Our week days and our Moons

1. እሑድ Ehud first day
2. ሰኞ (Segno) second day
3. ማክሰኞ (Maksegno) third day
4. እሮብ/ረቡዕ (rob/Rebu/Rabu/Rabue) fourth day
5. ሐሙስ (Hamus) fifth day
6. አርብ (Aribi)r Sadus, sixth day
7. እሑድ Sanbat : The seventh day of rest. The Sanbat, the Holy entity, the vivifying, the luminous, the beloved and the guardian
Our Moons

1. መገበ megebe /መጋቢት megabit: first moon of our new year , on full moon, on the eve of passover, according to the Covenant that Eli our Amlak had with Muse{ Moses}
2. ሚያዚያ Miyaziya/Ahaze
3. ግንቦት (Ginbot/Genbot/Genbat ገነበ Genebe
4. ሰኔ (Sene) ሰነየ Senayi ሠነየ Seneye/Senei
5. ሐምሌ Hamle/Hamele/Hamlei
6. ነሐሴ Nahase/Nehasse
7. መስከረም Meskerem)  መሴ messe ከረምkerem: first moon of our new year, according to the Covenant that Eli our Amlak had with Nohi{ Noah} after the flood.
8. ጥቅምትTikimet/ ጠቀመ Tekeme
9. ህዳር Hidar/ኀደረ (Hadere)
10. ታህሳስ Tahsas/ኀሠሠ Hasese
11. የካቲት(Yekatit)/ ከቲት(ketit) ጥር T’r/Teher
12. የካቲት(Yekatit)/ ከቲት(ketit)
13. ጳጐሜን/ጳጉሜ Ṗagʷəmen/Pagume/Pagumein: moon of our leap year that comes every four years, This moon has a total duration of 30 days by default inorder to balance our calendar.

To learn more about our full Geez lunar Calendar, see our book of the liturgy entitled ”Qeddase Lemba Beta EzraEl”

Every four years we have a leap year and we add our thirteenth moon called Pagume. Our new years fall on our passover on full moon of our moons Megebe/Miyaziya [March /April gregorian] we do not follow the Gregorian calendar.

Our day is made up of 12 hours and our night is also made up of 12 hours. Every seventh day of the week is called the እሑድ sanbat and its the day of rest. No work on the እሑድ Sanbat.

We spot our new moons by the naked eye and a new moon sighting report is sent to the Royal Court for authorization by His Majesty the king. Once authorized, the new moon is officially declared and celebrated.

The first light of the next day is counted as our day one called እሑድ Ehud. The counting of the days begin.

The moon usually has a duration of either 29 days or 30 days. No more ! no less!

Our lunar days are reliable and we use them to determine times for our feasts, holy days, fasts, celebrations etc..