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Ethiopian date today: Monday, Meskerem 25, 2019

October 5, 2026

Meskerem 2019

Sep 11 – Oct 10, 2026

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					111	212
313	414	515	616	717	818	919
1020	1121	1222	1323	1424	1525	1626
1727	1828	1929	2030	21Oct	222	233
244	255	266	277	288	299	3010

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Upcoming Ethiopian holidays

Nov21
Hidar Michael · ኅዳር ሚካኤል
Annual feast of St. Michael · Saturday · Hidar 12, 2019
Nov30
Hidar Tsion · ኅዳር ጽዮን
Feast of St. Mary of Zion · Monday · Hidar 21, 2019
Dec28
St. Gabriel's Day (Kulubi) · ቁልቢ ገብርኤል
Annual feast of St. Gabriel · Monday · Tahsas 19, 2019
Jan7
Genna · ገና
Ethiopian Christmas · Thursday · Tahsas 29, 2019
Jan19
Timket · ጥምቀት
Ethiopian Epiphany · Tuesday · Tir 11, 2019
Jan20
Kana Zegelila · ቃና ዘገሊላ
Wedding at Cana, the day after Timket · Wednesday · Tir 12, 2019

All holidays · Ethiopian holidays 2027

Fasting

No major fasting period today. Orthodox Christians still fast on most Wednesdays and Fridays.

Next: Tsome Nebiyat (Fast of the Prophets) begins Tuesday, November 24, 2026 .

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Meskerem 25, 2019

መስከረም ፳፭ ፳፻፲፱

Monday, October 5, 2026

Ethiopian months: Meskerem, Tikimt, Hidar, Tahsas, Tir, Yekatit, Megabit, Miazia, Ginbot, Sene, Hamle, Nehase, Pagume.

About the Ethiopian calendar

The Ethiopian (Ge’ez) calendar has 13 months: twelve of 30 days and Pagume, which has 5 days, or 6 in a leap year. The year begins on Meskerem 1 (Enkutatash), which falls on September 11, or September 12 before a Gregorian leap year. The Ethiopian year number is 7 years behind the Gregorian one from September to December and 8 years behind from January to early September, because the two churches calculated the year of the Annunciation differently.

The calendar is used in Ethiopia and, for church and cultural life, by Ethiopian and Eritrean communities around the world. Its months are Meskerem, Tikimt, Hidar, Tahsas, Tir, Yekatit, Megabit, Miazia, Ginbot, Sene, Hamle, Nehase and Pagume.