About Geez Calendar

Geez Calendar is a free calendar for the Ethiopian and Eritrean community, in English, Amharic and Tigrinya.

What you can do here

• See the Geez and Gregorian calendars side by side, with the date in both.
• Convert any date between the Geez and Gregorian calendars, in both directions.
• Find Ethiopian Orthodox and Islamic fasting periods for any year.
• See Ethiopian public holidays and US federal holidays.
• Install it on your phone and use it without a connection. (Coming soon.)

Why we built it

Many of us live between two calendars. Family birthdays, holidays and fasts follow the Geez calendar, while work, school and paperwork follow the Gregorian one. We wanted one simple place that handles both, in our own languages, and treats Orthodox and Islamic traditions equally.

How the dates are worked out

The Geez calendar has 12 months of 30 days and a 13th month, Pagume, of 5 or 6 days. Its year is 7 or 8 years behind the Gregorian year. All conversions are calculated by one tested engine, not typed in by hand, and checked against every day from 1600 to 2400.

Orthodox fasts and holidays follow published rules, counted from Fasika (Easter) and from fixed Geez dates. Islamic dates are calculated from the Umm al-Qura calendar. In Ethiopia, the real dates follow local moon sighting, so they can differ by a day. We mark them "Expected" until they are confirmed.

What we do not do

• No accounts or sign-in.
• No advertising or tracking cookies. See our Privacy Policy .
• No selling of your information.

Mistakes and suggestions

We check our work, but errors can happen, especially in names, histories and translations. If you see one, please write to info@geezcal.com. The converter is a convenience tool and not an official record, as our Terms of Use explain.

Credits

Ge'ez text on this site is set in Entoto, a typeface designed by Anbassa Design .