Intercalary month (Egypt)
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intercalary-month-egypt-188-6031609
title:
Intercalary month (Egypt)
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The intercalary month or epagomenal days of the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and Ethiopian calendars are a period of five days in common years and six days in leap years in addition to those calendars' 12 standard months, sometimes reckoned as their thirteenth month. They originated as a periodic measure to ensure that the heliacal rising of Sirius would occur in the 12th month of the Egyptian lunar calendar but became a regular feature of the civil calendar and its descendants. Coptic and Ethiopia
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Calendar day outside any regular month in ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and Ethiopian calendars
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercalary_month_(Egypt)
date created:
2005-01-22T06:05:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T23:20:13Z
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