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Persona 3 FES Calendar

Calendar Moon Cycle as seen in Persona 3 FES.

Below is the calendar followed in Persona 3, Persona 3 FES, Persona 3 Portable and Persona 3 Reload. It serves as a major mechanic in the Daily Life system.

Calendar[]

Persona 3 / FES / Portable / Reload (Male protagonist)[]

P3RE Calendar

The calendar in Persona 3 Reload.

The calendar in Persona 3 is based on the 2009 and 2010 Calendar. This section covers specifically the male protagonist's calendar.

The protagonist is usually free during his daily life and will instead be occupied during the Dark Hour. The protagonist is unable to visit Tartarus if neither Mitsuru Kirijo or Akihiko Sanada are present on the mission. The protagonist cannot go to Tartarus days before and during exams as well. However, in Persona 3 Reload, you can go to Tartarus before exams.

On days without school, activities within the dorm during the daytime will use up the entire day, but it's possible to exit the dorms, as any activities outside will only take up half the day. However, in Reload this was changed as the protagonist can now enter the dorm freely without time passing. The protagonist is allowed to roam anywhere during the evening, as well as be granted the option to visit Tartarus should availability be present.

The Moon Phase System is used as a marker for major events, with each Full Moon night leading to a boss battle event. New Moons and Full Moons give attack bonuses to specific skills.

While investigating Tartarus, S.E.E.S need to finish exploring the current block in order to fight the Full Moon Arcana Shadows to progress the game's story. The protagonist will usually not be able to go out during Full Moon battles, instead saving his energy for the fight which will consume the entire day until the Dark Hour.

Persona 3 FES introduces the Answer, which is set inside Iwatodai Dorm in the Abyss of Time all in the same day while traveling between back in time on 2009. The Answer does not feature the Moon cycle featured in the Journey.

  • Moon Phase Symbols:
    • P3 Moon 1 Full
    • P3 Moon 9 New
    • P3 Moon 14 / P3 Moon 5 Half

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 W - - -
2 Th - - -
3 F - - -
4 Sa - - -
5 Su - P3 Moon 6 × × ×
6 M - P3 Moon 6 × × ×
7 Tu Protagonist moves in Iwatodai Dorms. P3 Moon 7 × × ×
8 W First Day of School at Gekkoukan High School P3 Moon 8 × × ×
9 Th First battle against the Full Moon Arcana Magician Shadow + Battle Tutorial. P3 Moon 1 × × ×
10 F - P3 Moon 10 × × ×
11 Sa - P3 Moon 10 × × ×
12 Su - P3 Moon 11 × × ×
13 M - P3 Moon 11 × × ×
14 Tu - P3 Moon 12 × × ×
15 W - P3 Moon 12 × × ×
16 Th - P3 Moon 13 × × ×
17 F Protagonist wakes up from the hospital. P3 Moon 13 × × ×
18 Sa Protagonist joins S.E.E.S (Fool Arcana Social Link unlocked) P3 Moon 14 × × ×
19 Su Junpei joins S.E.E.S P3 Moon 15 × × ×
20 M First visit to Tartarus P3 Moon 15 × ×
21 Tu Police Station is unlocked P3 Moon 16
22 W - P3 Moon 16
23 Th - P3 Moon 17
24 F - P3 Moon 17
25 Sa - P3 Moon 9
26 Su - P3 Moon 2
27 M - P3 Moon 2
28 Tu - P3 Moon 3
29 W - P3 Moon 3 ×
30 Th Elizabeth's Requests are unlocked P3 Moon 3

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 F Shinjiro is first personally met during This date P3 Moon 4 ×
2 Sa - P3 Moon 5
3 Su - P3 Moon 6
4 M - P3 Moon 6
5 Tu - P3 Moon 7 ×
6 W Protagonist is invited to join the Student Council P3 Moon 7
7 Th - P3 Moon 7
8 F - P3 Moon 8
9 Sa Full Moon Arcana Priestess Shadow Operation P3 Moon 1 × ×
10 Su Arqa Block opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 10
11 M - P3 Moon 11
12 Tu - P3 Moon 12
13 W - P3 Moon 11
14 Th - P3 Moon 12
15 F - P3 Moon 13 ×
16 Sa - P3 Moon 13 ×
17 Su - P3 Moon 14
18 M Mid-term exams P3 Moon 15 × × ×
19 Tu Mid-term exams P3 Moon 15 × × ×
20 W Mid-term exams P3 Moon 16 × × ×
21 Th Mid-term exams P3 Moon 16 × × ×
22 F Mid-term exams P3 Moon 17 × × ×
23 Sa Mid-term exams + Akihiko will now fight alongside you. P3 Moon 17
24 Su - P3 Moon 9
25 M - P3 Moon 2 ×
26 Tu - P3 Moon 2
27 W - P3 Moon 3
28 Th - P3 Moon 3
29 F - P3 Moon 4
30 Sa - P3 Moon 4
31 Su - P3 Moon 5

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 M - P3 Moon 5 ×
2 Tu - P3 Moon 6
3 W - P3 Moon 6
4 Th - P3 Moon 7
5 F - P3 Moon 7
6 Sa S.E.E.S investigate the rumored ghost story P3 Moon 8
7 Su - P3 Moon 8
8 M Full Moon Arcana Emperor and Empress Shadow Operation P3 Moon 1 × ×
9 Tu Shinshoudo Antiques is unlocked P3 Moon 10 ×
10 W - P3 Moon 10 ×
11 Th
  • Fuuka officially joins S.E.E.S
  • Mitsuru will now fight alongside you.
P3 Moon 11 ×
12 F Death Arcana Social Link unlocked P3 Moon 11 ×
13 Sa Arqa Block Section 2 opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 12
14 Su - P3 Moon 12
15 M - P3 Moon 13
16 Tu - P3 Moon 14
17 W - P3 Moon 15
18 Th - P3 Moon 16
19 F - P3 Moon 16
20 Sa Koromaru is first met P3 Moon 16 ×
21 Su - P3 Moon 17 ×
22 M Strega appear during the Dark Hour P3 Moon 17
23 Tu - P3 Moon 9
24 W - P3 Moon 2
25 Th - P3 Moon 2
26 F - P3 Moon 3
27 Sa - P3 Moon 3
28 Su - P3 Moon 4 ×
29 M - P3 Moon 4
30 Tu - P3 Moon 5

