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Astronomical Patterns:
The Circlarian and Ancondrian Realms both rest upon Planet Juno Minor, an Earth-sized body orbiting the gas giant: Juno Major. The Juno Major System, which includes Juno Minor and its sister planet, Nephina, revolves every twelve years around the superstar: Alphachrome, which has unique properties and provides a very large "habitable orbit zone."
Juno Minor rotates on its tilted axis once every 24 hours, as the Standard Circlarian Calendar follows eight-day weeks. Juno Minor revolves around Juno Major for its seasonal year, which is usually thirty weeks. However, for unknown reasons, the actual number of weeks varies from year-to-year, following a regular long-term pattern once for every cycle of 12 years. While scholars to this day are still trying to determine the cause behind this, the Circlarian Calendar keeps a twelve-year cycle as follows: 31 weeks for Year I, 28 weeks for Year II, 31 weeks for Year III, 30 weeks for Year IV, 31 weeks for Year V, 30 weeks for Year VI, 31 weeks for Year VII, 31 weeks for Year VIII, 30 weeks for Year IX, 31 weeks for Year X, 30 weeks for Year XI, and 31 weeks for Year XII.
The Circlarian Calendar Year:
Every week in the Circlarian Calendar contains eight days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Nollsday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Each year in the Circlarian Calendar contains ten months, with each month usually lasting three weeks, or 24 days, in a given 30-week year. The months are as follows: January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November, and December. Exceptions to the three-week duration occur in a 31-week year, when May and June each have 28 days, and in a 28-week year, when May and June each have only 16 days.
Also to note: every 48 years, Year II consists of 29 weeks with May and June each having 20 days.