Reference page for Coptic year 1736, with major feasts, fasting ranges, 13-month mapping, and yearly grid.
For Coptic year 1736, the Gregorian span is Thu, 12 Sep 2019 - Thu, 10 Sep 2020. 2019 / 2020
Fixed feasts are mapped from Coptic dates. Movable feasts are based on the Orthodox Pascha cycle.
| Feast | Coptic date | Gregorian date | Type | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nayrouz (Coptic New Year) | 1 Thout | Thu, 12 Sep 2019 | Fixed | Start of the Coptic liturgical year. |
| Feast of the Cross | 17 Thout | Sat, 28 Sep 2019 | Fixed | Major annual commemoration in Coptic tradition. |
| Nativity (Christmas) | 29 Koiak | Wed, 8 Jan 2020 | Fixed | Feast of the Nativity in the Coptic Orthodox Church. |
| Epiphany | 11 Toba | Mon, 20 Jan 2020 | Fixed | Commemoration of Christ's baptism. |
| Annunciation | 29 Baramhat | Tue, 7 Apr 2020 | Fixed | Commemoration of the Annunciation to the Theotokos. |
| Flight into Egypt | 24 Bashans | Mon, 1 Jun 2020 | Fixed | Commemoration of the Holy Family's journey into Egypt. |
| Feast of Apostles | 5 Epip | Sun, 12 Jul 2020 | Fixed | Commemoration connected with St. Peter and St. Paul. |
| Transfiguration | 13 Mesori | Wed, 19 Aug 2020 | Fixed | Feast of the Transfiguration in Coptic tradition. |
| Palm Sunday | Movable (Pascha cycle) | Sun, 12 Apr 2020 | Movable | Entry of Christ into Jerusalem. |
| Good Friday | Movable (Pascha cycle) | Fri, 17 Apr 2020 | Movable | Commemoration of the Crucifixion. |
| Resurrection (Pascha) | Movable (Pascha cycle) | Sun, 19 Apr 2020 | Movable | Central feast of the liturgical year. |
| Pentecost | Movable (Pascha cycle) | Sun, 7 Jun 2020 | Movable | Descent of the Holy Spirit. |
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Approximate ranges for planning; local church practice may vary.
| Fast | Approx. Gregorian range | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nativity Fast | Tue, 26 Nov 2019 - Tue, 7 Jan 2020 | 43 days | 43-day period before Nativity. |
| Great Lent + Holy Week | Mon, 24 Feb 2020 - Sat, 18 Apr 2020 | 55 days | Main annual fast before Pascha. |
| Apostles' Fast | Mon, 8 Jun 2020 - Sat, 11 Jul 2020 | 34 days | Variable-length fast between Pentecost and Apostles' Feast. |
| Dormition Fast | Fri, 7 Aug 2020 - Fri, 21 Aug 2020 | 15 days | Traditionally observed in Mesori (local practice may vary). |
Useful for archive normalization and historical date conversion.
| # | Coptic month | Gregorian span in this year | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thout | Thu, 12 Sep 2019 - Fri, 11 Oct 2019 | 30 |
| 2 | Paopi | Sat, 12 Oct 2019 - Sun, 10 Nov 2019 | 30 |
| 3 | Hathor | Mon, 11 Nov 2019 - Tue, 10 Dec 2019 | 30 |
| 4 | Koiak | Wed, 11 Dec 2019 - Thu, 9 Jan 2020 | 30 |
| 5 | Toba | Fri, 10 Jan 2020 - Sat, 8 Feb 2020 | 30 |
| 6 | Amshir | Sun, 9 Feb 2020 - Mon, 9 Mar 2020 | 30 |
| 7 | Baramhat | Tue, 10 Mar 2020 - Wed, 8 Apr 2020 | 30 |
| 8 | Baramouda | Thu, 9 Apr 2020 - Fri, 8 May 2020 | 30 |
| 9 | Bashans | Sat, 9 May 2020 - Sun, 7 Jun 2020 | 30 |
| 10 | Paona | Mon, 8 Jun 2020 - Tue, 7 Jul 2020 | 30 |
| 11 | Epip | Wed, 8 Jul 2020 - Thu, 6 Aug 2020 | 30 |
| 12 | Mesori | Fri, 7 Aug 2020 - Sat, 5 Sep 2020 | 30 |
| 13 | Nasie | Sun, 6 Sep 2020 - Thu, 10 Sep 2020 | 5 |
Each cell shows the Coptic day and the corresponding Gregorian date.
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 6 Sep | ||||||
| 2 7 Sep | 3 8 Sep | 4 9 Sep | 5 10 Sep | |||
It is an Alexandrian solar calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, with 12 months of 30 days plus a short 13th month.
Visitors often need practical planning context, not just year conversion.
Fixed feasts are stable in the Coptic calendar. Movable feasts depend on Pascha calculations and local church usage.
Traditional season blocks used in Egyptian agrarian context (regional interpretation may vary).
| Season | Typical months | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Akhet (Inundation) | Thout, Paopi, Hathor, Koiak | Traditionally linked to Nile inundation and the opening of the Coptic year cycle. |
| Peret (Emergence) | Toba, Amshir, Baramhat, Baramouda | Cultivation and growth season in the traditional Egyptian agricultural rhythm. |
| Shemu (Harvest) | Bashans, Paona, Epip, Mesori, Nasie | Harvest season, including the short 13th month (Nasie) at year end. |
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