Convert any date between the Ethiopian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar with this two-way converter. Enter a Gregorian date (day, month, year) to get its Ethiopian equivalent, or enter an Ethiopian date (day, Ethiopian month, Ethiopian year) to get the corresponding Gregorian date. Choose your conversion direction and the result appears immediately.
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The difference stems from an alternate calculation of the year of Jesus Christ's birth. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church calculated the Annunciation to have occurred in 7 BC, while the Roman Catholic Church used 1 AD as the epoch. This means the Ethiopian calendar currently runs approximately 7 years and 8 months behind the Gregorian calendar.
The Ethiopian calendar has 13 months. Twelve of those months have exactly 30 days each. The 13th month, called Pagume (ጳጉሜ), has 5 days in a regular year and 6 days in a leap year, bringing the total to 365 or 366 days.
Ethiopian New Year (Enkutatash) falls on the 1st of Meskerem, which corresponds to September 11 in the Gregorian calendar during regular years and September 12 in the year following a Gregorian leap year.
Select 'Gregorian → Ethiopian' as your conversion direction, then enter the day, month, and year of your Gregorian date. The converter will instantly display the corresponding Ethiopian day, month, and year.
The converter uses the standard mathematical algorithm for Ethiopian–Gregorian date conversion, which is accurate for dates from the early 1900s onward. The conversion accounts for leap years in both calendar systems.
Pagume (ጳጉሜ) is the intercalary 13th month of the Ethiopian calendar. Its name comes from the Greek word meaning 'forgotten days.' It has 5 days in a normal year and 6 days in a leap year, and it follows Nehase (the 12th month).
Yes. In the Ethiopian time system, a new day begins at dawn (approximately 6:00 AM Gregorian time) rather than at midnight. This means Ethiopian clock hours differ from standard Western time by about 6 hours.
Absolutely. Enter your Gregorian birth date (day, month, year), select 'Gregorian → Ethiopian', and the converter will show your exact Ethiopian calendar birth date, including the Ethiopian month name.