Persona 4 Calendar

Persona 4 Golden runs on a day-by-day calendar from April to Mar 20, with fixed dungeon deadlines, exams and Social Link cutoffs. This calendar lists the dates editorial guides publish, month by month, and says which ones are not confirmed.

4:36 Persona 4 Golden's year runs from mid-April to the last day, Mar 20, and the dates that matter most are the dungeon deadlines (Kanji's by Jun 4, Mitsuo's by Aug 12, Naoto's by Oct 5, Nanako's by Nov 20), the five exam weeks, the Dec 3 hospital choice and the Dec 5 culprit question, Marie's link deadline in late December, and the ski trip and Hollow Forest in February. Every date on this page is Persona 4 Golden's, taken from RPG Site, TheGamer and Inverse guides; where no editorial source gives a date (Yukiko's and Rise's deadlines among them), the page says so. Persona 4 Revival keeps the Golden storyline as it is, and its own store screenshots show the same kind of dated days, but Atlus has not published Revival's calendar, so these dates are Golden's until the remake is out on Feb 18, 2027.

Quick facts

First class question	4/14
Last day	3/20
Dungeon deadlines (sourced)	6/4, 8/12, 10/5, 11/20
Exams	May, July, October, late November, February
Story turning points	12/3 (hospital), 12/5 (name the culprit)
Marie's link deadline	12/22, 12/23 or 12/31, depending on the guide
Ski trip	2/10
Hollow Forest	2/13 only
Revival's calendar	Not published as of Nov 3, 2026

Sources: RPG Site: Persona 4 Golden Answers, Jun 25, 2020; TheGamer's dungeon walkthroughs, 2023; Inverse, Feb 20, 2024.

How the calendar works

4:04 Each day has an after-school slot and an evening slot. Days with set story events override free time, so Social Links are not available then. Rain matters: most Social Link partners stay home in the rain, while Adachi, Sayoko, Ayane, Yumi, Dojima and Nanako can still be seen, and the Fox does not care. Each kidnapping opens a dungeon with a fog deadline: miss it and the captive dies and the game ends. The usual advice is to clear a dungeon early and keep the remaining days for Social Links and Social Stats.

April

Date	What happens
4/14	First classroom question
4/16	Yosuke's Magician link can start
4/17	The team agrees to save Yukiko (Investigation Team rank 1)
4/18	Chie's Chariot link starts; Marie's Aeon link can start in the Velvet Room
4/19	Sports clubs open (Kou or Daisuke, Strength)
4/25	Cultural clubs open (Yumi or Ayane, Sun)
4/30	Yukiko joins the team

Sources: RPG Site answers; RPG Site Yosuke guide; TheGamer Fool guide; RPG Site Chie guide; TheGamer Marie guide; RPG Site Strength guide; RPG Site Sun guide.

The deadline for Yukiko's Castle is not given by any editorial guide read for this page. Community lists put it at Apr 29, which is not confirmed here; clear the castle well before the end of April to be safe.

May

Date	What happens
5/3	Nanako's Justice link starts
5/5	The Fox's Hermit link starts at the shrine
5/6	Dojima's Hierophant link starts
5/9 to 5/12	Midterms (the last day is graded on Knowledge)
5/13	Adachi's Jester link can start at Junes
5/17	Yukiko's Priestess link starts
5/18	Investigation Team rank up
5/19	Midterm results; Steamy Bathhouse opens; Margaret's Empress link can start (Knowledge 3)
5/22	Gardening with Nanako begins
5/25	Hospital and tutoring night jobs open (Devil, Tower)

Sources: RPG Site answers; RPG Site Nanako guide; RPG Site Fox guide; RPG Site Dojima guide; TheGamer Adachi guide; RPG Site Yukiko guide; TheGamer bathhouse walkthrough; RPG Site Margaret guide; TheGamer Diligence guide; RPG Site Devil guide; RPG Site Tower guide.

June

Date	What happens
6/4	Deadline for the Steamy Bathhouse
6/6	Kanji joins the team
6/8	Naoki's Hanged Man link can start; Yosuke pushes the scooter license
6/9	Kanji's Emperor link can start
6/24	Rise disappears
6/25	Marukyu Striptease opens

Sources: TheGamer bathhouse walkthrough; TheGamer Fool guide; RPG Site Naoki guide; TheGamer Courage guide; RPG Site Kanji guide; TheGamer Marukyu walkthrough.

The Marukyu Striptease deadline is not confirmed by an editorial guide read for this page. Guide snippets point to Jul 9; treat it as unconfirmed and finish early.

July

Date	What happens
7/10	Rise and Teddie join (Investigation Team ranks 5 and 6)
7/19 to 7/23	Finals (the last day is graded on Knowledge)
7/23	Rise's Lovers link starts
7/24	Marie's link can pass rank 4
7/25	Final results
7/27	Investigation Team rank up
7/29	Void Quest opens

Sources: TheGamer Fool guide; RPG Site answers; RPG Site Rise guide; Inverse; TheGamer Void Quest walkthrough.

August

Date	What happens
8/12	Deadline for Void Quest
8/20	Summer festival (shown in Golden's Steam screenshots)
8/28 and 8/29	Nanako asks study questions; right answers raise Knowledge

Sources: TheGamer Void Quest walkthrough; Steam: Persona 4 Golden; TheGamer August to October answers.

A night street of food stalls and lanterns; a group of characters, several in colorful yukata, stand together with surprise marks over their heads. — The friends in yukata at the evening summer festival on Aug 20 in an official Steam store screenshot of Persona 4 Golden Atlus and SEGA

Most of August is summer vacation in the guides' question lists: RPG Site has no classroom question between Jul 16 and Sep 1.

