What month is it in the Ethiopian calendar right now?

It is currently Sene (ሰኔ) 2018 E.C. on the Ethiopian calendar — month 10 of 13. The Ethiopian year always begins on Meskerem 1 (September 11 on the Gregorian calendar).

How many days are in Yekatit?

Yekatit, like the other 12 long months of the Ethiopian calendar, has 30 days.

What are the 13 months of the Ethiopian calendar in order?

The 13 months of the Ethiopian calendar are: 1) Meskerem (መስከረም), 2) Tikimt (ጥቅምት), 3) Hidar (ኅዳር), 4) Tahsas (ታኅሣሥ), 5) Tir (ጥር), 6) Yekatit (የካቲት), 7) Megabit (መጋቢት), 8) Miyazya (ሚያዝያ), 9) Ginbot (ግንቦት), 10) Sene (ሰኔ), 11) Hamle (ሐምሌ), 12) Nehase (ነሐሴ), and 13) Pagume (ጳጉሜ). The first 12 months have 30 days each. Pagume has 5 days, or 6 in a leap year.

Is 1979 an Ethiopian leap year?

Yes. Ethiopian year 1979 is a leap year — Pagume (the 13th month) has 6 days, and Meskerem 1 of 1980 falls on September 12 of 1987.

When does Yekatit 1979 start and end on the Gregorian calendar?

Yekatit 1, 1979 E.C. corresponds to February 8, 1987 on the Gregorian calendar. Yekatit 30, 1979 E.C. corresponds to March 9, 1987.

Ethiopian Calendar

በዓል ቀናት የዓለም በዓላት

ጥር

የካቲት 1979 (February 8 – March 9, 1987)

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ሰኞ Monday	ማክሰኞ Tuesday	ረቡዕ Wednesday	ሐሙስ Thursday	ዓርብ Friday	ቅዳሜ Saturday	እሁድ Sunday
						1Feb 8
2Feb 9 ጾመ ነነዌFast of Nineveh	3Feb 10 ጾመ ነነዌFast of Nineveh	4Feb 11 ጾመ ነነዌFast of Nineveh	5Feb 12	6Feb 13 የዓርብ ጾምFriday Fast	7Feb 14	8Feb 15
9Feb 16 🇺🇸	10Feb 17	11Feb 18 የረቡዕ ጾምWednesday Fast	12Feb 19	13Feb 20 የዓርብ ጾምFriday Fast	14Feb 21	15Feb 22
16Feb 23 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	17Feb 24 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	18Feb 25 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	19Feb 26 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	20Feb 27 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	21Feb 28 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	22Mar 1 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent
23Mar 2 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	24Mar 3 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	25Mar 4 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	26Mar 5 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	27Mar 6 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	28Mar 7 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent	29Mar 8 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent
30Mar 9 ዐቢይ ጾምGreat Lent

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