Our calendar is a lunar calendar of 12 moons each is of 29 or 30 day length. Every four years there is a leap year. We do not follow the solar calendar. We base our counting on moon phases and cycle.
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our Week days
- እሑድ Ehud is the first day
- ሰኞ (Segno) second day).
- ማክሰኞ (Maksegno) third day)
- እሮብ/ረቡዕ (rob/Rebu/Rabu/Rabue) fourth day).
- ሐሙስ (Hamus) fifth day).
- አርብ (Arb), sixth day).
- ቅዳሜ (Kidamé). እሑድ Sanbat).
.Our moons
1. መጋቢት megabit/Megebe {March – April
2. ሚያዚያ Miyaziya/Ahaze {April – May}
3. ግንቦት Genbot/Genbat {May -June}
4. ሰኔ Sene/Seneye {June – July}
5. ሐምሌ Hamle/Hamele/Hamlei {July – August
6. ነሐሴ Nahase/Nehasse{August – September}
7. መስከረም Maskaram/Kereme { September- October}
8. ጥቅምት T”qmt/Tek’eme{October – November}
9.ኅዳር Hdar/Hadere/Xedar{November – December}
10.ተኅሣሥ Tahsas/Hasese {December – January}
11. ጥር T’r/Teher {January- February}
12. ካቲት Yekatit/Ketete [February – March]
13. ጳጐሜን/ጳጉሜ Ṗagʷəmen/Pagume/Pagumein {LEAP YEAR}
Our twelve hour Clock
In Lemba Beta Esrael, like our Ethiopian neighbors, we use a 12-hour clock system. The daytime cycle begins at dawn 12:00 (6:00:00 AM EAT) and ends at dusk 11:59:59 (5:59:59 PM EAT). The night time cycle begins at dusk 12:00 (6:00:00 PM EAT) and ends at dawn 11:59:59 (5:59:59 AM EAT). The day begins at 1:00 o’clock in the morning according to the 12 hour cycle (7:00 AM EAT) rather than midnight (12:00 AM EAT).
We have 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness with only a little seasonal drifting.
See our moon/lunar calendar below. We count one moon at a time!
WE ARE NOW ON Moon Genbot/Genbat year 7094 in Warhawi Lemba Beta Ezira’El
| Day 1 እሑድ Ehud | Day 2 ሰኞ Sanyo | Day 3 ማክሰኞ Maksanyo | Day 4 ረቡRabu | Day 5 ኀሙስ Hamus | Day 6 አርብ Arb/Sadus | Day 7 ቅዳሜ Senbet |
| 1. (sarki in Agau) / senayi helal./ happy feast of new moon | 2. Normal working day | 3. Normal working day | 4. Normal working day | 5. Soma Amus/ Fast of the fifth | 6. Preparation for the Senbet | 7.Sanbat ሰንበት the holy entity |
| 8. Normal working day | 9. Normal working day | 10 Feast of the Tenth {asart} . | 11. Eve of the feast of harvest | 12. Be’al Ma’rar {Feast of Harvest} | 13. Preparations for the Sanbat | 14. Sanbat the Holy Entity Full moon Genbat |
| 15. Feast of the fifteenth {asra ammest} | 16 Normal working day | 17. Normal working day | 18. Normal working day | 19. Normal working day | 20. Preparation for the Sanbat | 21. Sanbat ሰንበት the Holy Entity |
| 22. Normal working day | 23. Normal working day | 24. Normal Working Day | 25. Normal Working Day | 26. Normal working Day | 27. Preparation for the Senbet | 28. Sanbat እሑድ the Holy Entity |
| 29. Soma Maleya. Fast that prepares us to spot new moon New moon observation/sighting evening | 30. possible evening of observation or spotting of new moon |
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