My thoughts on the calendar
It seems to me that dates can be referred to any of the following ways:
- Day, Week, Month, Year
- Day, Month-Week, Year
- Month-Week-Day, Year
With conjunction, the Month's number is spelled fully, while the Month or Month-Day is abbreviated:
- Jes (es)
- Nan (an)
- Chach (ach)
- Vev (ev)
- Palah (ah)
- Shash (ash)
- Betab (ab)
- Kak (ak)
- Tanat (at)
- Ishi (ish)
Therefore the 2nd day of the 8th week of the 5th month would be Palahakan. This also leads me to believe that the date in the epigraph from Chapter 66 contains a typo. I believe Kaktach should be Kakatach, Month 8, Week 9, Day 3.
BoshJeeples 20:14, December 23, 2011 (UTC)