Ethiopian Calendar & Date Converter
Move between the Gregorian and Ethiopian calendars in both directions, read every date in Ge'ez numerals, and browse a month grid marked with public holidays and fasting periods. The conversion follows the 13 month Ethiopian year of 30 day months and a 5 or 6 day Pagume, so no guessing is involved.
Today in both calendars
Date converter
Type a Gregorian date or an Ethiopian date. The other calendar fills in as you type.
Pagume, the thirteenth month, holds 5 days, or 6 in an Ethiopian leap year.
Month view
- Today
- Feast or public holiday
- Fasting period, including Wednesday and Friday
Holidays and fasts, year EC
Ethiopian fixed feasts are counted from the Ethiopian calendar, while national holidays are set on fixed Gregorian dates. The table shows both readings for the year you are viewing.
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Movable feasts
These feasts follow the Coptic Paschal cycle or the lunar calendar, so their dates change each year. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church announces them; this page lists them without guessing a date.
- Wednesday and Friday are fast days all year. The fast is lifted during the fifty days between Fasika and Pentecost, and on Genna and Timkat when they fall on those days.
- An Ethiopian year is leap when the year number divided by four leaves a remainder of three, which makes Pagume six days long.