ihn = 1.35 earth seconds
Gorean Calendar
hand = 5 days(a gorean week)
ehn = 1 minute, 48 seconds(the Gorean minute consists of 80 ihn)
ahn = 1hour 12 minutes(Gorean hour consists of 40 ehn)
tenth ahn = noon or midday
twentieth ahn = midnight
ohn = one day or 24 hours(Gorean days are only 20 ahn)
Outlaw of Gor pg 26
There are 12 months in a Gorean Year. At the end of the 12th month there is a 5 day period called the waiting hand, this separates each year.
So the Gorean year consists of 73 hands: 12 five hand months, 12 passage hands and 1 waiting hand.
Assassin of Gor pg 78, 192, 234-235 Outlaw of Gor pg 178-179 Nomads of Gor pg 11
En'Kara(first month or first turning)
1st Hand | Mar 21 | Mar 22 | Mar 23 | Mar 24 | Mar 25 |
2nd Hand | Mar 26 | Mar 27 | Mar 28 | Mar 29 | Mar 30 |
3rd Hand | Mar 31 | Apr 1 | Apr 2 | Apr 3 | Apr 4 |
4th Hand | Apr 5 | Apr 6 | Apr 7 | Apr 8 | Apr 9 |
5th Hand | Apr 10 | Apr 11 | Apr 12 | Apr 13 | Apr 14 |
1st Passage | Apr 15 | Apr 16 | Apr 17 | Apr 18 | Apr 19 |
Second Month
1st Hand | Apr 20 | Apr 21 | Apr 22 | Apr 23 | Apr 24 |
2nd Hand | Apr 25 | Apr 26 | Apr 27 | Apr 28 | Apr 29 |
3rd Hand | Apr 30 | May 1 | May 2 | May 3 | May 4 |
4th Hand | May 5 | May 6 | May 7 | May 8 | May 9 |
5th Hand | May 10 | May 11 | May 12 | May 13 | May 14 |
2nd Passage | May 15 | May 16 | May 17 | May 18 | May 19 |
Third Month(Camerius in AR, Selnar in Koroba)
1st Hand | May 20 | May 21 | May 22 | May 23 | May 24 |
2nd Hand | May 25 | May 26 | May 27 | May 28 | May 29 |
3rd Hand | May 30 | May 31 | Jun 1 | Jun 2 | Jun 3 |
4th Hand | Jun 4 | Jun 5 | Jun 6 | Jun 7 | Jun 8 |
5th Hand | Jun 9 | Jun 10 | Jun 11 | Jun 12 | Jun 13 |
3rd Passage | Jun 14 | Jun 15 | Jun 16 | Jun 17 | Jun 18 |
En'Var{fourth month or the first resting)
1st Hand | Jun 19 | Jun 20 | Jun 21 | Jun 22 | Jun 23 |
2nd Hand | Jun 24 | Jun 25 | Jun 26 | Jun 27 | Jun 28 |
3rd Hand | Jun 29 | Jun 30 | Jul 1 | Jul 2 | Jul 3 |
4th Hand | Jul 4 | Jul 5 | Jul 6 | Jul 7 | Jul 8 |
5th Hand | Jul 9 | Jul 10 | Jul 11 | Jul 12 | Jul 13 |
4th Passage | Jul 14 | Jul 15 | Jul 16 | Jul 17 | Jul 18 |
Fifth Month
1st Hand | Ju1 19 | Jul 20 | Jul 21 | Jul 22 | Jul 23 |
2nd Hand | Jul 24 | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 |
3rd Hand | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | Jul 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 |
4th Hand | Aug 3 | Aug 4 | Aug 5 | Aug 6 | Aug 7 |
5th Hand | Aug 8 | Aug 9 | Aug 10 | Aug 11 | Aug 12 |
5th Passage | Aug 13 | Aug 14 | Aug 15 | Aug 16 | Aug 17 |
Sixth Month
