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''Quellë'' was also known as ''[[Lasse-lanta]]'' ("leaf-fall") or, in Sindarin, [[Narbeleth]] ("Sun-waning").
''Quellë'' was also known as ''[[Lasse-lanta]]'' ("leaf-fall") or, in Sindarin, [[Narbeleth]] ("Sun-waning").


As indicated above, a ''yén'' would be over a day too long.  There is a note in the [[Red Book]] on the '''Reckoning of Rivendell''' that the last year of every 3rd ''yén'' omitted the doubling of its ''enderi''; in other words, every 432nd year only had 3 ''enderi'' and omitted the 3 leap days due in that year (see: ''[[haranyë]]''). The note also mentions that the omission of the 3 leap days every 432 years 'has not happened in our time' (the time of the writing of the [[Red Book]]). Any further methods of adjustment are unknown.<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>
A ''yén'' would be over 1 day too long when compared to the length of 144 [[wikipedia:Tropical year|solar year]]s.<ref group=note>144 years multiplied by the length of a [[wikipedia:Tropical year|solar year]] (given in [[Appendix D]] as 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds) results in approximately 52594.8767 days.</ref> There is a note in the [[Red Book]] on the '''Reckoning of Rivendell''' that the last year of every third ''yén'' omitted the doubling of its ''enderi''; in other words, every 432nd year only had 3 ''enderi'' and omitted the 3 leap days due in that year (see: ''[[haranyë]]''). The note also mentions that the omission of the 3 leap days every 432 years 'has not happened in our time' (the time of the writing of the [[Red Book]]). Any further methods of adjustment are unknown.<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>


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The Calendar of Imladris or Reckoning of Rivendell (in the Red Book) is an Elvish calendar, and perhaps the only Elvish calendar known to the Hobbits.

The Eldar measured time on two scales:

  1. Long periods of time were reckoned in yéni, which corresponded to 144 solar years[note 1] containing 8,766 enquier ("weeks") or 52,596 days.
  2. A single solar year was called a Coranar ("sun-round") or Loa ("growth"); this was divided into six long "months", or rather short "seasons", of irregular length.

In addition to the six seasons, a coranar had additional days inserted into the calendar to bring the total to 365 days. The first day of the year was yestarë, which preceded Tuilë, and the last day of the year was mettarë, which followed Coirë. Between yávië and quellë were three enderi ("middle-days") which were doubled every twelve years as leap days.

The names of the six seasons and additional days of the coranar were:

Quenya name Sindarin name English Translation Length in Days
Yestarë First Day 1
Tuilë Ethuil Spring 54
Lairë Laer Summer 72
Yávië Iavas Autumn 54
Enderi Middle Days 3 or 6
Quellë Firith Fading 54
Hrívë Rhîw Winter 72
Coirë Echuir Stirring 54
Mettarë Last Day 1

Quellë was also known as Lasse-lanta ("leaf-fall") or, in Sindarin, Narbeleth ("Sun-waning").

A yén would be over 1 day too long when compared to the length of 144 solar years.[note 2] There is a note in the Red Book on the Reckoning of Rivendell that the last year of every third yén omitted the doubling of its enderi; in other words, every 432nd year only had 3 enderi and omitted the 3 leap days due in that year (see: haranyë). The note also mentions that the omission of the 3 leap days every 432 years 'has not happened in our time' (the time of the writing of the Red Book). Any further methods of adjustment are unknown.[1]

Notes

  1. The number 144 (12x12) is 100 in the duodecimal system; in other words a yén is a duodecimal century.
  2. 144 years multiplied by the length of a solar year (given in Appendix D as 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds) results in approximately 52594.8767 days.

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