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 W - P3 Moon 6 ×
2 Th - P3 Moon 6
3 F - P3 Moon 7
4 Sa - P3 Moon 7
5 Su - P3 Moon 8
6 M - P3 Moon 8
7 Tu Full Moon Arcana Hierophant and Lovers Shadows Operation P3 Moon 1 × ×
8 W - P3 Moon 10 ×
9 Th Yabbashah Block opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 11
10 F - P3 Moon 11
11 Sa - P3 Moon 12 ×
12 Su - P3 Moon 12 ×
13 M - P3 Moon 13 ×
14 Tu Finals P3 Moon 13 × × ×
15 W Finals P3 Moon 14 × × ×
16 Th Finals P3 Moon 15 × × ×
17 F Finals P3 Moon 15 × × ×
18 Sa Finals P3 Moon 16 ×
19 Su - P3 Moon 16 ×
20 M Yakushima Vacation P3 Moon 17 × ×
21 Tu Yakushima Vacation + Aigis joins SEES P3 Moon 17 × × ×
22 W Yakushima Vacation P3 Moon 9 × × ×
23 Th Yakushima Vacation P3 Moon 2 × ×
24 F - P3 Moon 2
25 Sa - P3 Moon 3
26 Su Summer Holidays begin P3 Moon 3
27 M Kendo / Swim training P3 Moon 4 ×
28 Tu Kendo / Swim training P3 Moon 4 ×
29 W Kendo / Swim training + Koromaru summons Cerberus P3 Moon 5 × ×
30 Th Kendo / Swim training P3 Moon 6 ×
31 F Kendo / Swim training P3 Moon 6 ×

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Sa Kendo / Swim training P3 Moon 6 ×
2 Su Kendo / Swim tournament P3 Moon 7 × ×
3 M - P3 Moon 7 ×
4 Tu - P3 Moon 7 ×
5 W - P3 Moon 8 × ×
6 Th Full Moon Arcana Justice & Chariot Shadows Operation + Strega encounter for the first time P3 Moon 1 × ×
7 F - P3 Moon 10 ×
8 Sa Yabbashah Block Section 2 opens in Tartarus + Koromaru joins SEES P3 Moon 10
9 Su - P3 Moon 12
10 M Summer Classes P3 Moon 12 × × ×
11 Tu Summer Classes P3 Moon 12 × × ×
12 W Summer Classes P3 Moon 13 × × ×
13 Th Summer Classes P3 Moon 13 × × ×
14 F Summer Classes P3 Moon 14 × × ×
15 Sa Summer Classes P3 Moon 15 ×
16 Su Summer Festival P3 Moon 15 ×
17 M - P3 Moon 16
18 Tu - P3 Moon 16
19 W Film Festival P3 Moon 17
20 Th Junpei meets Chidori P3 Moon 9
21 F Film Festival P3 Moon 2
22 Sa Film Festival P3 Moon 2
23 Su Film Festival P3 Moon 3
24 M Film Festival P3 Moon 3
25 Tu Film Festival P3 Moon 4
26 W Film Festival P3 Moon 4
27 Th Film Festival P3 Moon 5
28 F Film Festival + Ken joins SEES P3 Moon 6
29 Sa Film Festival P3 Moon 6
30 Su Film Festival P3 Moon 7
31 M Film Festival P3 Moon 7

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Tu Summer Holidays End P3 Moon 7
2 W Shinjiro joins SEES P3 Moon 8 ×
3 Th - P3 Moon 8
4 F - P3 Moon 8
5 Sa Full Moon Arcana Hermit Shadow Operation P3 Moon 1 × ×
6 Su Chidori is transported to a Hospital P3 Moon 10 ×
7 M - P3 Moon 10 ×
8 Tu - P3 Moon 11 ×
9 W - P3 Moon 11 ×
10 Th Tziah Block opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 12
11 F - P3 Moon 12
12 Sa - P3 Moon 13
13 Su - P3 Moon 14
14 M - P3 Moon 15
15 Tu - P3 Moon 15
16 W - P3 Moon 16
17 Th - P3 Moon 16
18 F Typhoon P3 Moon 17 × × ×
19 Sa Typhoon P3 Moon 9 × × ×
20 Su Typhoon P3 Moon 2 × × ×
21 M Elder Respect Day (holiday) P3 Moon 2
22 Tu National Holiday P3 Moon 3
23 W Autumn Equinox (holiday) P3 Moon 3
24 Th - P3 Moon 4
25 F - P3 Moon 4
26 Sa - P3 Moon 5
27 Su - P3 Moon 6
28 M - P3 Moon 6
29 Tu - P3 Moon 6
30 W - P3 Moon 7

