'Here' is a castle on the isle of Scotland, named Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is the Sorting Room, where applicants are admitted or rejected to the school and assigned a House that becomes their home for the duration of their stay. We current students vote on applicants, but we don't have the final say in the matter.

When this is...is a matter of small debate, I believe, but...May I assume you are not familiar with the Gregorian calendar?