Julian calendar irregular years, this extra-long year was, and is, referred to as the "last year of confusion". The new calendar began operation after the realignment had been completed, in 45 BC. The Julian months were formed by adding ten days to a regular pre-Julian Roman year of 355 days, creating a regular Julian year of 365 days. Two extra days were added to January, Sextilis (August) and December, and one extra day was added to April, June, September and November. February was not changed in ordinary years, and so continued to be the traditional 28 days. Thus, the ordinary (i.e., non-leap
Middle-earth calendar our own (Gregorian). It has a week of seven days. The calendar year has 365 days (except in leap-years), and twelve months ("astar"): ten with 30 days and two with 31. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, the King's Reckoning has some days outside the months. These special monthless days, a feature borrowed from Elvish Calendars, were generally holidays. Two of these special days were the pair which book-ends the year; thus, in the King's Reckoning, the last month of the year is followed by "mettarë", the last day of the year; this is then followed "yestarë", New Year's Day, which is