Calendar & Time

6 tools

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Ethiopian Calendar

Full Ethiopian calendar with all 13 months — browse any year, see Gregorian equivalents on every date, holiday indicators with details, and today highlighting.

Ethiopian Date Converter

Convert any date between the Ethiopian (Ge'ez) and Gregorian calendars — JDN-accurate, live dual clock, all 13 months supported.

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Ethiopian Time Converter

Convert Ethiopian time to international standard time and compare live clocks across 70+ world cities from Addis Ababa.

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Ethiopian Public Holidays

Complete Ethiopian public holiday calendar with countdown to next holiday, Christian and Islamic holidays, and Ethiopian calendar dates.

Age Calculator

Calculate exact age in years, months, and days with next birthday countdown, generation label, and fun life statistics.

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Ethiopian Age Calculator

Calculate your age in the Ethiopian calendar — shows Ethiopian and Gregorian ages, birth year evangelist name, and next Ethiopian birthday.

About Calendar & Time Tools

Ethiopia keeps its own calendar, and it differs from the Gregorian one in ways that trip up anyone converting a date by hand. The Ethiopian year has thirteen months — twelve of thirty days plus a short thirteenth month, Pagumē, of five or six days — and it runs roughly seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar because of a different calculation of the Annunciation. The tools here handle that arithmetic precisely using the Julian Day Number, so a birthday, contract date, or historical event converts correctly in either direction, including across the leap-year boundary.

Time works differently too. Ethiopia counts hours from dawn rather than from midnight, so what a clock elsewhere calls 7:00 in the morning is 1:00 in Ethiopian reckoning. The Ethiopian time converter translates between the two systems and compares live clocks across dozens of world cities, which is genuinely useful for diaspora families and anyone scheduling a call with Addis Ababa. Alongside it, the holidays tool lists Ethiopia’s public holidays — both the fixed Christian feasts and the moving Islamic dates — with a countdown to the next one.

The age calculators round out the set. You can compute an exact age in years, months, and days on the Gregorian calendar, or find your age in Ethiopian years complete with the evangelist name traditionally assigned to your birth year. Every tool is free, needs no account, and works on any phone or computer.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many years behind is the Ethiopian calendar?
The Ethiopian calendar runs about seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar — seven years for most of the Gregorian year and eight after the Ethiopian new year (Enkutatash) in September. The exact offset for any given day is what the date converter calculates for you.
Why does the Ethiopian calendar have thirteen months?
It has twelve months of thirty days each, plus a thirteenth month called Pagumē that holds the remaining five days — or six days in a leap year. That structure is where the tourism slogan “13 months of sunshine” comes from.
What is Ethiopian time and how does it differ from standard time?
Ethiopia counts the day from dawn rather than midnight, so its clock is offset by six hours from the 24-hour system used internationally. 1:00 in Ethiopian time is 7:00 in the morning by an international clock. The time converter handles the translation both ways.
Are the date conversions accurate for leap years and old dates?
Yes. The converter uses the Julian Day Number as an intermediate step, which correctly handles leap years and the differing month lengths in both calendars, so conversions stay accurate for historical dates as well as recent ones.