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Th - P3 Moon 7
2 F - P3 Moon 7
3 Sa - P3 Moon 8
4 Su Full Moon Arcana Fortune & Strength Shadow operation[1] P3 Moon 1 × ×
5 M Akihiko awakens Caesar after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 10 × ×
6 Tu P3 Moon 11 ×
7 W - P3 Moon 11
8 Th - P3 Moon 12
9 F - P3 Moon 12
10 Sa - P3 Moon 13
11 Su - P3 Moon 14
12 M Health & Sports Day (holiday) P3 Moon 15 ×
13 Tu Mid-term exams P3 Moon 15 × × ×
14 W Mid-term exams P3 Moon 16 × × ×
15 Th Mid-term exams P3 Moon 16 × × ×
16 F Mid-term exams P3 Moon 17 × × ×
17 Sa Mid-term exams P3 Moon 17
18 Su - P3 Moon 9
19 M - P3 Moon 2
20 Tu Fuuka awakens Juno after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 2
21 W - P3 Moon 3
22 Th - P3 Moon 3
23 F - P3 Moon 4
24 Sa - P3 Moon 4
25 Su - P3 Moon 5
26 M - P3 Moon 6
27 Tu - P3 Moon 6
28 W - P3 Moon 6
29 Th - P3 Moon 7
30 F - P3 Moon 7
31 Sa - P3 Moon 7
  • [1]Ken confronts Shinjiro. Strega members murder Shinjiro after protecting Ken.

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Su - P3 Moon 8
2 M - P3 Moon 8
3 Tu Last Full Moon Arcana Hanged Man Shadow Operation + Strega fight encounter P3 Moon 1 × ×
4 W P3 Moon 10 × × ×
5 Th Yukari awakens Isis after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 11 × ×
6 F Harabah Block opens in Tartarus[3] P3 Moon 11
7 Sa - P3 Moon 12
8 Su - P3 Moon 12
9 M Ryoji transfers to Gekkoukan High P3 Moon 12
10 Tu - P3 Moon 13
11 W - [3] P3 Moon 14
12 Th - P3 Moon 15
13 F - P3 Moon 15
14 Sa - [3] P3 Moon 16
15 Su - P3 Moon 16
16 M - P3 Moon 17
17 Tu Kyoto School Trip P3 Moon 9 × ×
18 W Kyoto School Trip + Mitsuru awakens Artemisia after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 2 × ×
19 Th Kyoto School Trip P3 Moon 2 × ×
20 F Kyoto School Trip P3 Moon 3 × ×
21 Sa - P3 Moon 3
22 Su
  • The Day Chidori dies.[3]
  • Junpei awakens Trismegistus after deciding to face forward
P3 Moon 4
23 M Labor Thanksgiving Day (holiday) P3 Moon 4
24 Tu Career Experience P3 Moon 5 × × ×
25 W Career Experience P3 Moon 6 × × ×
26 Th Career Experience P3 Moon 6 × × ×
27 F Career Experience P3 Moon 6 ×
28 Sa - P3 Moon 7
29 Su - P3 Moon 7
30 M - P3 Moon 7 ×
  • [2]Shuji Ikutsuki reveals the truth behind the Shadow Arcanas and the Dark Hour.
    • Ikutsuki "dies" after giving up on his dream.
  • [3]Day to talk to Junpei about visiting Chidori by encouraging him in order to revive her. If talking to Junpei while the protagonist haves the opportunity, Mitsuru will call the Hospital on 11/30 to perform an autopsy.
    • "Go visit her"
    • "Just talk to her"
    • "Don't give up"
    • "There must be something you can do, try it"

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Tu - P3 Moon 8
2 W Full Moon Death appears on the Moonlight Bridge P3 Moon 1 ×
3 Th Ryoji leaves the group P3 Moon 10 × ×
4 F - P3 Moon 11 ×
5 Sa - P3 Moon 11 ×
6 Su - P3 Moon 12 ×
7 M - P3 Moon 12 ×
8 Tu - P3 Moon 13 ×
9 W - P3 Moon 13 ×
10 Th - P3 Moon 14
11 F - P3 Moon 15
12 Sa - P3 Moon 15
13 Su - P3 Moon 16 ×
14 M Finals P3 Moon 16 × × ×
15 Tu Finals P3 Moon 17 × × ×
16 W Finals P3 Moon 9 × × ×
17 Th Finals P3 Moon 2 × × ×
18 F Finals P3 Moon 2 × × ×
19 Sa Finals P3 Moon 3
20 Su - P3 Moon 3
21 M - P3 Moon 4
22 Tu - P3 Moon 4
23 W Emperor's Birthday (holiday) P3 Moon 5
24 Th Christmas Eve event P3 Moon 6
25 F - P3 Moon 6
26 Sa - P3 Moon 6
27 Su Winter Break begins P3 Moon 7
28 M - P3 Moon 7
29 Tu - P3 Moon 7
30 W Aigis awakens Athena after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 8
31 Th P3 Moon 1 × ×
  • [1] You may accept Ryoji's offer to kill him. Doing so results in a bad ending (Game skips to March 3, then March 5)

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 F Adamah Block opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 10 ×
2 Sa - P3 Moon 11
3 Su - P3 Moon 11
4 M - P3 Moon 11
5 Tu - P3 Moon 11
6 W - P3 Moon 12
7 Th - P3 Moon 12
8 F Winter Break ends P3 Moon 12
9 Sa - P3 Moon 14
10 Su - P3 Moon 15
11 M Coming of Age Day (holiday) P3 Moon 15
12 Tu - P3 Moon 16
13 W - P3 Moon 16
14 Th - P3 Moon 17
15 F - P3 Moon 9
16 Sa - P3 Moon 2
17 Su - P3 Moon 2
18 M - P3 Moon 3
19 Tu - P3 Moon 3
20 W - P3 Moon 4
21 Th Chidori is revived.[6] P3 Moon 4
22 F - P3 Moon 5
23 Sa - P3 Moon 6
24 Su - P3 Moon 6
25 M - P3 Moon 7
26 Tu - P3 Moon 7
27 W - P3 Moon 7
28 Th - P3 Moon 8
29 F - P3 Moon 8
30 Sa Final chance to max out remaining Social Links P3 Moon 8
31 Su P3 Moon 1
  • [6]Must have talked to Junpei during the corresponding days on November (Persona 3 FES only).
  • [7]Game forcefully locks the party in Tartarus although the Velvet Room is still accessible. Once the party enters the Tartarus, no service other than the Velvet Room will be accessible and no Social Links may be proceeded.
    • Last day of game.

