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The year is made up of 12 months of 30 days and a month of 5 days (or 6 for leap years). The spelling of the months is that of the Egyptian names of the 1st millennium BC. It can be interpreted in the Latin alphabet in different ways. Here is one with in brackets the correspondence with the Gregorian calendar: | The year is made up of 12 months of 30 days and a month of 5 days (or 6 for leap years). The spelling of the months is that of the Egyptian names of the 1st millennium BC. It can be interpreted in the Latin alphabet in different ways. Here is one with in brackets the correspondence with the Gregorian calendar: | ||
# | # Thoout (September/October) | ||
# | # Paope (October/November) | ||
# | # Hathor (November/December) | ||
# | # Koiahk (December/January) | ||
# | # Tobe (January/February) | ||
# | # Meshir (February/March) | ||
# | # Paremhotep (March/April) | ||
# | # Parmoute (april/may) | ||
# | # Pashons (may/june) | ||
# | # Paone (June/July) | ||
# | # Epip (July/August) | ||
# | # Mesori (August/September) | ||
# | # The little month (from September 6 to September 10 or 11) | ||
== Leap years == | == Leap years == | ||