Reference page for Coptic year 1738, with major feasts, fasting ranges, 13-month mapping, and yearly grid.
For Coptic year 1738, the Gregorian span is Sat, 11 Sep 2021 - Sat, 10 Sep 2022. 2021 / 2022
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 | Sat, 11 Sep 2021 | Fixed | Start of the Coptic liturgical year. |
| Feast of the Cross | 17 Thout | Mon, 27 Sep 2021 | Fixed | Major annual commemoration in Coptic tradition. |
| Nativity (Christmas) | 29 Koiak | Fri, 7 Jan 2022 | Fixed | Feast of the Nativity in the Coptic Orthodox Church. |
| Epiphany | 11 Toba | Wed, 19 Jan 2022 | Fixed | Commemoration of Christ's baptism. |
| Annunciation | 29 Baramhat | Thu, 7 Apr 2022 | Fixed | Commemoration of the Annunciation to the Theotokos. |
| Flight into Egypt | 24 Bashans | Wed, 1 Jun 2022 | Fixed | Commemoration of the Holy Family's journey into Egypt. |
| Feast of Apostles | 5 Epip | Tue, 12 Jul 2022 | Fixed | Commemoration connected with St. Peter and St. Paul. |
| Transfiguration | 13 Mesori | Fri, 19 Aug 2022 | Fixed | Feast of the Transfiguration in Coptic tradition. |
| Palm Sunday | Movable (Pascha cycle) | Sun, 17 Apr 2022 | Movable | Entry of Christ into Jerusalem. |
| Good Friday | Movable (Pascha cycle) | Fri, 22 Apr 2022 | Movable | Commemoration of the Crucifixion. |
| Resurrection (Pascha) | Movable (Pascha cycle) | Sun, 24 Apr 2022 | Movable | Central feast of the liturgical year. |
| Pentecost | Movable (Pascha cycle) | Sun, 12 Jun 2022 | 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 | Thu, 25 Nov 2021 - Thu, 6 Jan 2022 | 43 days | 43-day period before Nativity. |
| Great Lent + Holy Week | Mon, 28 Feb 2022 - Sat, 23 Apr 2022 | 55 days | Main annual fast before Pascha. |
| Apostles' Fast | Mon, 13 Jun 2022 - Mon, 11 Jul 2022 | 29 days | Variable-length fast between Pentecost and Apostles' Feast. |
| Dormition Fast | Sun, 7 Aug 2022 - Sun, 21 Aug 2022 | 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 | Sat, 11 Sep 2021 - Sun, 10 Oct 2021 | 30 |
| 2 | Paopi | Mon, 11 Oct 2021 - Tue, 9 Nov 2021 | 30 |
| 3 | Hathor | Wed, 10 Nov 2021 - Thu, 9 Dec 2021 | 30 |
| 4 | Koiak | Fri, 10 Dec 2021 - Sat, 8 Jan 2022 | 30 |
| 5 | Toba | Sun, 9 Jan 2022 - Mon, 7 Feb 2022 | 30 |
| 6 | Amshir | Tue, 8 Feb 2022 - Wed, 9 Mar 2022 | 30 |
| 7 | Baramhat | Thu, 10 Mar 2022 - Fri, 8 Apr 2022 | 30 |
| 8 | Baramouda | Sat, 9 Apr 2022 - Sun, 8 May 2022 | 30 |
| 9 | Bashans | Mon, 9 May 2022 - Tue, 7 Jun 2022 | 30 |
| 10 | Paona | Wed, 8 Jun 2022 - Thu, 7 Jul 2022 | 30 |
| 11 | Epip | Fri, 8 Jul 2022 - Sat, 6 Aug 2022 | 30 |
| 12 | Mesori | Sun, 7 Aug 2022 - Mon, 5 Sep 2022 | 30 |
| 13 | Nasie | Tue, 6 Sep 2022 - Sat, 10 Sep 2022 | 5 |
Each cell shows the Coptic day and the corresponding Gregorian date.
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||||
| 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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