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 M - P3 Moon 10 -
2 Tu - P3 Moon 11 -
3 W - P3 Moon 11 -
4 Th - P3 Moon 12 -
5 F - P3 Moon 12 -
6 Sa - P3 Moon 13 -
7 Su - P3 Moon 14 -
8 M - P3 Moon 15 -
9 Tu - P3 Moon 15 -
10 W - P3 Moon 16 -
11 Th - P3 Moon 16 -
12 F - P3 Moon 17 -
13 Sa - P3 Moon 17 -
14 Su - P3 Moon 9 -
15 M - P3 Moon 2 -
16 Tu - P3 Moon 2 -
17 W - P3 Moon 3 -
18 Th - P3 Moon 3 -
19 F - P3 Moon 4 -
20 Sa - P3 Moon 4 -
21 Su - P3 Moon 5 -
22 M - P3 Moon 6 -
23 Tu - P3 Moon 6 -
24 W - P3 Moon 7 -
25 Th - P3 Moon 7 -
26 F - P3 Moon 7 -
27 Sa - P3 Moon 8 -
28 Su - P3 Moon 1 -

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 M - P3 Moon 10 -
2 Tu - P3 Moon 10 -
3 W Saying goodbye to friends P3 Moon 11 -
4 Th Saying goodbye to friends P3 Moon 11 -
5 F Graduation Day[4] P3 Moon 12 -
6 Sa - P3 Moon 12 -
7 Su - P3 Moon 13 -
8 M - P3 Moon 14 -
9 Tu - P3 Moon 15 -
10 W - P3 Moon 15 -
11 Th - P3 Moon 16 -
12 F - P3 Moon 16 -
13 Sa - P3 Moon 16 -
14 Su - P3 Moon 17 -
15 M - P3 Moon 17 -
16 Tu - P3 Moon 9 -
17 W - P3 Moon 2 -
18 Th - P3 Moon 2 -
19 F - P3 Moon 3 -
20 Sa - P3 Moon 3 -
21 Su - P3 Moon 4 -
22 M - P3 Moon 4 -
23 Tu - P3 Moon 5 -
24 W - P3 Moon 6 -
25 Th - P3 Moon 6 -
26 F - P3 Moon 7 -
27 Sa - P3 Moon 7 -
28 Su - P3 Moon 8 -
29 M - P3 Moon 8 -
30 Tu - P3 Moon 1 -
31 W P3 Moon 2 -
  • Note: The Moon calendar is based on the in-game calendar despite the final in-game day being March 5, the Moon cycle is still present on the calendar.
  • [4]The day SEES promised to meet at the roof of Gekkoukan High after defeating Nyx.
    • The day the protagonist dies upon performing the Great Seal.
  • [5]Metis joins SEES as they travel The Abyss of Time.
  • [6]SEES travel across time they have already experienced.

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Th SEES Disbands after completing their goal and move out the Dorm. - -
2 F - - -
3 Sa - - -
4 Su - - -
5 M - - -
6 Tu - - -
7 W - - -
8 Th - - -
9 F - - -
10 Sa - - -
11 Su - - -
12 M - - -
13 Tu - - -
14 W - - -
15 Th - - -
16 F - - -
17 Sa - - -
18 Su - - -
19 M - - -
20 Tu - - -
21 W - - -
22 Th - - -
23 F - - -
24 Sa - - -
25 Su - - -
26 M - - -
27 Tu - - -
28 W - - -
29 Th - - -
30 F - - -

Persona 3 Portable (Female protagonist)[]

Persona 3 Portable features the female protagonist and a retelling of the Journey from her perspective. With the exception of the Answer and some minor story changes, Portable stays close to the original game.

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 W - - -
2 Th - - -
3 F - - -
4 Sa - - -
5 Su - P3 Moon 6 × × ×
6 M The protagonist moves into the Iwatodai Dorm P3 Moon 6 × × ×
7 Tu First day of school at Gekkoukan High School P3 Moon 7 × × ×
8 W The protagonist obtains the Velvet Key P3 Moon 8 × × ×
9 Th First battle against the Full Moon Arcana Magician Shadow + Battle Tutorial P3 Moon 1 × × ×
10 F - P3 Moon 10 × × ×
11 Sa - P3 Moon 10 × × ×
12 Su - P3 Moon 11 × × ×
13 M - P3 Moon 11 × × ×
14 Tu - P3 Moon 12 × × ×
15 W - P3 Moon 12 × × ×
16 Th - P3 Moon 13 × × ×
17 F - P3 Moon 13 × × ×
18 Sa - P3 Moon 14 × × ×
19 Su The protagonist wakes up in the hospital P3 Moon 15 × × ×
20 M The protagonist joins S.E.E.S (Fool Arcana Social Link unlocked) P3 Moon 15 × × ×
21 Tu Junpei Iori joins S.E.E.S + First visit to Tartarus P3 Moon 16 × ×
22 W Police Station is unlocked P3 Moon 16
23 Th - P3 Moon 17
24 F - P3 Moon 17
25 Sa - P3 Moon 9
26 Su - P3 Moon 2
27 M The protagonist is invited to join the Student Council P3 Moon 2
28 Tu - P3 Moon 3
29 W - P3 Moon 3 ×
30 Th Elizabeth/Theodore's Requests are unlocked P3 Moon 3

