Each year in Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar is divided into four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Each season has 31 days in total.
And the season you’re in determines which crops you can grow, which bugs and fish appear, and which events or festivals take place.
This page explains how time & seasons flow in the game to help you plan your daily tasks, prepare for festivals, and manage story progression more efficiently.
Time Flow
The current Season, Day, and Time are displayed in the top-right corner of the screen’s HUD.
Time passes at a rate of 1 in-game hour = 1 real-world minute, so 1 second IRL = 1 minute in-game.
If you need to step away or if you want to stop time for a bit, just open your Pause Menu, Inventory, or Map screen.
Time Limits & Sleeping
Sleeping advances time to the next day, and your wake-up time will depend on when you go to bed.
Additionally, the game will always force you to go to bed if you stay up until 5:00 AM. So the hours of 5:00-5:59 AM are completely unplayable.
| Bedtime | Wake-Up Time |
|---|---|
| 06:00 AM – 09:59 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 10:00 PM – 10:59 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 11:00 PM – 11:59 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 12:00 AM – 12:59 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 01:00 AM – 04:59 AM | 10:00 AM |
The Calendar System
The calendar is posted inside your house beside the display shelf.
It shows the current year, season, and day, and marks key events in Zephyr Town.
| Calendar Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
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Festivals and Events |
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Bazaar Days |
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Residents’ Birthdays |
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Your Birthday |
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Wedding Anniversary |
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Your Child’s Birthday |
Festival Dates
Unlike most other Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games, the festival dates in Grand Bazaar aren’t tied to specific days.
Instead they’re based on a day of the week (e.g., “2nd Tuesday of Spring” or “Friday after the Flower Festival”).
In the Japanese game guide book for SoS:GB, all festivals are referenced based on the start of the season, or based on the festival’s relationship to other festivals. That’s why we’ve also listed out all the festival dates on this wiki in the same fashion.
This means festival dates shift each year depending on which weekday the year starts on.
Calendar Cycles
From Year 8 onward, the calendar repeats itself.
So the in-game calendar has a repeating 7-year cycle.
Each year has 17 weeks + 5 extra days, which moves the first day of Spring forward by 5 days each year.
Below is a list of the calendar cycles to give you a better idea of how this mechanic works.
| Calendar Year | Spring Day 1 | Similar Years |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | Saturday | Years 8, 15, 22, 29… |
| Year 2 | Thursday | Years 9, 16, 23, 30… |
| Year 3 | Tuesday | Years 10, 17, 24, 31… |
| Year 4 | Sunday | Years 11, 18, 25, 32… |
| Year 5 | Friday | Years 12, 19, 26, 33… |
| Year 6 | Wednesday | Years 13, 20, 27, 34… |
| Year 7 | Monday | Years 14, 21, 28, 35… |
Seasons
Grand Bazaar treats each season as one month in-game.
And each season brings its own crops, bugs, fish, festivals, and unique weather patterns. Many items are exclusive to a specific season, although some items can appear in multiple seasons as well.
Spring
During Spring, cherry blossom petals and dandelion seeds drift through the air.
| Spring Exclusives | |
|---|---|
| Crops, Flowers, Fruit Trees | Asparagus, Garlic, Spring Tea Leaves, Strawberry, Turnip, Baby Blue Flower, Buttercup, Pansy, Avocado, Cherry, Coffee Bean |
| Bugs & Critters | Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Cabbage White Butterfly, Emperor Butterfly, Helena Morpho Butterfly, Pale Clouded Butterfly, Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Fish | Bitterling, Mugitsuku, Tamoroko, Wels Catfish |
| Festivals | Flower Festival, Animal Show*, Honey Day, Crops Show*, Tea Party |
| Shop Inventory | Cafe Madeleine: Spring Blend Tea |
*The Spring Crops Show and Animal Show are only available starting from Year 2 onward.
Summer
During Summer, you’ll find fireworks lighting up the sky on weekend evenings.
And from Summer 15-20, meteor showers can be seen at night.
| Summer Exclusives | |
|---|---|
| Crops, Flowers, Fruit Trees | Corn, Pineapple, Pumpkin, Red Bell Pepper, Summer Tea Leaves, Watermelon, Hibiscus, Marigold, Petunia, Sunflower, Almond, Banana, Cacao Bean, Mango, Peach |
| Bugs & Critters | Black Firefly, Brown Cicada, Brown Firefly, Elephant Beetle, Evening Cicada, Ezo Cicada, Genji Firefly, Giant Stag Beetle, Glossy Stag Beetle, Granti Beetle, Grass Cicada, Heike Firefly, Hercules Beetle, Large Dotted Firefly, Maya Beetle, Opal Cicada, Princess Firefly, Rhinoceros Beetle, Robust Cicada, Spotted Frog, Stag Beetle |
| Fish | Three-Lips Carp |
| Festivals | Pet Show, Animal Show, Horse Derby, Crops Show |
| Shop Inventory |
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| Weather | Hurricanes |
Autumn
During Autumn, lanterns drift across the night sky on weekend evenings, adding a bit of a warm seasonal glow.
| Autumn Exclusives | |
|---|---|
| Crops, Flowers, Fruit Trees | Autumn Tea Leaves, Cauliflower, Chili Pepper, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Chrysanthemum, Clematis, Daisy, Rose, Blueberry, Green Grapes, Olive, Red Grapes |
| Bugs & Critters | Bell Cricket, Cricket, Emperor Dragonfly, Jumbo Dragonfly, Pine Cricket, Red Dragonfly, Yellow Damselfly |
| Fish | Northern Pike, Shining Fish |
| Festivals | Cook-Off, Bake-Off, Animal Show, Juice Festival, Crops Show, Pumpkin Festival |
| Shop Inventory |
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Winter
During winter, diamond dust sparkles in the early morning sky during calm sunny days.
| Winter Exclusives | |
|---|---|
| Crops, Flowers, Fruit Trees | Burdock, Green Onion, Napa Cabbage, Begonia, Bellflower, Cineraria, Primrose (No season-specific tree) |
| Bugs & Critters | Bagworm Moth |
| Fish | Koi, Peacock Bass, Pond Smelt, Willow Shiner |
| Festivals | Pet Show, Hearth Day, Animal Show, Horse Derby, Crops Show, Starlight Night, New Year’s Countdown |
| Weather | Blizzards |
