Coptic Calendar 1712 (1995–1996 AD)

Complete reference guide for the Coptic year 1712, featuring major feast days, fasting periods, 13-month layout, and full monthly grid.

Coptic year 1712 corresponds to Tue, 12 Sep 1995 – Tue, 10 Sep 1996 in the Gregorian calendar. 1995 / 1996

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Major Coptic Feasts and Holy Days

Fixed feast dates are tied to the Coptic liturgical calendar. Movable feasts are calculated according to the Orthodox Easter cycle.

Observance / Event	Coptic date	Gregorian date	Category	Significance & Tradition
Nayrouz (Coptic New Year)	1 Thout	Tue, 12 Sep 1995	Fixed Feast	Beginning of the Coptic liturgical year and Feast of the Martyrs.
Feast of the Holy Cross	17 Thout	Thu, 28 Sep 1995	Fixed Feast	Commemoration of the Exaltation of the Glorious Cross in the Coptic tradition.
Feast of the Nativity (Coptic Christmas)	29 Koiak	Mon, 8 Jan 1996	Fixed Feast	Celebration of the Birth of Jesus Christ in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany)	11 Toba	Sat, 20 Jan 1996	Fixed Feast	Commemoration of the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River.
Feast of the Annunciation	29 Baramhat	Sun, 7 Apr 1996	Fixed Feast	Annunciation of the Incarnation to the Holy Virgin Mary.
Palm Sunday	Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle)	Sun, 7 Apr 1996	Movable Feast	Triumphal Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem.
Good Friday	Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle)	Fri, 12 Apr 1996	Movable Feast	Commemoration of the Passion, Crucifixion, and Burial of Christ.
Feast of the Resurrection (Coptic Easter)	Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle)	Sun, 14 Apr 1996	Movable Feast	Central feast of the Coptic Christian liturgical year.
Entry of the Holy Family into Egypt	24 Bashans	Sat, 1 Jun 1996	Fixed Feast	Commemoration of the journey and refuge of the Holy Family in Egypt.
Feast of Pentecost	Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle)	Sun, 2 Jun 1996	Movable Feast	Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul	5 Epip	Fri, 12 Jul 1996	Fixed Feast	Commemoration of the martyrdom of the Apostles Peter and Paul.
Feast of the Transfiguration	13 Mesori	Mon, 19 Aug 1996	Fixed Feast	Celebration of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor.

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Coptic Annual Calendar Grid (1712)

Each cell displays the Coptic day and its corresponding Gregorian date below. Highlighted cells mark major feast days.

Thout

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1 12 Sep	2 13 Sep	3 14 Sep	4 15 Sep	5 16 Sep	6 17 Sep
7 18 Sep	8 19 Sep	9 20 Sep	10 21 Sep	11 22 Sep	12 23 Sep	13 24 Sep
14 25 Sep	15 26 Sep	16 27 Sep	17 28 Sep	18 29 Sep	19 30 Sep	20 1 Oct
21 2 Oct	22 3 Oct	23 4 Oct	24 5 Oct	25 6 Oct	26 7 Oct	27 8 Oct
28 9 Oct	29 10 Oct	30 11 Oct

Paopi

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1 12 Oct	2 13 Oct	3 14 Oct	4 15 Oct
5 16 Oct	6 17 Oct	7 18 Oct	8 19 Oct	9 20 Oct	10 21 Oct	11 22 Oct
12 23 Oct	13 24 Oct	14 25 Oct	15 26 Oct	16 27 Oct	17 28 Oct	18 29 Oct
19 30 Oct	20 31 Oct	21 1 Nov	22 2 Nov	23 3 Nov	24 4 Nov	25 5 Nov
26 6 Nov	27 7 Nov	28 8 Nov	29 9 Nov	30 10 Nov

Hathor

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1 11 Nov	2 12 Nov
3 13 Nov	4 14 Nov	5 15 Nov	6 16 Nov	7 17 Nov	8 18 Nov	9 19 Nov
10 20 Nov	11 21 Nov	12 22 Nov	13 23 Nov	14 24 Nov	15 25 Nov	16 26 Nov
17 27 Nov	18 28 Nov	19 29 Nov	20 30 Nov	21 1 Dec	22 2 Dec	23 3 Dec
24 4 Dec	25 5 Dec	26 6 Dec	27 7 Dec	28 8 Dec	29 9 Dec	30 10 Dec