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 F Shinjiro Aragaki is introduced P3 Moon 4 ×
2 Sa - P3 Moon 5
3 Su - P3 Moon 6
4 M - P3 Moon 6
5 Tu - P3 Moon 7 ×
6 W - P3 Moon 7
7 Th - P3 Moon 7
8 F - P3 Moon 8
9 Sa Full Moon Arcana Priestess Shadow Operation P3 Moon 1 × ×
10 Su Arqa Block opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 10
11 M - P3 Moon 11
12 Tu - P3 Moon 12
13 W - P3 Moon 11
14 Th - P3 Moon 12
15 F - P3 Moon 13 ×
16 Sa - P3 Moon 13 ×
17 Su - P3 Moon 14
18 M Mid-term exams P3 Moon 15 × × ×
19 Tu Mid-term exams P3 Moon 15 × × ×
20 W Mid-term exams P3 Moon 16 × × ×
21 Th Mid-term exams P3 Moon 16 × × ×
22 F Mid-term exams P3 Moon 17 × × ×
23 Sa Mid-term exams P3 Moon 17
24 Su - P3 Moon 9
25 M - P3 Moon 2 ×
26 Tu Akihiko Sanada joins the party P3 Moon 2
27 W - P3 Moon 3
28 Th - P3 Moon 3
29 F - P3 Moon 4
30 Sa - P3 Moon 4
31 Su - P3 Moon 5

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 M - P3 Moon 5 ×
2 Tu - P3 Moon 6
3 W - P3 Moon 6
4 Th - P3 Moon 7
5 F - P3 Moon 7
6 Sa S.E.E.S investigates the rumored ghost story P3 Moon 8
7 Su - P3 Moon 8
8 M Full Moon Arcana Emperor and Empress Shadow Operation P3 Moon 1 × ×
9 Tu Shinshoudo Antiques is unlocked P3 Moon 10 ×
10 W - P3 Moon 10 ×
11 Th Fuuka Yamagishi officially joins S.E.E.S P3 Moon 11 ×
12 F Death Arcana Social Link unlocked P3 Moon 11 ×
13 Sa Arqa Block Section 2 opens in Tartarus + Mitsuru Kirijo becomes a front-line fighter P3 Moon 12
14 Su - P3 Moon 12
15 M - P3 Moon 13
16 Tu - P3 Moon 14
17 W - P3 Moon 15
18 Th - P3 Moon 16
19 F - P3 Moon 16
20 Sa Koromaru is introduced P3 Moon 16 ×
21 Su - P3 Moon 17
22 M Strega appears during the Dark Hour P3 Moon 17
23 Tu - P3 Moon 9
24 W - P3 Moon 2
25 Th - P3 Moon 2
26 F - P3 Moon 3
27 Sa - P3 Moon 3
28 Su - P3 Moon 4 ×
29 M - P3 Moon 4
30 Tu - P3 Moon 5

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 W - P3 Moon 6 ×
2 Th - P3 Moon 6
3 F - P3 Moon 7
4 Sa - P3 Moon 7
5 Su - P3 Moon 8
6 M - P3 Moon 8
7 Tu Full Moon Arcana Hierophant and Lovers Shadows Operation P3 Moon 1 × ×
8 W - P3 Moon 10 ×
9 Th Yabbashah Block opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 11
10 F - P3 Moon 11
11 Sa - P3 Moon 12 ×
12 Su - P3 Moon 12 ×
13 M - P3 Moon 13 ×
14 Tu Finals P3 Moon 13 × × ×
15 W Finals P3 Moon 14 × × ×
16 Th Finals P3 Moon 15 × × ×
17 F Finals P3 Moon 15 × × ×
18 Sa Finals P3 Moon 16 ×
19 Su - P3 Moon 16 ×
20 M Yakushima Vacation P3 Moon 17 × ×
21 Tu Yakushima Vacation + Aigis joins S.E.E.S P3 Moon 17 × × ×
22 W Yakushima Vacation P3 Moon 9 × × ×
23 Th Yakushima Vacation P3 Moon 2 × ×
24 F - P3 Moon 2
25 Sa - P3 Moon 3
26 Su - P3 Moon 3
27 M Volleyball / Tennis training P3 Moon 4 ×
28 Tu Volleyball / Tennis training P3 Moon 4 ×
29 W Volleyball / Tennis training + Koromaru summons Cerberus P3 Moon 5 × ×
30 Th Volleyball / Tennis training P3 Moon 6 ×
31 F Volleyball / Tennis training P3 Moon 6 ×

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Sa Training camp at Yasoinaba P3 Moon 6 × × ×
2 Su Training camp at Yasoinaba P3 Moon 7 × ×
3 M - P3 Moon 7 ×
4 Tu - P3 Moon 7 ×
5 W - P3 Moon 8 × ×
6 Th Full Moon Arcana Justice & Chariot Shadows Operation + Strega encountered for the first time P3 Moon 1 × ×
7 F - P3 Moon 10 ×
8 Sa Yabbashah Block Section 2 opens in Tartarus + Koromaru joins S.E.E.S P3 Moon 10
9 Su - P3 Moon 12
10 M Summer Classes P3 Moon 12 × × ×
11 Tu Summer Classes P3 Moon 12 × × ×
12 W Summer Classes P3 Moon 13 × × ×
13 Th Summer Classes P3 Moon 13 × × ×
14 F Summer Classes P3 Moon 14 × × ×
15 Sa Summer Classes P3 Moon 15 ×
16 Su Summer Festival P3 Moon 15 ×
17 M - P3 Moon 16
18 Tu - P3 Moon 16
19 W Film Festival P3 Moon 17
20 Th Junpei meets Chidori Yoshino P3 Moon 9
21 F Film Festival P3 Moon 2
22 Sa Film Festival P3 Moon 2
23 Su Film Festival P3 Moon 3
24 M Film Festival P3 Moon 3
25 Tu Film Festival P3 Moon 4
26 W Film Festival P3 Moon 4
27 Th Film Festival P3 Moon 5
28 F Film Festival + Ken Amada joins S.E.E.S P3 Moon 6
29 Sa Film Festival P3 Moon 6
30 Su Film Festival P3 Moon 7
31 M Film Festival P3 Moon 7

