Assyrian calendar

This article is about the calendar introduced in the 1950s. See Old Assyrian calendar for the ancient calendar.

The modern Assyrian calendar was introduced in the 1950s, loosely based on the historical lunisolar Babylonian calendar. The year begins with the first sight of Spring. Its era was fixed at 4750 BC. This was inspired by an estimate of the date of the first temple at Ashur in the Middle Ubaid period, notably based on a series of articles published in the Assyrian magazine Gilgamesh, edited by the brothers Addi and Jean Alkhas and Nimrod Simono.^[1] As of April 1, 2008, it is the Assyrian year of 6758.

Months

Season	Month	Transliteration	Info	Blessed by	Days	Gregorian calendar
Assyrian calendar
Spring	ܢܝܣܢ	Nisan	Month of Happiness	Enlil	31	March/April
	ܐܝܪ	Yaar	Month of Love	Khaya	31	April/May
	ܚܙܝܪܢ	Khzeeran	Month of Building	Sin	31	May/June
Summer	ܬܡܘܙ	Tammuz	Month of Harvesting	Tammuz	31	June/July
	ܐܒ	Tdabbakh (Ab)	Month of Ripening of Fruits	Shamash	31	July/August
	ܐܝܠܘܠ	Elool	Month of sprinkling of seeds	Ishtar	30	August/September
Autumn	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ	Tishrin I	Month of giving	Anu	30	September/October
	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ	Tishrin II	Month of awakening of buried seeds	Marduk	30	October/November
	ܟܢܘܢ ܐ	Kanoon I (Chisleu)	Month of conceiving	Nergal	30	November/December
Winter	ܟܢܘܢ ܒ	Kanoon II (Tebet)	Month of resting	Nasho	30	December/January
	ܫܒܛ	Shwat (Sebat)	Month of flooding	Raman	30	January/February
	ܐܕܪ	Adaar	Month of evil spirits	Rokhaty	29	February/March

The intercalary month, added when the new moon following Adaar predates vernal equinox, is called Ve-Adad.

References

^ Assyrian Calendar by Wilfred Alkhas

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