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The Mikaeans use a lunar calendar comprised of 216 24-hour days. A Mikaean year is divided into nine 24-day months based on the 24-day lunar cycle of their nearest moon, Furystasun. Though the lunar calendar lines up with the 216 day orbit of the Mikaean homeworld, the Mikaeans instead prefer the use of the moon due to its religious significance. Due to the prevalence of hostile predatory wildlife on their homeworld, the Mikaeans would conduct important religious events during the night within their heavily-fortified circular dwellings, using the phases of their moons as a method of timekeeping. The Mikaean calendar is divided into two eras − Old Time (OT) and New Tide (NT) − with the point of separation being the development of interstellar travel in OT 1, and the arrival of the first unmanned probe in Gliese 687 in NT 1 (1798 CE). One year on Hyrdpryde is equal to about 0.6 years on Earth. At present, the Mikaean calendar spans 5,690 local years, or about 3,368 Earth years; there are 5,312 years under Old Tide, and 378 years under New Tide. The current year on Hyrdpryde is '''NT 378''' (2022 CE).