Koiak

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1 11 Dec	2 12 Dec	3 13 Dec	4 14 Dec	5 15 Dec	6 16 Dec	7 17 Dec
8 18 Dec	9 19 Dec	10 20 Dec	11 21 Dec	12 22 Dec	13 23 Dec	14 24 Dec
15 25 Dec	16 26 Dec	17 27 Dec	18 28 Dec	19 29 Dec	20 30 Dec	21 31 Dec
22 1 Jan	23 2 Jan	24 3 Jan	25 4 Jan	26 5 Jan	27 6 Jan	28 7 Jan
29 8 Jan	30 9 Jan

Toba

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1 10 Jan	2 11 Jan	3 12 Jan	4 13 Jan	5 14 Jan
6 15 Jan	7 16 Jan	8 17 Jan	9 18 Jan	10 19 Jan	11 20 Jan	12 21 Jan
13 22 Jan	14 23 Jan	15 24 Jan	16 25 Jan	17 26 Jan	18 27 Jan	19 28 Jan
20 29 Jan	21 30 Jan	22 31 Jan	23 1 Feb	24 2 Feb	25 3 Feb	26 4 Feb
27 5 Feb	28 6 Feb	29 7 Feb	30 8 Feb

Amshir

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1 9 Feb	2 10 Feb	3 11 Feb
4 12 Feb	5 13 Feb	6 14 Feb	7 15 Feb	8 16 Feb	9 17 Feb	10 18 Feb
11 19 Feb	12 20 Feb	13 21 Feb	14 22 Feb	15 23 Feb	16 24 Feb	17 25 Feb
18 26 Feb	19 27 Feb	20 28 Feb	21 29 Feb	22 1 Mar	23 2 Mar	24 3 Mar
25 4 Mar	26 5 Mar	27 6 Mar	28 7 Mar	29 8 Mar	30 9 Mar

Baramhat

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1 10 Mar
2 11 Mar	3 12 Mar	4 13 Mar	5 14 Mar	6 15 Mar	7 16 Mar	8 17 Mar
9 18 Mar	10 19 Mar	11 20 Mar	12 21 Mar	13 22 Mar	14 23 Mar	15 24 Mar
16 25 Mar	17 26 Mar	18 27 Mar	19 28 Mar	20 29 Mar	21 30 Mar	22 31 Mar
23 1 Apr	24 2 Apr	25 3 Apr	26 4 Apr	27 5 Apr	28 6 Apr	29 7 Apr
30 8 Apr

Baramouda

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1 9 Apr	2 10 Apr	3 11 Apr	4 12 Apr	5 13 Apr	6 14 Apr
7 15 Apr	8 16 Apr	9 17 Apr	10 18 Apr	11 19 Apr	12 20 Apr	13 21 Apr
14 22 Apr	15 23 Apr	16 24 Apr	17 25 Apr	18 26 Apr	19 27 Apr	20 28 Apr
21 29 Apr	22 30 Apr	23 1 May	24 2 May	25 3 May	26 4 May	27 5 May
28 6 May	29 7 May	30 8 May

Bashans

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1 9 May	2 10 May	3 11 May	4 12 May
5 13 May	6 14 May	7 15 May	8 16 May	9 17 May	10 18 May	11 19 May
12 20 May	13 21 May	14 22 May	15 23 May	16 24 May	17 25 May	18 26 May
19 27 May	20 28 May	21 29 May	22 30 May	23 31 May	24 1 Jun	25 2 Jun
26 3 Jun	27 4 Jun	28 5 Jun	29 6 Jun	30 7 Jun

Paona

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1 8 Jun	2 9 Jun
3 10 Jun	4 11 Jun	5 12 Jun	6 13 Jun	7 14 Jun	8 15 Jun	9 16 Jun
10 17 Jun	11 18 Jun	12 19 Jun	13 20 Jun	14 21 Jun	15 22 Jun	16 23 Jun
17 24 Jun	18 25 Jun	19 26 Jun	20 27 Jun	21 28 Jun	22 29 Jun	23 30 Jun
24 1 Jul	25 2 Jul	26 3 Jul	27 4 Jul	28 5 Jul	29 6 Jul	30 7 Jul

