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ነሐሴ ፲፯ ቀን ፳፻፲፰ ዓ.ም.

Nehase 17, 2018 in the Ethiopian calendar

August 23, 2026 in the Gregorian calendar

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Ethiopian date

ነሐሴ ፲፯ ቀን ፳፻፲፰ ዓ.ም.

Nehase 17, 2018 EC

17 / 12 / 2018

Gregorian date

August 23, 2026

Sunday · እሑድ

23 / 8 / 2026

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Why thirteen months

Twelve months of exactly thirty days, then a short thirteenth, Pagume (ጳጉሜ) — five days, six in a leap year. A date like Pagume 3 has no Gregorian month equivalent; it simply falls in early September.

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Why the year looks behind

The two calendars count from different calculations of the year of the Annunciation, placing the Ethiopian year seven to eight years behind. The new year, Meskerem 1, falls on 11 September — 12 September before a Gregorian leap year. The answer above is not wrong; the calendars genuinely disagree.

The thirteen months

  1. መስከረምMeskerem30 days
  2. ጥቅምትTikimt30 days
  3. ኅዳርHidar30 days
  4. ታኅሣሥTahsas30 days
  5. ጥርTir30 days
  6. የካቲትYekatit30 days
  7. መጋቢትMegabit30 days
  8. ሚያዝያMiyazya30 days
  9. ግንቦትGinbot30 days
  10. ሰኔSene30 days
  11. ሐምሌHamle30 days
  12. ነሐሴNehase30 days
  13. ጳጉሜPagume5 or 6 days

The days of the week

  1. እሑድSunday
  2. ሰኞMonday
  3. ማክሰኞTuesday
  4. ረቡዕWednesday
  5. ሐሙስThursday
  6. ዓርብFriday
  7. ቅዳሜSaturday

Ge’ez numerals

Twenty characters, and no zero. They count in hundreds rather than in tens, which is why 2018 is written as twenty hundreds and eighteen: ፳፻፲፰.

  1. ፩11*
  2. ፪22*
  3. ፫33*
  4. ፬44*
  5. ፭55*
  6. ፮66*
  7. ፯77*
  8. ፰88*
  9. ፱99*
  1. ፲101*0
  2. ፳202*0
  3. ፴303*0
  4. ፵404*0
  5. ፶505*0
  6. ፷606*0
  7. ፸707*0
  8. ፹808*0
  9. ፺909*0
  1. ፻1001*00
  2. ፼100001*0000

The third line under each numeral is what you type to get it in Ezra — a digit and an asterisk, so 1* gives ፩ and 1*00 gives ፻. Those keystrokes are read out of tables/phonetic-am-v3.tbl at build time, like every other keystroke on this site; the characters themselves are derived from the Unicode block. Neither is written down here.

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