Category Archives: Calendar & Festivals

Information on the dwarrow lunar calendar and its festivals

Durin’s Day 2026: Finding the Last Moon of Autumn (… again)

Posted on September 30, 2026 by The Dwarrow Scholar

When is Durin’s Day in 2026? By combining Tolkien’s description with historical seasonal reckoning and modern crescent-visibility calculations, this article rebuilds the question from the ground up and arrives at a Dwarvish New Year of 13 October 2026. It also introduces the new interactive Dwarvish Calendar and tests the same reconstruction against Tolkien’s own 19 October date for the Quest of Erebor. Continue reading →

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Is Durin’s Day upon us ?

Posted on September 22, 2013 by The Dwarrow Scholar

UPDATE 2026: The interpretation of Durin’s Day presented in this article has been superseded.When I wrote this in 2013, I treated the Dwarvish New Year and Durin’s Day as two separate dates, with Durin’s Day following roughly two days after … Continue reading →

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Dwarven Astronomy

Posted on October 26, 2012 by The Dwarrow Scholar

With Durin’s day recently, I had the idea to make an article on astronomy from a dwarven viewpoint, hence this post… . It turned out to take quite a bit longer to research that I had though initially, which is … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year… on October 15th!?!

Posted on October 13, 2012 by The Dwarrow Scholar

UPDATE 2026: The Durin’s Day calculation in this article is outdated.My interpretation of the Dwarvish New Year and Durin’s Day has changed considerably since this was written in 2012. In particular, the current reconstruction no longer determines the date directly … Continue reading →

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Dwarven Festivals

Posted on April 27, 2012 by The Dwarrow Scholar

Expansion on the post “Dwarrow Calendar”   Details on the more well known festivals: Muhudtuzakhmerag (“Blessed Green Fest” or “Spring Fest”), a dwarrow spring-festival traditionally held from the 1st till the 20th on the 6th Month of the Dwarrow calendar … Continue reading →

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The Dwarrow Calendar

Posted on April 27, 2012 by The Dwarrow Scholar

UPDATE 2026: This article contains outdated calendar information.This post represents a very early stage of my Dwarvish Calendar reconstruction. Since it was written, the calendar itself, its month reckoning, Dwarvish Reckoning year count, terminology and the method used to determine … Continue reading →

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