Britannian Calendar

The Calendar of Britannia is structured as following:

The britannian year is a little shorter then the Earth year with 336 days, meaning that Britannia's orbit around its sun is a little closer. The year is divided in 12 months which are divided into 4 weeks of 7 days. Each day is divided into 24 hours. The hours, minutes and seconds are the same as on Earth, as proven by an Earth Pocketwatch.

The length of the month can be measured by the calendar display in Ultima VI. The month is adjusted to the cycles of the Moons Trammel and Felucca, so that the first of a month -and therefore the first of a year- always falls on double new moon, which only happens once a month. This also means that the Astronomical Alignment can only happen during the first of the month at double new moon.

The months are, propably by Lord British, named after the Earth months:
 * January
 * Febuary
 * March
 * April
 * May
 * June
 * July
 * August
 * September
 * October
 * November
 * December

The year count starts with the founding of Britannia, which happened sometime between Ultima III and Ultima IV. By Ultima V it was the year 139 (calendar display). The start of Ultima VI is in 161 (again calendar display). Ultima VII takes place, since being exactly 200 years later, in 361. It is unknown if Britannia has leap years, were extra days a put in. But considering that the lunar cycle and the day can't be exactly the numbers in the calendar, this is very likely to correct any errors that appear over time.

The cycles of the moon during the month are as follows:

Trivia
There are two inconsesties in the system:
 * In Ultima V, the year actually has 360 days with 30 day months. This was probably scrapped since it created chaos with the lunar cycle.
 * In Ultima IV, a double full moon was possible, something in the final system no longer is possible.