;Cal. Shire
;The Shire Calendar was a calendar used in J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth by the Hobbits of Shire
;Year 1 of the Shire Calendar corresponded when the Shire was founded by the Bree Hobbits Marcho and Blanco in the year 1601 of the Third Age
;Year 1937 AD = Year 7401 SR {n}

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COMMENT=Updated April 5, 2009 \nSR = Shire-Reckoning


01.1.-10Dy =>Shire Calendar New Year (2 Yule #-5465 SR)
01.1.-10Dy =2 Yule #-5465 SR (Shire Calendar, 1st day of the year)
01.1.-9Dy  =1 Afteryule #-5465 SR (Shire Calendar)  ;Note=1st month, 30d

22.12. =>Shire Calendar New Year (2 Yule #-5465 SR)
22.12. =2 Yule #-5465 SR (Shire Calendar, 1st day of the year)
23.12. =1 Afteryule #-5465 SR (Shire Calendar)      ;Note=1st month, 30d, Frery in Bree
22.1.  =1 Solmath #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)        ;Note=2nd month, 30d
21.2.  =1 Rethe #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)          ;Note=3th month, 30d
28.2.+23Dy  =1 Astron #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)    ;Note=4th month, 30d, Chithing in Bree
28.2.+53Dy  =1 Thrimidge #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar) ;Note=5th month, 30d
28.2.+83Dy  =1 Forelithe #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar) ;Note=6th month, 30d, Lithe in Bree
28.2.+113Dy =1st Lithe #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)     ;Note=extra day, 1st Summerday in Bree
28.2.+114Dy =Mid-year's Day #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)   ;Note=extra day, 2nd Summerday in Bree
28.2.%1904,4+115Dy =Overlithe #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar) ;Note=leap day, 3rd Summerday in Bree
23.6.  =2nd Lithe #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)          ;Note=extra day, 3rd/4th Summerday in Bree
24.6.  =1 Afterlithe #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)     ;Note=7th month, 30d, Mede in Bree
24.7.  =1 Wedmath #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)        ;Note=8th month, 30d
23.8.  =1 Halimath #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)       ;Note=9th month, 30d, Harvestmath in Bree
22.9.  =1 Winterfilth #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)    ;Note=10th month, 30d, Wintring in Bree
22.10. =1 Blotmath #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)       ;Note=11th month, 30d, Blooting in Bree
21.11. =1 Foreyule #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar)       ;Note=12th month, 30d, Yulemath in Bree
21.12. =1 Yule #-5464 SR (Shire Calendar, last day of the year)


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;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm
;http://www.thebestlinks.com/Shire_Calendar.html
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_Calendar#Hobbit_Calendar
;Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures, Volume 1, by Jan Gyllenbok, ISBN 978-3-319-57596-4, page 388