Calendar

The Egyptian - Coptic calendar

The Coptic calendar is the 'Alexandrian year' which became in 30-26 BC the civil year in Egypt, the Julian year of European time-reckoning: this is essentially the ancient Egyptian calendar of 365 days, but with an extra day added each four years to keep it in line with the solar year of about 365 1/4 days.

Egyptian dates	Egyptian name	Coptic (Sahidic)	Arabic	modern dates (Julian)
I Axt	DHwty	Thout	Tut	29th August - 27th September
II Axt	pa-n-ipAt	Paope	Babah	28th September - 27th October
III Axt	Hwt-Hr	Hathor	Hatur	28th October - 26th November
IV Axt	kA-Hr-kA	Koiahk	Kiyahk	27th November - 26th December
I prt	tA-aAbt	Tobe	Tubah	27th December - 25th January
II prt	(pA-n)mxr	Mshir	Amshir	26thth January - 24th February
III prt	pA-n-imn-Htp	Paremhotep	Baramhat	25th February - 26th March
IV prt	(pA-n)-rnnwtt	Parmoute	Baramudah	27th March - 25th April
I Smw	(pA-n)-xnsw	Pashons	Bashans	26th April - 25th May
II Smw	pA-n-int	Paone	Ba'unah	26th May - 24th June
III Smw	ipip	Epep	Abib	25th June - 24th July
IV Smw	mswt-ra	Mesore	Misra	25th July - 23rd August
		1-5	the five epagomenal days
		(6)	in an intercalation a sixth day was added.