The Years of Anharos (originally Years of the Sun) is a dating system followed in the Kingdom of Evenhold and much of middle Addar that begins shortly after the victory of King Anharos and the Alaxaran gods over the Great Old Ones in the Great Battle of Darkness 1,200 years ago. Years since that point are identified as YA, while years before it are identified as BA (before Anharos). For example, Anharos lived from 36 BA to 49 YA.
Anharos decreed the start of the new reckoning as one of his earliest official acts as the first king of the united Kingdom of Evenhold, naming it the "Years of the Sun" in honor of the sun-god Alaxar. However, following the death of Anharos in 49 YA it became more commonly identified with the name of the beloved king.
The dating system reset the year but otherwise kept the same 6-days-per-week, 61-weeks-per-year arrangement (the Ovidoric calendar) already in use in Aevinn.
Other uses
"The Years of Anharos" may also refer to the historical period from 1 YA to 201 YA when the House of Anharos — the king or his lineal descendants — ruled the Kingdom of Evenhold. The period ended with the War of the Twins and the rise of the Council of Twelve.
