Coptic Calendar 1713 (1996–1997 AD)

Complete reference guide for the Coptic year 1713, featuring major feast days, fasting periods, 13-month layout, and full monthly grid.

Coptic year 1713 corresponds to Wed, 11 Sep 1996 – Wed, 10 Sep 1997 in the Gregorian calendar. 1996 / 1997

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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	Wed, 11 Sep 1996	Fixed Feast	Beginning of the Coptic liturgical year and Feast of the Martyrs.
Feast of the Holy Cross	17 Thout	Fri, 27 Sep 1996	Fixed Feast	Commemoration of the Exaltation of the Glorious Cross in the Coptic tradition.
Feast of the Nativity (Coptic Christmas)	29 Koiak	Tue, 7 Jan 1997	Fixed Feast	Celebration of the Birth of Jesus Christ in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany)	11 Toba	Sun, 19 Jan 1997	Fixed Feast	Commemoration of the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River.
Feast of the Annunciation	29 Baramhat	Mon, 7 Apr 1997	Fixed Feast	Annunciation of the Incarnation to the Holy Virgin Mary.
Palm Sunday	Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle)	Sun, 20 Apr 1997	Movable Feast	Triumphal Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem.
Good Friday	Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle)	Fri, 25 Apr 1997	Movable Feast	Commemoration of the Passion, Crucifixion, and Burial of Christ.
Feast of the Resurrection (Coptic Easter)	Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle)	Sun, 27 Apr 1997	Movable Feast	Central feast of the Coptic Christian liturgical year.
Entry of the Holy Family into Egypt	24 Bashans	Sun, 1 Jun 1997	Fixed Feast	Commemoration of the journey and refuge of the Holy Family in Egypt.
Feast of Pentecost	Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle)	Sun, 15 Jun 1997	Movable Feast	Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul	5 Epip	Sat, 12 Jul 1997	Fixed Feast	Commemoration of the martyrdom of the Apostles Peter and Paul.
Feast of the Transfiguration	13 Mesori	Tue, 19 Aug 1997	Fixed Feast	Celebration of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor.

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Coptic Annual Calendar Grid (1713)

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

Paopi

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

Hathor

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

Koiak

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

Toba

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

Amshir

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1 8 Feb	2 9 Feb
3 10 Feb	4 11 Feb	5 12 Feb	6 13 Feb	7 14 Feb	8 15 Feb	9 16 Feb
10 17 Feb	11 18 Feb	12 19 Feb	13 20 Feb	14 21 Feb	15 22 Feb	16 23 Feb
17 24 Feb	18 25 Feb	19 26 Feb	20 27 Feb	21 28 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)	Mon, 25 Nov 1996 - Mon, 6 Jan 1997	43 days	43-day fasting period preceding the Feast of the Nativity.
Great Lent and Holy Week	Mon, 3 Mar 1997 - Sat, 26 Apr 1997	55 days	Main annual fasting period leading up to Coptic Easter.
Apostles' Fast	Mon, 16 Jun 1997 - Fri, 11 Jul 1997	26 days	Fasting season of variable length following Pentecost.
Fast of the Holy Virgin Mary	Thu, 7 Aug 1997 - Thu, 21 Aug 1997	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	Wed, 11 Sep 1996 - Thu, 10 Oct 1996	30
2	Paopi	Fri, 11 Oct 1996 - Sat, 9 Nov 1996	30
3	Hathor	Sun, 10 Nov 1996 - Mon, 9 Dec 1996	30
4	Koiak	Tue, 10 Dec 1996 - Wed, 8 Jan 1997	30
5	Toba	Thu, 9 Jan 1997 - Fri, 7 Feb 1997	30
6	Amshir	Sat, 8 Feb 1997 - Sun, 9 Mar 1997	30
7	Baramhat	Mon, 10 Mar 1997 - Tue, 8 Apr 1997	30
8	Baramouda	Wed, 9 Apr 1997 - Thu, 8 May 1997	30
9	Bashans	Fri, 9 May 1997 - Sat, 7 Jun 1997	30
10	Paona	Sun, 8 Jun 1997 - Mon, 7 Jul 1997	30
11	Epip	Tue, 8 Jul 1997 - Wed, 6 Aug 1997	30
12	Mesori	Thu, 7 Aug 1997 - Fri, 5 Sep 1997	30
13	Nasie	Sat, 6 Sep 1997 - Wed, 10 Sep 1997	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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