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Tu - P3 Moon 7
2 W Shinjiro joins S.E.E.S P3 Moon 8
3 Th - P3 Moon 8
4 F - P3 Moon 8
5 Sa Full Moon Arcana Hermit Shadow Operation P3 Moon 1 × ×
6 Su Chidori is transported to a hospital P3 Moon 10 ×
7 M Moon Arcana Social Link unlocked P3 Moon 10 ×
8 Tu - P3 Moon 11 ×
9 W - P3 Moon 11 ×
10 Th Tziah Block opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 12
11 F - P3 Moon 12
12 Sa - P3 Moon 13
13 Su - P3 Moon 14
14 M - P3 Moon 15
15 Tu - P3 Moon 15
16 W - P3 Moon 16
17 Th - P3 Moon 16
18 F Typhoon P3 Moon 17 × × ×
19 Sa Typhoon P3 Moon 9 × × ×
20 Su Typhoon P3 Moon 2 × × ×
21 M - P3 Moon 2
22 Tu - P3 Moon 3
23 W - P3 Moon 3
24 Th - P3 Moon 4
25 F - P3 Moon 4
26 Sa - P3 Moon 5
27 Su - P3 Moon 6
28 M - P3 Moon 6
29 Tu - P3 Moon 6
30 W - P3 Moon 7

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Th - P3 Moon 7
2 F - P3 Moon 7
3 Sa - P3 Moon 8
4 Su Full Moon Arcana Fortune & Strength Shadow operation[1][2] P3 Moon 1 × ×
5 M
  • Shinjiro falls into a coma
  • Akihiko awakens Caesar after deciding to face forward
P3 Moon 10 ×
6 Tu P3 Moon 11 × ×
7 W - P3 Moon 11
8 Th - P3 Moon 12
9 F - P3 Moon 12
10 Sa - P3 Moon 13
11 Su - P3 Moon 14
12 M - P3 Moon 15 ×
13 Tu Mid-term exams P3 Moon 15 × × ×
14 W Mid-term exams P3 Moon 16 × × ×
15 Th Mid-term exams P3 Moon 16 × × ×
16 F Mid-term exams P3 Moon 17 × × ×
17 Sa Mid-term exams P3 Moon 17
18 Su - P3 Moon 9
19 M - P3 Moon 2
20 Tu Fuuka awakens Juno after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 2
21 W - P3 Moon 3
22 Th - P3 Moon 3
23 F - P3 Moon 4
24 Sa - P3 Moon 4
25 Su - P3 Moon 5
26 M - P3 Moon 6
27 Tu - P3 Moon 6
28 W - P3 Moon 6
29 Th - P3 Moon 7
30 F - P3 Moon 7
31 Sa - P3 Moon 7
  • [1]Ken confronts Shinjiro.
  • [2]If the female protagonist has given Shinjiro back his pocket watch, the gunshot wound he sustains will put him in a coma. If his pocket watch is not found and returned, he will die.

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Su - P3 Moon 8
2 M - P3 Moon 8
3 Tu Last Full Moon Arcana Hanged Man Shadow Operation + Strega fight encounter P3 Moon 1 × ×
4 W P3 Moon 10 × × ×
5 Th Yukari awakens Isis after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 11 × ×
6 F Harabah Block opens in Tartarus[4] P3 Moon 11
7 Sa - P3 Moon 12
8 Su - P3 Moon 12
9 M Fortune Arcana Social Link unlocked[5] P3 Moon 12
10 Tu - P3 Moon 13
11 W - [4] P3 Moon 14
12 Th - P3 Moon 15
13 F - P3 Moon 15
14 Sa - P3 Moon 16
15 Su - P3 Moon 16
16 M - P3 Moon 17
17 Tu Kyoto School Trip P3 Moon 9 × ×
18 W Kyoto School Trip + Mitsuru awakens Artemisia after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 2 × ×
19 Th Kyoto School Trip P3 Moon 2 × ×
20 F Kyoto School Trip P3 Moon 3 × ×
21 Sa - P3 Moon 3
22 Su
  • Chidori dies[4]
  • Junpei awakens Trismegistus after deciding to face forward
P3 Moon 4
23 M - P3 Moon 4
24 Tu Career Experience P3 Moon 5 × × ×
25 W Career Experience P3 Moon 6 × × ×
26 Th Career Experience P3 Moon 6 × × ×
27 F Career Experience P3 Moon 6 ×
28 Sa - P3 Moon 7
29 Su - P3 Moon 7
30 M - P3 Moon 7 ×
  • [3]Shuji Ikutsuki reveals the truth behind the Shadow Arcanas and the Dark Hour.
    • Ikutsuki dies after giving up on his dream.
  • [4]In order to revive Chidori, the female protagonist must talk to Junpei at every given opportunity. If successful, Mitsuru will call the hospital on 11/30 to perform an autopsy on Chidori.
    • "Go visit her"
    • "Just talk to her"
    • "Don't give up"
    • "Help her..."
  • [5]The female protagonist meets Ryoji Mochizuki for the first time at school.

