egyptian ritual year for recon kemetics etc
DESCRIPTION
Top table: modern date equivalents of ancient egyptian calendar - with appropriate gods and goddess for full and/or new moons.Suggested rituals available on request.Lower table: the later Egyptian festival year, standardised at time of Julius Caesar -so approximate Julian dates and a suggestion of how to deal with the extra five days that once ran consecutively but in Roman Egypt were distributed through the year.TRANSCRIPT
Lunar-Solar Cycle (based on summer solstice GMT)
Month
name
Presiding
deity
Lunar
month
begins
Month
name
Presiding
deity
Lunar
month
begins
Thoth 27-Jun-14
Tekhy Seth 8-Jul-13 Tekhy Seth26-Jul-14
Minkhet Min 6-Aug-13 Minkhet Min25-Aug-14
HatHor Hathor 5-Sep-13 HatHor Hathor24-Sep-14
Ka-Hor-Ka Sokar 5-Oct-13Ka-Hor-Ka
Sokar23-Oct-14
Sef Bedet Neith 3-Nov-13 Sef Bedet Neith22-Nov-14
Rekh wer Nuit 3-Dec-13 Rekh wer Nuit22-Dec-14
Rekh Nedjes
Anubis1-Jan-14
Rekh Nedjes
Anubis
Rnwtt Renenutet30-Jan-14
RnwttRenenutet
Khonsu Khonsu1-Mar-14
Khonsu Khonsu
Horus Horus1-Apr-14
Horus Horus
Ipet Jepet29-Apr-14
Ipet Jepet
Wep Renpet
Ra28-May-14
Wep Renpet
Ra
A "lunar standstill" occurred in year one of this 19 year cycle
Egyptian Archaic Lunar Calendar
Test: If NM after summer solstice occurs within 11 days then an intercalary month (shown as grey column) is needed
Year 7 Year 8
Information compiled by House of Life at Ombos - check for revisions and corrections. For those who wish to continue using the Late Egyptian Civil Calendar one possible solution is given
below:
See next page for the "standard" solar festival year of
Ancient Egypt and FAQ
