Septidi
The twelve months of the republican calendar of the French Revolution are each divided into three "decades" of ten days. Septidi is the seventh day of a decade. The 7th, 17th and 27th of each month fall on a Septidi.
Day names
The day names of the Septidi were (like most other day names) agricultural crops. Only in the Nivôse were the days named after minerals and animal substances.
month | 1 re Decade | 2 e decade | 3 e decade | |||
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Vendémiaire | 7th | Carrotes (carrots) | 17th | Citrouille (pumpkin) | 27. | Allspice (clove pepper) |
Brumaire | 7th | Figue (fig) | 17th | Cresson (cress) | 27. | Macjonc (flat pea) |
Frimaire | 7th | Chou-fleur (cauliflower) | 17th | Cyprès (cypress) | 27. | Liège (cork oak) |
Nivôse | 7th | Terre végétale (humus) | 17th | Marne (marl) | 27. | Plomb (lead) |
Pluviôse | 7th | Amadouvier (tinder sponge) | 17th | Lichen | 27. | Noisetier (hazel bush) |
Ventôse | 7th | Alatern (buckthorn) | 17th | Doronic (Gemswurz) | 27. | Sylvie (forest anemone) |
Germinal | 7th | Bouleau (birch) | 17th | Mélèze (larch) | 27. | Lilas (lilacs) |
Floréal | 7th | Muguet (lily of the valley) | 17th | Pimprenelle (Bibernelle) | 27. | Civette (chives) |
Prairial | 7th | Fromental (common oat) | 17th | Sureau (elderberry) | 27. | Verveine (verbena) |
Messidor | 7th | Concombre (cucumber) | 17th | Groseille (currant) | 27. | Aïl (garlic) |
Thermidor | 7th | Armoise (mugwort) | 17th | Lin (flax) | 27. | Colza (rapeseed) |
Fructidor | 7th | Sucrion (winter barley) | 17th | Cardière | 27. | Verge d'or (golden rue) |