Ethiopian calendar

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calendar system solar calendar

The Ethiopian calendar is a solar calendar used primarily in Ethiopia that is roughly seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar and features 13 months in a year.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ethiopian calendar canonical 20
Ethiopian New Year 3
Ethiopian calendar (for liturgy) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar system ⓘ
solar calendar ⓘ
13thMonthName Pagumen ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus official calendar of Ethiopia ⓘ
epochRelatedTo Annunciation ⓘ
surface form: Annunciation of Jesus
eraName Anno Mundi ⓘ
follows Coptic calendar ⓘ
surface form: Alexandrian calendar tradition
hasDayNameSystem Geʽez day names ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Amharic ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
hasMonth Ginbot ⓘ
Hamle ⓘ
Hidar ⓘ
Megabit ⓘ
Meskerem ⓘ
Miyazya ⓘ
Nehase ⓘ
Pagumen ⓘ
Sene ⓘ
Tahsas ⓘ
Tikimt ⓘ
Tir ⓘ
Yekatit ⓘ
hasNumberOfDaysIn12Months 30 ⓘ
hasNumberOfDaysIn13thMonth 5 ⓘ
hasNumberOfDaysIn13thMonthLeapYear 6 ⓘ
hasNumberOfMonths 13 ⓘ
hasWeekLength 7 days ⓘ
influencedBy Julian calendar ⓘ
Coptic calendar ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egyptian calendar
leapYearRule one extra day every four years without exception ⓘ
newYearDateGregorian 11 September ⓘ
newYearDateGregorianLeapOverlap 12 September ⓘ
newYearName Enkutatash ⓘ
offsetFromGregorian approximately 7–8 years behind Gregorian calendar ⓘ
relatedTo Coptic calendar ⓘ
timeZoneAssociation East Africa Time ⓘ
usedByReligion Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Evangelical churches (for religious holidays) ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
usedFor civil purposes in Ethiopia ⓘ
religious feast calculations ⓘ
usedIn Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
writingSystem Geʽez script ⓘ
yearLength 365 days ⓘ
yearLengthLeapYear 366 days ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopia → usesCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Coptic calendar → closelyRelatedTo → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Coptic calendar → influenced → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → usesCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
New Year → hasVariant → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian New Year
Alexandrian Rite → hasCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Ethiopian Catholic Church → usesCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian calendar (for liturgy)
Amhara (commonly reported) → calendarUsage → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
subject surface form: Amhara
Rastafari holy days → include → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian New Year
Rastafari holy days → calendarSystem → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
subject surface form: Ethiopian New Year
Grounation Day → relatedHoliday → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian New Year
Amhara Region → usesCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Enkutatash → followsCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Yekatit → partOf → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Ginbot → calendarSystem → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Sene → partOf → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Sene → calendarEra → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian era (EC)
Pagumen → partOf → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Ethiopian Evangelical churches (for religious holidays) → usesCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
subject surface form: Ethiopian Evangelical churches
Nehase → usedInCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Hidar → calendarSystem → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Ministry of Defense of Ethiopia → usesCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Gambela Region → usesCalendar → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Ethiopian → associatedWith → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
Miyazya → partOf → Ethiopian calendar ⓘ