Calendar

The Calendar in RuneScape has ten months, as revealed in Postbag from the Hedge issue 21. The total number of days in a year is either 365 or 366, as with the real world.

The current RuneScape calendar date corresponding to the real life calendar date is. The year does not appear to change over time within the RuneScape storyline. It has been year 169 of the Fifth Age since the release of the game, it can be speculated that the flow of time in RuneScape is different from real life – 1 day on Gielinor may not correspond to 1 day in real life. One possibility is that time moves only if something is done in-game which advances the RuneScape storyline, i.e. quests.

Months of the Gielinorian year
The months according to the RuneScape calendar are:


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! colspan=2 | Month !! Number of days !! Real-world equivalent !! width=350 | Details
 * 1 || Rintra || align=center | 39 || 1 January – 8 February || Tied for 2nd longest month with Novtumber and Moevyeng on years with Moevyeng Day.
 * 2 || Moevyng || align=center | 38/39 (Moevyng Day) || 9 February – 18 March || There is an additional day in the middle of Moevyng every four years, called Moevyng Day, similar to a leap day. Also, Moevyng sounds sort of like the word "moving," which is what Moevyng Day does.
 * 3 || Bennath || align=center | 32 || 19 March – 19 April || Bennath means "blessing" in Cornish. 2nd shortest month.
 * 4 || Raktuber || align=center | 34 || 20 April – 23 May || The Hunt for Red Raktuber is named after this month.
 * 5 || Pentember || align=center | 38 || 24 May – 30 June || Named for its position as the fifth month. Penta is Greek for five.
 * 6 || Fentuary || align=center | 31 || 1 July – 31 July || Only month to solely encompass an entire Gregorian month. Shortest month.
 * 7 || Septober || align=center | 38 || 1 August – 7 September || Named for its position as the seventh month. Septem is Latin for seven.
 * 8 || Ire of Phyrrys || align=center | 40 || 8 September – 17 October || The longest month on the calender, which is named after the apprentice of Scorpius, Phyrrys. Phyrrys began work on the calendar of RuneScape.
 * 9 || Novtumber || align=center | 39 || 18 October – 25 November || Named for its position as the ninth month. Novem is Latin for nine.
 * 10 || Wintumber || align=center | 36 || 26 November – 31 December || Named after winter; Wintumber trees are most likely named after this month.
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 * 6 || Fentuary || align=center | 31 || 1 July – 31 July || Only month to solely encompass an entire Gregorian month. Shortest month.
 * 7 || Septober || align=center | 38 || 1 August – 7 September || Named for its position as the seventh month. Septem is Latin for seven.
 * 8 || Ire of Phyrrys || align=center | 40 || 8 September – 17 October || The longest month on the calender, which is named after the apprentice of Scorpius, Phyrrys. Phyrrys began work on the calendar of RuneScape.
 * 9 || Novtumber || align=center | 39 || 18 October – 25 November || Named for its position as the ninth month. Novem is Latin for nine.
 * 10 || Wintumber || align=center | 36 || 26 November – 31 December || Named after winter; Wintumber trees are most likely named after this month.
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 * 9 || Novtumber || align=center | 39 || 18 October – 25 November || Named for its position as the ninth month. Novem is Latin for nine.
 * 10 || Wintumber || align=center | 36 || 26 November – 31 December || Named after winter; Wintumber trees are most likely named after this month.
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Gielinorian days of the week


The RuneScape calendar also uses different names for the days of the week as seen in The Chosen Commander. The names for the days are, in no particular order:
 * Ivanday
 * Caistleday
 * Duneday
 * Gullday
 * Erysail
 * Twiblick
 * Essianday

The days of the week are all adaptations of the names of the Seven Priestly Warriors who fought back the dark forces in Morytania.

Ivanday, Erysail, Twiblick, Essianday (four of the seven days of Geilinor) were used in a RuneScape poll question on 29 June 2010. The question was: What do the words "Ivanday", "Erysail", "Twiblick" and "Essianday" refer to?