| Age | Date | Main Event | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~100 BDB | Master Roshi finds the Three-Star Dragon Ball. | Master Roshi states he found the Dragon Ball about a 100 years ago. | |
| 99 BDB | 1st Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 94 BDB | 2nd Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 89 BDB | 3rd Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 84 BDB | 4th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 79 BDB | 5th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 74 BDB | 6th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 69 BDB | 7th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 64 BDB | 8th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 59 BDB | 9th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 54 BDB | 10th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 49 BDB | 11th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 44 BDB | 12th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 39 BDB | 13th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 34 BDB | 14th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 29 BDB | 15th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 24 BDB | 16th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 19 BDB | 17th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 16 BDB | Bulma is Born | Bulma states she is 16 in episode 2. | |
| 14 BDB |
Goku is Born 18th Tenkaichi Tournament |
Goku states that he is 14. This might be wrong. (episode 2) Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) |
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| 10 BDB | Fire Spirit ignites Chilly Mountain on fire and it is renamed to Mt. Frypan | long tells Bulma this on their way to Mt. Frypan. (episode 7) | |
| 9 BDB | 19th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 8 BDB | Krillin begins training at Orin Temple. | Krillin tells Master Roshi that he has trained at Orin Temple for 8 years when asked if he has any experience. (episode 16) | |
| 4 BDB | 20th Tenkaichi Tournament | Krillin mentions the Tenkaichi Tournament is held every 5 years (episode 17) | |
| 2 BDB | Yamcha and Puar team up | Yamcha and Puar discuss this in episode 6 | |
| 1 BDB | The immortal Pheonix dies of food piosoning. Turtle goes to pick mushrooms and gets lost. | Turtle tells Goku and Bulma this in episode 2. | |
| DBY 1 | |||
| Bulma finds the Two-Star Dragon Ball in a storeroom | Bulma tells Goku this in the first episode of Dragon Ball | ||
| Bulma researches the Legend of the Dragon Balls | Bulma tells Goku this in the first episode of Dragon Ball | ||
| Bulma makes her own Dragon Radar | Bulma tells Goku this in the first episode of Dragon Ball | ||
| 10 Days BDB | Bulma finds the Five-Star Dragon Ball in a Valley "to the North" | Bulma tells Goku this in the first episode of Dragon Ball | |
| Day 1 |
Episode 1 Episode 2 |
Movie 1 takes place over two days and is an alternate retelling of the events of the Pilaf Arc. | |
| Day 2 |
Episode 2 Episode 3 |
Episode takes place of the night of Day 1 and the next day. Movie 1 takes place over two days and is an alternate retelling of the events of the Pilaf Arc. |
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| Day 4 | Oolong says he will come for the Shaman's daughter tomorrow at noon | The Shaman tells Goku and Bulma about Oolong in Episode 4. | |
| Day 5 | Episode 4 | The narrator states that this episode takes place 3 days after Goku recieves the Kinto Un (Flying Nimbus). | |
| Day 6 |
Episode 5 Episode 6 |
Episode 4 ends at dusk, so episode 9 must be at least the next day. The narrator states in episode 6 that it has been a week. Episode 6 clearly is the same night of episode 5. Though it is close enough. |
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| Day 7 | Episode 6 | Episode 6 is another night and next day episode. | |
| Day 9 |
Episode 7 Episode 8 |
The Narrator states that 2 days have passed. | |
| Day 10 |
Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Episode 13 |
Episode 8 ends at dusk, so episode 9 must be at least the next day. | |
| Day 11 |
Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15 Episode 16 |
Episode 13 takes place over night and ends the next day. Episode 16 shows the end of the day. |
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| Day 12 |
Episode 16 |
Episode 16 is another episode that shows the night before and the next day. | |
| Day 13 |
Episode 17 Episode 18 |
They skip a day because of the food poisoning. | |
| DBY 2 | |||
| Day 103+ | Episode 19 (Goku and Krillin's training 3 months in) | Episode 19 starts 3 months into the training of Goku and Krillin | |
| Day 194 | Yamcha leaves to train in the mountains alone | Yamcha states that it has been a month since he left. (episode 19) | |
| Day 224 |
Episode 19 (Goku and Krillin pushing the large boulder and Yamcha returning to the city.) |
Episode 19 then skips to 1 month before the start of the tournament | |
| Day 254 | Episode 19 (Day before the tournament) | 8 months after episode 17 and 1 day before the tournament. | |
| Day 255 |
21st Tenkaichi Tournament Episode 19 (Pre-Preliminaries) Episode 20 (Preliminaries) |
8 months after episode 17. | |
| Day 256 | The day after the tournament |