000 UTCSo... 13 month, each with 28 day, 364 days. November 18th, is the day number 326 in the Year in the TK calendar. So, it's equivalent in our calendar (the Gregorian calendar) is... November 22th.
Dragonte
2025-01-20 23:20:50 +0000 UTCMaren: "Where, exactly, did you obtain your teaching credentials?" Karen: "My what? I'm wearing a lab coat and glasses, isn't that enough?"
Anonymous1988
2025-01-20 23:18:03 +0000 UTCYeah, someone worked it out, it's not as much as I thought it would be.
Matty Butler
2025-01-20 23:16:02 +0000 UTCNot much younger. 1 day per year at 21 is less than a month. It won't even add up to a whole year in old age.
Fukata
2025-01-20 23:10:04 +0000 UTCMore lore! Yesss!
Joshu Kel'Machan
2025-01-20 22:37:59 +0000 UTCThis also confirms that Maren is 21 years old and Karen is 17, although due to having one less day per year, physically speaking they would be much younger than you or I would be at the same age. There's probably some maths to figure out how much which I'm not smart enough to come up with.
Matty Butler
2025-01-20 22:36:21 +0000 UTC13th month? Keidranuary.
coredumperror
2025-01-20 22:18:25 +0000 UTCDoes the planet make perfect day-period orbits of the sun then? Or do they have a leap situation where every few years they just add an extra day that needs to be ignored to keep the calendars lined up nicely?
Wizard Stan
2025-01-20 22:17:02 +0000 UTC*beep* "Hello, Tom's Pizza! We deliver!"
Brendon Freshner
2025-01-20 22:13:09 +0000 UTCEternal has adjusted movement of the planet so an year has exact whole number of days for a nice calendar without leap years.
Drazgon
2025-01-20 22:12:31 +0000 UTCIgnore me I shouldn't do math after working a full day my brain does not work
Serdnack
2025-01-20 22:11:43 +0000 UTCI heard somewhere, maybe in chat, that their year is about twice as long as ours. Is it true? Are their day is longer than ours?
Drazgon
2025-01-20 22:07:41 +0000 UTCAny idea how short? I just checked something and if the year is 482 then trace is closer to 31, so the extra days add up, but if the days are shorter it could change things.
Serdnack
2025-01-20 21:59:30 +0000 UTCHmm. Could be. I know it hasn't been a very long time.
Glenn Sellers
2025-01-20 21:56:19 +0000 UTCWell, since december is actually the tenth month, the thirteenth month would be the eleventh, so undecember... 😂
Ard Rí Sídhhe Dragon
2025-01-20 21:56:18 +0000 UTCOoh! Good one.
Glenn Sellers
2025-01-20 21:54:01 +0000 UTCWhich means their year is 364 days long, one day shorter than ours.
Glenn Sellers
2025-01-20 21:53:36 +0000 UTCKaren: Yeah, Tom. Maren: Who's Tom? Karen: He's the creator of our world, and everything that lives on it. Maren: ...... (Immediately calls the local mental institution)
SCD
2025-01-20 21:53:01 +0000 UTCPretty much, yeah.
Thomas Fischbach
2025-01-20 21:52:40 +0000 UTCThat would be a month Tomemeber
Thed Preston
2025-01-20 21:49:54 +0000 UTCI don't know about everyone else but the energy of this little lore thing gives me the thought that Karen was meant to be a potential secondary mascot of two kinds she just has the energy
Kanohi Horder
2025-01-20 21:39:53 +0000 UTCBased on the timing, it's probably based on when they established their nation here.
Volpethrope
2025-01-20 21:23:01 +0000 UTCNice to keep track of things!
Jonathan
2025-01-20 21:21:59 +0000 UTC🤣🤣 I don't speak math! You're on your own!🤣🤣
wjd1206
2025-01-20 21:13:57 +0000 UTCWait, there are 13 months in the world of Mekkan? That’s shocking. And all the months have 28 days too?
Video Card Gamer
2025-01-20 21:13:03 +0000 UTCYou should make the 13th month Tomember
Greenguyz
2025-01-20 21:10:31 +0000 UTCI wish I had more time in a day! Haven't been on Discord in ages for anything but family...
wjd1206
2025-01-20 21:07:02 +0000 UTCtime to use physics to determine planetary characteristics
MigunoOS
2025-01-20 21:06:31 +0000 UTCWelp, Karen broke the fourth wall. Again.
Wilford B. Wolf
2025-01-20 21:03:00 +0000 UTCNoice and funnie
Twokinds fan
2025-01-20 21:02:56 +0000 UTCHasn't the whole comic only taken place over five months or something?
TheLoreMaker
2025-01-20 21:00:29 +0000 UTCI feel like we should talk Calander events during a stream or something.
Jacob
2025-01-20 20:58:59 +0000 UTCTbf since November and December both literally mean the 9th and 10th month, I seriously doubt you could come up with a worse name for a 13th 😂
Verrick
2025-01-20 20:57:05 +0000 UTCHumans came around 400 years ago from their continent right? We can assume they set this up after they discovered Mekkan 461 years ago
Spillthefire6
2025-01-20 20:56:55 +0000 UTCThat's really informative. thanks
wayne sampson
2025-01-20 20:54:59 +0000 UTCLore drop, awesome know about the setting and time! :) Also, looks like the people of Mekkan followed the proposed idea by Moses B. Cotsworth or the lunar calendar
RemyHindle
2025-01-20 20:54:48 +0000 UTCLore gifts be dropping
Spillthefire6
2025-01-20 20:54:45 +0000 UTCThe 13th month is Ophiuchus.
Stephen Gilberg
2025-01-20 20:54:31 +0000 UTCthe 13th month is October2, Electric Boogaloo.
Viiperfang
2025-01-20 20:54:28 +0000 UTCKaren, spot looking at the nonexistent camera. You’re going to give your sister an existential crisis. Those experimental spells really did a number on Karen. XD
ThatManGareth
2025-01-20 20:54:02 +0000 UTCMay we please get a list of character birthdays?
Mylonius
2025-01-20 20:53:55 +0000 UTClousy smarch weather
Terra The Wizard
2025-01-20 20:53:39 +0000 UTCC'mon. Everyone knows the 13th month is Febtober.
Rook Prime
2025-01-20 20:53:35 +0000 UTCLORE DROP LORE DROP LORE DROP LORE DROP!
ChampionOfBagels
2025-01-20 20:53:23 +0000 UTCKaren over here breaking the 4th wall
GoM
2025-01-20 20:53:15 +0000 UTC
