Egyptian calendar

American  

noun

1. the calendar of ancient Egypt, having a year consisting of twelve 30-day months, with five additional days at the end, leap year not being considered.

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Example Sentences

The original Egyptian calendar, consisting of 360 days, begins its New Year festivals when Sirius, the Dog Star, rises.

From Washington Times

The paper explains the complexities stem from differences between the ancient Egyptian calendar, based on the sun, and the ancient Hebrew calendar, based on the Moon.

From BBC

Its creator, the late Oglethorpe President Thornwell Jacobs, chose 8113 as the year for the capsule to be opened because it was as far in the future from 1936—the year he declared his plan—as 4241 B.C.—the date that he believed the Egyptian calendar was established—was in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rising of the star denoted the new year; which therefore must have begun on the 20th July, the first of Thoth in the Egyptian calendar.

From Project Gutenberg

The story: a 34-year-old University of Pittsburgh professor named Jotham Johnson had fixed the date when the ancient Egyptian calendar began.

From Time Magazine Archive