1st Hand | Aug 18 | Aug 19 | Aug 20 | Aug 21 | Aug 22 |
2nd Hand | Aug 23 | Aug 24 | Aug 25 | Aug 26 | Aug 27 |
3rd Hand | Aug 28 | Aug 29 | Aug 30 | Aug 31 | Sep 1 |
4th Hand | Sep 2 | Sep 3 | Sep 4 | Sep 5 | Sep 6 |
5th Hand | Sep 7 | Sep 8 | Sep 9 | Sep 10 | Sep 11 |
6th Passage | Sep 12 | Sep 13 | Sep 14 | Sep 15 | Sep 16 |
Se'Kara(seventh month or Second Turning)
1st Hand | Sep 17 | Sep 18 | Sep 19 | Sep 20 | Sep 21 |
2nd Hand | Sep 22 | Sep 23 | Sep 24 | Sep 25 | Sep 26 |
3rd Hand | Sep 27 | Sep 28 | Sep 29 | Sep 30 | Oct 1 |
4th Hand | Oct 2 | Oct 3 | Oct 4 | Oct 5 | Oct 6 |
5th Hand | Oct 7 | Oct 8 | Oct 9 | Oct 10 | Oct 11 |
7th Passage | Oct 12 | Oct 13 | Oct 14 | Oct 15 | Oct 16 |
Eighth Month
1st Hand | Oct 17 | Oct 18 | Oct 19 | Oct 20 | Oct 21 |
2nd Hand | Oct 22 | Oct 23 | Oct 24 | Oct 25 | Oct 26 |
3rd Hand | Oct 27 | Oct 28 | Oct 29 | Oct 30 | Oct 31 |
4th Hand | Nov 1 | Nov 2 | Nov 3 | Nov 4 | Nov 5 |
5th Hand | Nov 6 | Nov 7 | Nov 8 | Nov 9 | Nov 10 |
8th Passage | Nov 11 | Nov 12 | Nov 13 | Nov 14 | Nov 15 |
Ninth Month
1st Hand | Nov 16 | Nov 17 | Nov 18 | Nov 19 | Nov 20 |
2nd Hand | Nov 21 | Nov 22 | Nov 23 | Nov 24 | Nov 25 |
3rd Hand | Nov 26 | Nov 27 | Nov 28 | Nov 29 | Nov 30 |
4th Hand | Dec 1 | Dec 2 | Dec 3 | Dec 4 | Dec 5 |
5th Hand | Dec 6 | Dec 7 | Dec 8 | Dec 9 | Dec 10 |
9th Passage | Dec 11 | Dec 12 | Dec 13 | Dec 14 | Dec 15 |
Se'Var(tenth month or Second Resting)
1st Hand | Dec 16 | Dec 17 | Dec 18 | Dec 19 | Dec 20 |
2nd Hand | Dec 21 | Dec 22 | Dec 23 | Dec 24 | Dec 25 |
3rd Hand | Dec 26 | Dec 27 | Dec 28 | Dec 29 | Dec 30 |
4th Hand | Dec 31 | Jan 1 | Jan 2 | Jan 3 | Jan 4 |
5th Hand | Jan 5 | Jan 6 | Jan 7 | Jan 8 | Jan 9 |
10th Passage | Jan 10 | Jan 11 | Jan 12 | Jan 13 | Jan 14 |
Eleventh Month
1st Hand | Jan 15 | Jan 16 | Jan 17 | Jan 18 | Jan 19 |
2nd Hand | Jan 20 | Jan 21 | Jan 22 | Jan 23 | Jan 24 |
3rd Hand | Jan 25 | Jan 26 | Jan 27 | Jan 28 | Jan 29 |
4th Hand | Jan 30 | Jan 31 | Feb 1 | Feb 2 | Feb 3 |
5th Hand | Feb 4 | Feb 5 | Feb 6 | Feb 7 | Feb 8 |
11th Passage | Feb 9 | Feb 10 | Feb 11 | Feb 12 | Feb 13 |
Twelvfth Month
1st Hand | Feb 14 | Feb 15 | Feb 16 | Feb 17 | Feb 18 |
2nd Hand | Feb 19 | Feb 20 | Feb 21 | Feb 22 | Feb 23 |
3rd Hand | Feb 24 | Feb 25 | Feb 26 | Feb 27 | Feb 28 |
4th Hand | Mar 1 | Mar 2 | Mar 3 | Mar 4 | Mar 5 |
5th Hand | Mar 6 | Mar 7 | Mar 8 | Mar 9 | Mar 10 |
12th Passage | Mar 11 | Mar 12 | Mar 13 | Mar 14 | Mar 15 |
The waiting hand is Mar 16 - 20th.
Assissan of Gor pgs 78, 192, 234-235, Outlaw of Gor pgs 178-179, Nomads of Gor pg 11