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Icelandic (UTC)

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Overview

The Icelandic calendar is the traditional calculated solar calendar of Iceland. It features two seasons, Summer and Winter, called 'misseri' meaning 'semester', each with 26-28 weeks. There is no epoch, and years do not necessarily begin with either misseri.

Although the misseri and weeks are the primary units, the misseri are further broken down into 6 months each, all of which consist of 30 days for a total of 360 days. Another four days are added between the 3rd and 4th months of Summer (midsummer) called 'Aukanætur' and is treated as a holiday. This brings the year to exactly 52 weeks or 364 days.

In order to keep the calendar aligned with the solar year, an intercalary week is added every 7 years, called 'Sumarauki' and occurring immediately after Aukanætur. Modern intercalary rules ensure the start of Summer always happens on the Thursday that occurs between 19-25th April of the Gregorian calendar (and previously 9-15th of the Julian calendar.)

Info

Because of the 4 days of Aukanætur, Summer is slightly longer than Winter, and neither is divisible cleanly by the 7-day week. The beginning of Winter is not on the same day of the week as the beginning of Summer. Instead, the beginning of the week shifts depending on the current misseri, resulting in the final week of each misseri being incomplete.

MonthDaysSeason
Harpa30Summer
Skerpla30Summer
Sólmánuðr30Summer
Aukanætur (Midsummer)4Summer
Sumarauki (Leap Year)7Summer
Heyannir30Summer
Tvímánuðr30Summer
Haustmánuðr30Summer
Gormánuðr30Winter
Ýlir30Winter
Mörsugr30Winter
Þorri30Winter
Góa30Winter
Einmánuðr30Winter

Accuracy

This calendar has a long history with several slight changes, especially regarding modern/old names and specific starting and ending times of misseri and weeks. I am reasonably sure it is accurate to official sources, but the information is somewhat fragmented.

Source

All of the information for this calendar came from this paper.