Epip

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1 8 Jul	2 9 Jul	3 10 Jul	4 11 Jul	5 12 Jul	6 13 Jul	7 14 Jul
8 15 Jul	9 16 Jul	10 17 Jul	11 18 Jul	12 19 Jul	13 20 Jul	14 21 Jul
15 22 Jul	16 23 Jul	17 24 Jul	18 25 Jul	19 26 Jul	20 27 Jul	21 28 Jul
22 29 Jul	23 30 Jul	24 31 Jul	25 1 Aug	26 2 Aug	27 3 Aug	28 4 Aug
29 5 Aug	30 6 Aug

Mesori

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1 7 Aug	2 8 Aug	3 9 Aug	4 10 Aug	5 11 Aug
6 12 Aug	7 13 Aug	8 14 Aug	9 15 Aug	10 16 Aug	11 17 Aug	12 18 Aug
13 19 Aug	14 20 Aug	15 21 Aug	16 22 Aug	17 23 Aug	18 24 Aug	19 25 Aug
20 26 Aug	21 27 Aug	22 28 Aug	23 29 Aug	24 30 Aug	25 31 Aug	26 1 Sep
27 2 Sep	28 3 Sep	29 4 Sep	30 5 Sep

Nasie

Coptic Fasting Seasons

Approximate fasting date ranges provided for planning; local parish practices may vary slightly.

Fast	Approx. Gregorian range	Duration	Notes
Nativity Fast (Coptic Advent)	Sun, 26 Nov 1995 - Sun, 7 Jan 1996	43 days	43-day fasting period preceding the Feast of the Nativity.
Great Lent and Holy Week	Mon, 19 Feb 1996 - Sat, 13 Apr 1996	55 days	Main annual fasting period leading up to Coptic Easter.
Apostles' Fast	Mon, 3 Jun 1996 - Thu, 11 Jul 1996	39 days	Fasting season of variable length following Pentecost.
Fast of the Holy Virgin Mary	Wed, 7 Aug 1996 - Wed, 21 Aug 1996	15 days	15-day fasting period in the month of Mesori dedicated to St. Mary.

Structure of the 13 Coptic Months

Overview of the 13 Coptic months for understanding the liturgical rhythm and historical date references.

#	Coptic month	Gregorian span in this year	Days
1	Thout	Tue, 12 Sep 1995 - Wed, 11 Oct 1995	30
2	Paopi	Thu, 12 Oct 1995 - Fri, 10 Nov 1995	30
3	Hathor	Sat, 11 Nov 1995 - Sun, 10 Dec 1995	30
4	Koiak	Mon, 11 Dec 1995 - Tue, 9 Jan 1996	30
5	Toba	Wed, 10 Jan 1996 - Thu, 8 Feb 1996	30
6	Amshir	Fri, 9 Feb 1996 - Sat, 9 Mar 1996	30
7	Baramhat	Sun, 10 Mar 1996 - Mon, 8 Apr 1996	30
8	Baramouda	Tue, 9 Apr 1996 - Wed, 8 May 1996	30
9	Bashans	Thu, 9 May 1996 - Fri, 7 Jun 1996	30
10	Paona	Sat, 8 Jun 1996 - Sun, 7 Jul 1996	30
11	Epip	Mon, 8 Jul 1996 - Tue, 6 Aug 1996	30
12	Mesori	Wed, 7 Aug 1996 - Thu, 5 Sep 1996	30
13	Nasie	Fri, 6 Sep 1996 - Tue, 10 Sep 1996	5

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FAQ

What is the Coptic calendar?

It is an Alexandrian solar calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, comprising 12 months of 30 days plus a short 13th month (Nasie) of 5 or 6 days.

Why are feast dates and fasting periods displayed?

To provide believers, scholars, and visitors with a complete liturgical overview of the Coptic year.

Are all Coptic feast dates fixed?

Fixed feasts remain on the same Coptic date every year, while movable feasts depend on the date of Orthodox Easter.

Traditional Nile Seasons in the Coptic Calendar

The three traditional agricultural seasons of the Nile Valley, historically shaping Egyptian agrarian life.

Season	Typical months	Description & Characteristics
Akhet (Inundation / Flooding)	Thout, Paopi, Hathor, Koiak	The season of the Nile flooding, marking the start of the Coptic agricultural and liturgical year.
Peret (Planting & Growing)	Toba, Amshir, Baramhat, Baramouda	The season of sowing seeds and crop emergence in the Egyptian agrarian cycle.
Shemu (Harvest)	Bashans, Paona, Epip, Mesori, Nasie	The harvest season, ending with the short 13th month (Nasie) at the close of the year.

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