Egyptian calendar

calendar used by ancient Egyptians

Egyptian liturgical calendar

Rising of stars prior to sunrise

timeline

region in the Nubian Desert

decree

overview of astronomy in Ancient Egypt

1460 year calendar cycle of ancient Egypt

ancient Egyptian artifact of carved sandstone, now in the Louvre

Thout (, ), also known as Thoth (, Thōth) and Tut (), is the first month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lies between 11 September and 10 October of the Gregorian calendar.

Paopi (, Paōpe), also known as Phaophi (, Phaōphí) and Babah (, Baba), is the second month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lasts between 11 October and 9 November of the Gregorian calendar, unless the previous Coptic year was a leap year.

Meshir (), also known as Mechir or Mecheir (, Mekhír) and Amshir ( ), is the sixth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lies between February 8 and March 9 of the Gregorian calendar.

season of the ancient Egyptian calendar

Koiak (; , []), also known as Choiak (, Khoiák) and Kiyahk (, Kiahk, []; or ), is the fourth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lasts between 10 December and 8 January of the Gregorian calendar, or between 11 December and 9 January of the Gregorian calendar in Coptic calendar years immediately following a Coptic calendar leap year (which occur every four years, in Coptic calendar years immediately preceding those that are divisible by 4 to produce an integer; i.e., 1719, 1723, 1727, 1731, etc. are all examples of leap years in the Coptic calendar).

season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars

Ancient Greco-Roman astrology

third month of the Coptic calendar

Epip (), also known as Epiphi (, Epiphí) and Abib (), is the eleventh month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lasts between July 8 and August 6 of the Gregorian calendar.

first season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars

Mesori (, Masōri) is the twelfth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars.

Paremhat (), also known as Phamenoth (, Phamenṓth) and Baramhat (), is the seventh month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lies between March 10 and April 8 of the Gregorian calendar.

fifth month of the Coptic calendar

Paoni (, Paōni), also known as Payni (, Paüní) and '''Ba'unah' (, Ba'una''), is the tenth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lasts between June 8 and July 7 of the Gregorian calendar.

thirteenth "month" of the Coptic calendar

system of measurement used in Ancient Egypt

Parmouti (, Parmoute), also known as Pharmouthi (, Pharmouthí) and Barmudah (), is the eighth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lasts between April 9 and May 8 of the Gregorian calendar.

thumb|upright=1.35|'Diagonal star table' from the late Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh Dynasty coffin lid; found at [[Asyut, Egypt. Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim]] The decans (; ) are 36 groups of stars (small constellations) used in ancient Egyptian astronomy to conveniently divide the 360 degree ecliptic into 36 parts of 10 degrees each, both for theurgical and heliacal chronometrical purposes. The decans each appeared, geocentrically, to rise consecutively on the horizon throughout each daily Earth rotation. The rising of each decan marked the beginning of a new decanal "hour"

Collection of ancient Egyptian astronomical texts

aspect of history