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Darian (Mars)

EpochConfidence
12 March 1609 CE, 18:40:06High

Overview

The Darian calendar is a proposed calculated solar calendar for use on Mars. It was created in 1985 by Thomas Gangale and named after his son, Darius.

It takes the ~668.5 sol Martian year (~687 Earth days) and divides it into 24 months of 28 or 27 sols. The new year is on the day of the Martian Northern Equinox.

The epoch is the Vernal Equinox of Julian Sol Number 0, taking place on 12 March 1609 CE at 18:40:06 UTC.

Leap years add one extra day in the final month, and they take place if the year number is odd or divisible by 10, unless also divisible by 100 except if divisible by 1000, though this formula changes after Darian year 2000 and gets updated every few thousand years as the orbit of Mars becomes more eccentric.

Info

MonthDays
Sagittarius28
Dhanus28
Capricornus28
Makara28
Aquarius28
Khumba27
Pisces28
Mina28
Aries28
Mesha28
Taurus28
Rishabha27
Gemini28
Mithuna28
Cancer28
Karka28
Leo28
Simha27
Virgo28
Kanya28
Libra28
Tula28
Scorpius28
Vrishika27 or 28

Accuracy

This calendar depends on the Julian Sol Number which is in turn based on the Mars Sol Date. Assuming these are all accurate, then the Darian calendar should be correct.

There is one more stipulation that the current calendar is only perfectly accurate between the years 0 and 2000 due to the shortening of the Martian equinox year. Whether those are Martian years or Earth years isn't clear, but the difference is rather small and is currently ignored for this calendar.

Source

Much of the information on this calendar can be found at its Wikipedia article.

The actual creator of the calendar has a website and a date converter here, but it uses a slightly different Terrestrial Time correction for the Mars sol.