September and October

Date	What happens
9/1	First classroom question after the summer
9/16	The Secret Laboratory can be entered
10/5	Deadline for the Secret Laboratory
10/6	Naoto joins the team
10/14	October midterms begin (results 10/24)
10/21	Naoto's Fortune link can start (Knowledge 5, Courage 5)
10/31	Last day to finish Nanako's Justice link

Sources: RPG Site answers; TheGamer Secret Laboratory walkthrough; TheGamer Fool guide; RPG Site Naoto guide; RPG Site Nanako guide.

The dates of the school trip and the culture festival are not given by any editorial source read for this page, so they are left out rather than guessed.

November

Date	What happens
11/1	Last chance for Adachi's Jester link to reach rank 6, or it locks
11/6	Heaven opens; Investigation Team rank 9
11/17	Quests 30, 35, 36, 43 and 52 must be done before this day
11/20	Deadline for Heaven
11/28	Finals begin (results 12/8)

Sources: TheGamer Adachi guide; TheGamer Heaven walkthrough; RPG Site Fool, Star and Judgement; RPG Site quests guide; RPG Site answers.

Once Nanako is taken, the Investigation Team's Social Links and Dojima, Adachi and Nanako are unavailable until Heaven is cleared, so clearing it quickly gives the most free days back.

December

Spoiler warning: this section names the culprit.

Date	What happens
12/3	The hospital: the Namatame choice decides the route; Investigation Team rank 10
12/4 to 12/7	Judgement ranks 2 to 7
12/5	Name the culprit (Adachi) and tell your friends
12/8	Magatsu Inaba reached; exam results; Marie available every day
12/22	TheGamer's suggested day to finish Magatsu Inaba
12/22 to 12/31	Marie's link deadline, depending on the guide (see below)
12/24	Clearing the dungeon jumps here; beating its boss jumps to 12/26

Sources: RPG Site endings guide; TheGamer Fool guide; TheGamer Judgement guide; TheGamer availability guide; TheGamer Magatsu Inaba walkthrough.

Magatsu Inaba must be finished before Christmas, Inverse says. The guides disagree on the last day for Marie's Aeon link: TheGamer says rank 10 by 12/23, RPG Site says before Magatsu Inaba is completed, with 12/22 recommended, and Inverse says until 12/31. The earliest of the three is the safe one. The choices on Dec 3 and Dec 5 are on Persona 4 Endings.

January and February

Date	What happens
New Year	The protagonist falls ill; free time follows
1/10 to 2/5	Third-tier Personas: talk to party members with maxed links
1/23	The last quest, 69, opens
2/6	Advancement exams begin (results 2/14)
2/10	Ski trip
2/12	Marie goes missing on the trip
2/13	Hollow Forest, one day only
2/14	Valentine's Day; afterward the calendar skips to 3/19

Sources: Inverse; Game Rant; RPG Site quests guide; RPG Site answers; TheGamer Hollow Forest walkthrough.

7:04 This winter stretch is Golden's: the third-tier Personas, the ski trip and the Hollow Forest are not in the PS2 game (Game Rant; Siliconera).

March

Date	What happens
3/19	The calendar resumes after the skip
3/20	The last day: go home for the normal ending, or stay for the true ending and Yomotsu Hirasaka

Source: Inverse; RPG Site endings guide.

Persona 4 Revival's calendar

6:00 Atlus says Revival keeps the original storyline as it is, so its year is expected to follow Golden's shape, but no Revival date list exists before the Feb 18, 2027 launch. Revival's Steam screenshots show the same dated days: Chie asking about the Midnight Channel on Apr 13, and Nanako by a Tanabata bamboo branch on Jul 1 (Steam). Atlus also lists new seasonal events and Location Episodes with Aika Nakamura (Atlus Japan), which may take days that were free in Golden. Whether any deadline moves is not known as of Nov 3, 2026. See What's New in Persona 4 Revival. The clip is Atlus's Sep 19, 2026 broadcast introducing Revival's Location Episodes.

Nanako in a white top stands by a leafy bamboo stalk with colored paper decorations outside a house; her line about Orihime and Hikoboshi is in the dialogue box. — Nanako smiles beside a bamboo branch hung with Tanabata wishes on the morning of Jul 1 in an official Steam store screenshot of Persona 4 Revival Atlus and SEGA

Frequently asked questions

What are the dungeon deadlines in Persona 4 Golden? In Persona 4 Golden the Steamy Bathhouse must be cleared by Jun 4, Void Quest by Aug 12, the Secret Laboratory by Oct 5 and Heaven by Nov 20, per TheGamer. Yukiko's Castle and Marukyu Striptease deadlines are not confirmed by an editorial guide (community lists say Apr 29 and Jul 9).

When are the exams in Persona 4 Golden? Persona 4 Golden's exams start on May 9, Jul 19, Oct 14, Nov 28 and Feb 6, with results on May 19, Jul 25, Oct 24, Dec 8 and Feb 14, per RPG Site.

What happens on Dec 3 in Persona 4 Golden? On Dec 3 in Persona 4 Golden the team decides Namatame's fate at the hospital; the answers decide whether the game continues or ends on a bad ending. The exact choices are on the endings page.

When is the ski trip in Persona 4 Golden? The Persona 4 Golden ski trip is on Feb 10, per Inverse; Marie goes missing on Feb 12 and the Hollow Forest is open only on Feb 13.

When does Persona 4 Golden end? Persona 4 Golden's last day is Mar 20; after Valentine's Day the calendar skips from Feb 14 to Mar 19.

Will Persona 4 Revival have the same calendar? Atlus says Persona 4 Revival keeps Persona 4 Golden's storyline, but it has not published Revival's dates, and new events and Location Episodes may change how free days are used.