Discworld calendar

The Discworld's calendar differs from Earth's one.

Months

• Ick

• Offle
• February
• March
• June

• Grune
• August
• Spune

• Sektober
• Ember
• December

Days

The Discworld's days of the week are:

Sunday, Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday, Friday Saturday and Octeday.

The Discworld has eight days in a single week.

Seasons

The seasons are caused by the disc spinning very slowly on the elephants back causing the sun to take different paths across the disc. After a 180 degree turn the path is the same but the direction of travel of the sun is opposite, causing a duplication of all seasons.

• Spring Prime, first spring
• Summer: mid-point Small Gods' Eve
• Autumn Prime, first autumn
• Winter Secundus aka Spindlewinter: Mid-point Crueltide
• Secundus Spring
• Summer Two: mid-point All's Fallow
• Secundus Autumn
• Backspindlewinter: mid-point Hogswatch

Festivals

The Discworld's festivals include:

Soul Cake Tuesday

The Discworld's equivalant of Halloween.

Hogswatch

The Discworld's version of Roundworld's Christmas. The night of Hogswatch is also known as Hogswatchnight. On Hogswatchnight, children are visited by the Hogfather (the Discworld's version of Father Christmas or Santa Claus). The day after Hogswatchnight is the first day of the month of Ick. Hogswatchnight is mentioned in The Colour of Magic as Hogs'Watch Night.

Small God's Eve

A festival celebrating the small gods.

Centuries

Notable centuries include:

• The Century of the Fruitbat, the century in which the books start.
• The Century of the Anchovy,the century which the books later progress into.

Appearances

• The Colour of Magic
• The Light Fantastic
• Equal Rites
• Mort
• Sourcery
• Hogfather
• Soul Music
• The Last Hero
• Wyrd Sisters
• The Wee Free Men
• Going Postal
• A Hat Full of Sky
• Monstrous Regiment
• Thief of Time
• The Fifth Elephant
• Guards! Guards!
• Wintersmith
• Making Money
• Unseen Academicals
• Soul Music (TV series)
• Terry Pratchett's Hogfather
• The Colour of Magic (film)
• Terry Pratchett's Going Postal
• The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
• The Art of Discworld