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 Tu Deadline to max the Fortune Social Link P3 Moon 8
2 W Full Moon Death appears on the Moonlight Bridge P3 Moon 1 ×
3 Th - P3 Moon 10 ×
4 F - P3 Moon 11 ×
5 Sa - P3 Moon 11 ×
6 Su - P3 Moon 12 ×
7 M - P3 Moon 12 ×
8 Tu - P3 Moon 13 ×
9 W - P3 Moon 13 ×
10 Th - P3 Moon 14
11 F - P3 Moon 15
12 Sa - P3 Moon 15
13 Su - P3 Moon 16 ×
14 M Finals P3 Moon 16 × × ×
15 Tu Finals P3 Moon 17 × × ×
16 W Finals P3 Moon 9 × × ×
17 Th Finals P3 Moon 2 × × ×
18 F Finals P3 Moon 2 × × ×
19 Sa Finals P3 Moon 3
20 Su - P3 Moon 3
21 M - P3 Moon 4
22 Tu - P3 Moon 4
23 W - P3 Moon 5
24 Th - P3 Moon 6
25 F - P3 Moon 6
26 Sa - P3 Moon 6
27 Su - P3 Moon 7
28 M - P3 Moon 7
29 Tu - P3 Moon 7
30 W Aigis awakens Athena after deciding to face forward P3 Moon 8
31 Th P3 Moon 1 × ×

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 F Adamah Block opens in Tartarus P3 Moon 10 ×
2 Sa - P3 Moon 11
3 Su - P3 Moon 11
4 M - P3 Moon 11
5 Tu - P3 Moon 11
6 W - P3 Moon 12
7 Th - P3 Moon 12
8 F - P3 Moon 12
9 Sa - P3 Moon 14
10 Su - P3 Moon 15
11 M - P3 Moon 15
12 Tu - P3 Moon 16
13 W - P3 Moon 16
14 Th - P3 Moon 17
15 F - P3 Moon 9
16 Sa - P3 Moon 2
17 Su - P3 Moon 2
18 M - P3 Moon 3
19 Tu - P3 Moon 3
20 W - P3 Moon 4
21 Th Chidori is revived[6] P3 Moon 4
22 F - P3 Moon 5
23 Sa - P3 Moon 6
24 Su - P3 Moon 6
25 M - P3 Moon 7
26 Tu - P3 Moon 7
27 W - P3 Moon 7
28 Th - P3 Moon 8
29 F - P3 Moon 8
30 Sa Final chance to max out remaining Social Links P3 Moon 8
31 Su P3 Moon 1
  • [6]Must have talked to Junpei during the corresponding days on November.
  • [7]Game forcefully locks the party in Tartarus although the Velvet Room is still accessible. Once the party enters the Tartarus, no service other than the Velvet Room will be accessible and no Social Links may be proceeded.
    • Last day of game.

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 M - P3 Moon 10 -
2 Tu - P3 Moon 11 -
3 W - P3 Moon 11 -
4 Th - P3 Moon 12 -
5 F - P3 Moon 12 -
6 Sa - P3 Moon 13 -
7 Su - P3 Moon 14 -
8 M - P3 Moon 15 -
9 Tu - P3 Moon 15 -
10 W - P3 Moon 16 -
11 Th - P3 Moon 16 -
12 F - P3 Moon 17 -
13 Sa - P3 Moon 17 -
14 Su - P3 Moon 9 -
15 M - P3 Moon 2 -
16 Tu - P3 Moon 2 -
17 W - P3 Moon 3 -
18 Th - P3 Moon 3 -
19 F - P3 Moon 4 -
20 Sa - P3 Moon 4 -
21 Su - P3 Moon 5 -
22 M - P3 Moon 6 -
23 Tu - P3 Moon 6 -
24 W - P3 Moon 7 -
25 Th - P3 Moon 7 -
26 F - P3 Moon 7 -
27 Sa - P3 Moon 8 -
28 Su - P3 Moon 1 -

Date Week Event Moon Day Time Evening Dark Hour
1 M - P3 Moon 10 -
2 Tu - P3 Moon 10 -
3 W Saying goodbye to friends P3 Moon 11 -
4 Th Saying goodbye to friends P3 Moon 11 -
5 F Graduation Day[8] P3 Moon 12 -
6 Sa - P3 Moon 12 -
7 Su - P3 Moon 13 -
8 M - P3 Moon 14 -
9 Tu - P3 Moon 15 -
10 W - P3 Moon 15 -
11 Th - P3 Moon 16 -
12 F - P3 Moon 16 -
13 Sa - P3 Moon 16 -
14 Su - P3 Moon 17 -
15 M - P3 Moon 17 -
16 Tu - P3 Moon 9 -
17 W - P3 Moon 2 -
18 Th - P3 Moon 2 -
19 F - P3 Moon 3 -
20 Sa - P3 Moon 3 -
21 Su - P3 Moon 4 -
22 M - P3 Moon 4 -
23 Tu - P3 Moon 5 -
24 W - P3 Moon 6 -
25 Th - P3 Moon 6 -
26 F - P3 Moon 7 -
27 Sa - P3 Moon 7 -
28 Su - P3 Moon 8 -
29 M - P3 Moon 8 -
30 Tu - P3 Moon 1 -
31 W - P3 Moon 2 -
  • [8]The day S.E.E.S promised to meet on the roof of Gekkoukan High after defeating Nyx.
    • The day the protagonist dies upon performing the Great Seal.
  • Note: Despite the final playable day being March 5, the rest of the month’s Moon cycle is recorded on the in-game calendar and transcribed here.

Trivia[]

  • In Persona 3 FES, Persona 3 Portable, and Persona 3 Reload, if the protagonist does not venture into Tartarus by 4/30, Mitsuru will force them to go and even stop them from leaving prematurely.

