The Ethiopian calendar's unusual calculations and comparison: deciphering its exceptionality

Author: 
Belay Sitotaw Goshu and Yisehak Mohammed Abdi

A calendar is a collection of days and dates humans use to guide their daily activities. The Ethiopian calendar system is significant in the socio-cultural lives of the Ethiopian people, who aspire to live peaceful lives. They believe the universe will be harmonious when people can coexist peacefully with God, one another, and the universe in a balanced way. With a comparison to the calendar system of another nation, this article seeks to establish the accuracy of the calculations performed with the Ethiopian calendar. The ancient astronomers definitively established the Ethiopian calendar in this investigation. Every four years is an extra day for Luka. Pagume only has six hours. The upshot is that there are now 366 days instead of 365 in a year. Leap years are the term for these years. Furthermore, the year will have 367 days in total after 600 years. The Ethiopian calendar system is vital to the social and cultural life of the Ethiopian population. It serves as a guide for duties such as keeping track of one's birthday, forecasting personality features, figuring out one's past, or analyzing the highs and lows of performing one's job. Furthermore, the findings showed that the new year, Meskerem 1 (September 11, 2043, G.C.), will start on Thursday in 2035 according to the Ethiopian calendar.

Paper No: 
5048