Complete reference page for Ethiopic year 1996, featuring major holidays, 13-month mapping, and full monthly view.
Ethiopic year 1996 corresponds to Fri, 12 Sep 2003 – Fri, 10 Sep 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. 2003 / 2004
Fixed holidays are mapped from Ethiopic dates. Movable holidays are calculated from the Orthodox Easter cycle.
| Holiday / Commemoration | Ethiopic date | Gregorian date | Category | Significance & Tradition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enkutatash (Ethiopian New Year) | 1 Meskerem / መስከረም | Fri, 12 Sep 2003 | Fixed Date | Beginning of the Ethiopic civil and liturgical year. |
| Meskel (Finding of the True Cross) | 17 Meskerem / መስከረም | Sun, 28 Sep 2003 | Fixed Date | Celebration of the Finding of the True Cross, featuring the traditional Demera bonfire. |
| Debra Damo (Feast of Abuna Aregawi) | 14 Tikimt / ጥቅምት | Sat, 25 Oct 2003 | Fixed Date | Commemoration honoring Abuna Aregawi, founder of Debra Damo monastery. |
| Aksum Mariam Tsion (Feast of St. Mary of Zion) | 21 Hidar / ኅዳር | Mon, 1 Dec 2003 | Fixed Date | Major Marian feast celebrating Our Lady Mary of Zion in Aksum. |
| Kulibi Gabriel (Feast of St. Gabriel) | 19 Tahsas / ታኅሣሥ | Mon, 29 Dec 2003 | Fixed Date | Annual pilgrimage and feast of St. Gabriel at Kulibi. |
| Genna (Ethiopian Christmas) | 28 Tahsas / ታኅሣሥ | Wed, 7 Jan 2004 | Fixed Date | Celebration of the Nativity of Christ in Ethiopian Orthodox tradition. |
| Timket (Epiphany / Theophany) | 11 Tir / ጥር | Tue, 20 Jan 2004 | Fixed Date | Commemoration of the Baptism of Christ, featuring sacred Tabot processions. |
| Siklet (Good Friday) | 1 Miazia / ሚያዝያ | Fri, 9 Apr 2004 | Movable Date | Great Friday of Holy Week, calculated from the Alexandrian Paschal cycle. |
| Fasika (Ethiopian Easter) | 3 Miazia / ሚያዝያ | Sun, 11 Apr 2004 | Movable Date | The Resurrection of Christ, the primary movable feast in the Ethiopian Church. |
Sign in to TrueCalendar
Sync your calendar and tasks with one click.
Useful for archive normalization and date conversion work.
| # | Ethiopic month | Gregorian span in this year | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meskerem / መስከረም | Fri, 12 Sep 2003 - Sat, 11 Oct 2003 | 30 |
| 2 | Tikimt / ጥቅምት | Sun, 12 Oct 2003 - Mon, 10 Nov 2003 | 30 |
| 3 | Hidar / ኅዳር | Tue, 11 Nov 2003 - Wed, 10 Dec 2003 | 30 |
| 4 | Tahsas / ታኅሣሥ | Thu, 11 Dec 2003 - Fri, 9 Jan 2004 | 30 |
| 5 | Tir / ጥር | Sat, 10 Jan 2004 - Sun, 8 Feb 2004 | 30 |
| 6 | Yekatit / የካቲት | Mon, 9 Feb 2004 - Tue, 9 Mar 2004 | 30 |
| 7 | Megabit / መጋቢት | Wed, 10 Mar 2004 - Thu, 8 Apr 2004 | 30 |
| 8 | Miazia / ሚያዝያ | Fri, 9 Apr 2004 - Sat, 8 May 2004 | 30 |
| 9 | Ginbot / ግንቦት | Sun, 9 May 2004 - Mon, 7 Jun 2004 | 30 |
| 10 | Sene / ሰኔ | Tue, 8 Jun 2004 - Wed, 7 Jul 2004 | 30 |
| 11 | Hamle / ሐምሌ | Thu, 8 Jul 2004 - Fri, 6 Aug 2004 | 30 |
| 12 | Nehase / ነሐሴ | Sat, 7 Aug 2004 - Sun, 5 Sep 2004 | 30 |
| 13 | Pagume / ጳጉሜን | Mon, 6 Sep 2004 - Fri, 10 Sep 2004 | 5 |
Each cell displays the Ethiopic day and its compact Gregorian equivalent below. Highlighted cells mark major holidays.
| 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 | ||
Use this quick browser converter for date checks.
Traditional Ethiopian season blocks used in agrarian context (regional interpretation may vary).
| Season | Typical months | Description & Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Tseday | Meskerem, Tikimt, Hidar, Tahsas | Main post-rain season in many Ethiopian local calendars. |
| Bega | Tir, Yekatit, Megabit, Miazia | Dry-season block in traditional Ethiopian agricultural rhythm. |
| Belg | Ginbot, Sene | Short-rains transition period, often linked to planting cycles. |
| Kiremt | Hamle, Nehase, Pagume | Rainy season period, including Pagume at year close. |
It is an Alexandrian solar calendar used in Ethiopian tradition, with 12 months of 30 days and a short 13th month (Pagume).
Movable observances depend on Pascha-cycle calculations and local church jurisdiction rules.
The Ethiopic new year starts in September Gregorian, so a single Ethiopic year overlaps parts of two Gregorian years.
Annual Ethiopic calendar in PDF, XLSX, CSV, and ICS formats. From $2.99.
View calendars
Sign in with Microsoft