See also[]


Characters
Playable Male protagonist - Female protagonist - Yukari Takeba - Junpei Iori - Akihiko Sanada - Mitsuru Kirijo - Fuuka Yamagishi - Aigis - Koromaru - Ken Amada - Shinjiro Aragaki - Metis
Social Link Kenji Tomochika - Hidetoshi Odagiri - Bunkichi and Mitsuko - Kazushi Miyamoto - Chihiro Fushimi - Isako Toriumi - Keisuke Hiraga - Yuko Nishiwaki - Maiko Oohashi - Pharos - Bebe - President Tanaka - Mutatsu - Mamoru Hayase - Nozomi Suemitsu - Akinari Kamiki - Rio Iwasaki - Saori Hasegawa - Ryoji Mochizuki
Major Igor - Elizabeth - Theodore - Shuji Ikutsuki - Officer Kurosawa - Takaya Sakaki - Jin Shirato - Chidori Yoshino - Takeharu Kirijo - Kouetsu Kirijo - Eiichiro Takeba - Natsuki Moriyama - Nyx - Erebus - Margaret
Minor Kiyoshi Sakuma - Mr. Edogawa - Mr. Ekoda - Ms. Miyahara - Ms. Ounishi - Mrs. Terauchi - Kikuno Saikawa - Yuu Kimijima - Souta Aizawa - Kyouka Sayama
Cameo Yukiko Amagi - Noriko Kashiwagi - Man Drinking Alone
Location
Port Island Gekkoukan High School - Paulownia Mall - Iwatodai Station - Port Island Station - Naganaki Shrine - Dorm - Moonlight Bridge - Velvet Room
Tartarus Blocks: Thebel - Arqa - Yabbashah - Tziah - Harabah - Adamah - Monad Depths
Abyss of Time Malebolge - Cocytus - Caina - Antenora - Ptolomea - Judecca - Empyrean
Other Kyoto - Great Seal
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (JP / US / FES / Portable) - Bonus CD - Burn My Dread -Reincarnation- - Spring of Birth OST - Midsummer Knight's Dream OST - Falling Down OST - Winter Of Rebirth OST - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Burn My Dread" - "Aria of the Soul" - "Want To Be Close" - "When the Moon Reaches for the Stars" - "Iwatodai Dorm" - "Mass Destruction" - "Color Your Night" - "Deep Breath Deep Breath" - "The Meaning of Armbands" - "Deep Mentality" - "It's Going Down Now" - "Changing Seasons" - "Current Net Price Tanaka" - "Battle Hymn of the Soul" - "Kimi no Kioku" - "P3 FES" - "Mass Destruction -P3fes version-" - "Heartful Cry" - "Brand New Days" - "Soul Phrase" - "A Way of Life" - "Time" - "Wiping All Out" - "More Than One Heart" - "Fate is In Our Hands" - "One Single Word" - "One Hand, One Heartbeat" - "One Determination" - "Sound of the Beast" - "Storm for a Butterfly" - "Light in Starless Sky" - "My Testimony" - "Self Redemption"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate) - Persona user - Shadow - Wild Card - Evoker - Attack Properties - Tactics - All-out Attack - Shuffle Time - Dark Hour - Moon Phase System - Full Moon Operations - SEES - Kirijo Group - Nanjo Group - Strega - Artificial Persona user - Suppressants - Apathy Syndrome - The Fall - Death - Who's Who - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R - Plume of Dusk
P3RE: Shift - Theurgy - Combat Characteristics
Lists Arcana - Personas (P3 - FES - P - R) - Shadows - Bosses (P3 - FES) - Skills - Items (Heart Items / Vending Machines) - Status Effects - Elizabeth's Requests - Activities - Calendar - Trophies (Portable / Reload) - Steam Profile Items - Patches and Updates
School Life Daily Life - Seasons - Social Link - Social Stats - Yen - Class - Studying - Movie Theater - Bed - Part-time Jobs - Shrine - Tanaka's Amazing Commodities - Crane Machine - Chagall Café - School Club - Linked Episode - Computer - Refrigerator - Gardening / Books / DVDs / Cooking - Studying - Fortune Telling
Other Media
Games FES - Portable - Reload - Dancing in Moonlight
Productions The Movie - The Movie: Escape from the Dark Hour - the Weird Masquerade: -Ao no Kakusei- / -Gunjou no Meikyuu- / -Souen no Kesshou- / -Ai no Seiyaku- / -Hekikuu no Kanata e- - Persona Stalker Club - 「PERSORA AWARDS」 - PERSORA AWARDS 2 - PERSORA AWARDS 3 - Persora -The Golden Best-
Drama CDs A Certain Day of Summer - Daylight / Moonlight - Character Drama CD Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 / Vol. 3 / Vol. 4 / Vol. 5 - New Moon / Full Moon - Portable Vol. 1 / Vol. 2
Publications Manga - Shadow Cry - Memento Mori - Owari no Kakera - Alternative Heart - Velvet Blue - Persona Magazine - Dear Girls Comic Anthology - Dengeki Comic Anthology - Tartarus Theater - Persona VS
Mobile Games The Night Before - Persona Ain Soph - Social - Escape - Illust Puzzle - Broken Shadow - Aegis: The First Mission - Qix - Chaining Soul - Em
Events Music Live 2008 - Music Live 2009 - Music Tour 2010 - Music Live 2012 - Music Fes 2013 - Music Box 2014 - Super Live 2015 - Livehouse Tour 2015 - Super Live 2017 - Super Live 2019- 25th Anniversary Symphonic Concert
20th Anniversary Festival - 25th Anniversary - 25th FES
Miscellaneous Merchandise
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