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Ethiopian calendar converter:
Ethiopian ↔ Gregorian

Convert a Gregorian date to the Ethiopian calendar, or an Ethiopian date to Gregorian.

Gregorian → Ethiopian

Ethiopian → Gregorian

Uses the Ethiopian civil calendar (Amete Mihret). The new year, 1 Meskerem, falls on 11 September, or 12 September before a Gregorian leap year.

How to use Ethiopian calendar converter

  1. 01Pick a dateGregorian or Ethiopian.
  2. 02Read the resultWith the weekday.
  3. 03CopyIn English or Amharic.
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Meskerem to Pagume.

Pick a Gregorian date to see it in the Ethiopian calendar, or choose an Ethiopian year, month and day to see the Gregorian date, with the weekday in English and Amharic.

Ethiopia uses its own calendar for everyday life and official documents: twelve months of 30 days, then Pagume with 5 or 6 days. It runs about 7 to 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar, and its year begins in September. This converter changes a date in either direction and shows the weekday, with the Ethiopian date in Amharic too.

How to convert

  1. To get an Ethiopian date, pick the Gregorian date on the left.
  2. To get a Gregorian date, type the Ethiopian year and pick the month and day on the right.
  3. Press Copy to copy the result.

How the Ethiopian calendar works

  • The year starts on 1 Meskerem, which falls on 11 September, or on 12 September in the year before a Gregorian leap year.
  • Months 1 to 12 always have 30 days. Pagume, the 13th month, has 5 days, or 6 in an Ethiopian leap year.
  • The Ethiopian year is 7 years behind the Gregorian year from 1 Meskerem to the end of December, and 8 years behind from January to the end of Pagume.
  • Holidays follow the calendar: Enkutatash (new year) on 1 Meskerem, Meskel on 17 Meskerem, and Genna (Christmas) on 29 Tahsas, usually 7 January.

Months in English and Amharic

  • Meskerem (መስከረም), Tikimt (ጥቅምት), Hidar (ኅዳር), Tahsas (ታኅሣሥ).
  • Tir (ጥር), Yekatit (የካቲት), Megabit (መጋቢት), Miyazya (ሚያዝያ).
  • Ginbot (ግንቦት), Sene (ሰኔ), Hamle (ሐምሌ), Nehase (ነሐሴ), Pagume (ጳጉሜን).

How the dates are worked out

Unlike the Nepali calendar, the Ethiopian calendar follows fixed rules, so the converter calculates dates with the standard formulas from Dershowitz and Reingold’s Calendrical Calculations. It works for any year, past or future.

The converter shows dates only. Ethiopian time, which counts hours from about 6 in the morning, isn’t converted.

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Questions

Why is the Ethiopian year 7 or 8 years behind?

The Ethiopian calendar counts years from a different date for the birth of Christ, so it is 7 years behind from 11 September to 31 December and 8 years behind the rest of the year.

Does Pagume have 5 or 6 days?

Five, or six in the Ethiopian leap year, which is the year before a Gregorian leap year.

Is anything sent to a server?

No. The conversion runs in your browser.

What year is it in Ethiopia?

From 11 September 2026 to 11 September 2027 it is 2019 in the Ethiopian calendar. Pick today’s date on the left to see the exact day.

What do E.C. and G.C. mean?

E.C. is the Ethiopian Calendar and G.C. the Gregorian Calendar. Forms in Ethiopia often show both, such as 29 Tahsas 2017 E.C. = 7 January 2025 G.C.

What are the symbols after the Amharic date?

The day and year in Ge’ez numerals, the traditional Ethiopian way of writing numbers, for example ፳፻፲፱ for 2019.