Computus week before the Gregorian Easter in 1724, 1744, 1778, 1798, etc. The Easter cycle groups days into lunar months, which are either 29 or 30 days long. There is an exception. The month ending in March normally has thirty days, but if 29 February of a leap year falls within it, it contains 31. As these groups are based on the lunar cycle, over the long term the average month in the lunar calendar is a very good approximation of the synodic month, which is days long. There are 12 synodic months in a lunar year, totaling either 354 or
Intercalary month (Egypt) relative to the Gregorian calendar in 2100 (2092). The unusual calendar is notably used in Ethiopian tourist information to advertise the country's "thirteen months of summer". Intercalary month (Egypt) The intercalary month or epagomenal days of the Egyptian, Coptic, and Ethiopian calendars are a period of five days in common years and six days in leap years in addition to those calendars' 12 standard months, sometimes reckoned as their thirteenth month. They originated as a periodic measure to ensure that the heliacal rising of Sirius would occur in the 12th month of the Egyptian lunar calendar but became a regular