Ethiopian calendar
Bishop Anianos preferred the Annunciation style as New Year's Day, the 25 March (see above). Thus he shifted the Panodoros era by about six months, to begin on 25 March 5492 BC.
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Leap year cycle
The four year leap-year cycle is associated with the four Evangelists: the first year after an Ethiopian leap year is named in honour of John, followed by the Matthew-year and then the Mark-year. The year with the sixth epagomenal day is traditionally designated as the Luke-year.
There are no exceptions to the four year leap-year cycle, unlike the Gregorian calendar.
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Months
| Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya (with Tigrinya suffixes in parentheses) | Coptic | Gregorian start date | Start date in year after sixth epagomenal day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mäskäräm (መስከረም) | Tut (Thout) | September 11 | September 12 |
| Ṭəqəmt(i) (ጥቅምት) | Babah (Paopi) | October 11 | October 12 |
| Ḫədar (ኅዳር) | Hatur (Hathor) | November 10 | November 11 |
| Taḫśaś ( ታኅሣሥ) | Kiyahk (Koiak) | December 10 | December 11 |
| Ṭərr(i) (ጥር) | Tubah (Tobi) | January 9 | January 10 |
| Yäkatit (Tn. Läkatit) (የካቲት) | Amshir (Meshir) | February 8 | February 9 |
| Mägabit (መጋቢት) | Baramhat (Paremhat) | March 10 | March 10 |
| Miyazya (ሚያዝያ) | Baramundah (Paremoude) | April 9 | April 9 |
| Gənbot (ግንቦት) | Bashans (Pashons) | May 9 | May 9 |
| Säne (ሰኔ) | Ba'unah (Paoni) | June 8 | June 8 |
| Ḥamle (ሓምሌ) | Abib (Epip) | July 8 | July 8 |
| Nähase (ነሓሴ) | Misra (Mesori) | August 7 | August 7 |
| Ṗagʷəmen/Ṗagumen (ጳጐሜን/ጳጉሜን) | Nasi (Pi Kogi Enavot) | September 6 | September 6 |
Note that these dates are valid only from March 1900 to February 2100.
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Sources
- "The Ethiopian Calendar", Appendix IV, C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, The Prester John of the Indies (Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1961).
- Ginzel, Friedrich Karl, "Handbuch der matematischen und technischen Chronologie", Leipzig, 3 vol., 1906-1914
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External links
- Warning: In the following two links, dates in the "Ethiopian calendar" have been converted into a pseudo-Julian calendar by replacing the true Amharic Ethiopian month names by close, but not coincident, Julian names. For example, Mäskäräm is called "September" even though Mäskäräm actually begins on August 29/30 Julian (and September 11th Gregorian, the most common calendar). When they state that the Ethopian year begins on "September 1", they mean it begins on Mäskäräm 1. Similarly, when they state that Christmas occurs on "December 29" in the Ethiopian calendar, they mean it occurs on Tahsas 29.
- The Ethiopic Calendar by Aberra Molla
- Ethiopian Calendar Converter
- Ethiopian Perpetual Calendar Software
- Ethiopian Online Calendar
- Siyan Gregorian-Ethiopic Date converter applet
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