Ethiopian New Year ‘Enkutatash’ and ‘Meskal’

Ethiopia still retains the Julian calendar, in which the year is divided into 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5 days and 6 days in leap year. The Ethiopian calendar is 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar from January to September and 7 years behind between September 11 and January 8.The Ethiopian calendar registers the New Year on ‘Meskerem’ (September 11/12); first, as a ...