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The traditional Armenian calendar counts years from 552 AD and never adds a leap day. Its new year therefore drifts slowly backwards through the seasons.
24 Trē 1476
24 Տրէ ԹՎ ՌՆՀԶ
Wednesday
- In the Gregorian calendar
- Wednesday 11 November 2026
- This day began
- At midnight, as Wednesday 11 November 2026 begins
- This day ends
- At midnight, as Thursday 12 November 2026 begins
- Year 1476 began
- Tuesday 21 July 2026
- Next new year
- Wednesday 21 July 2027 (in 252 days)
- This year has
- 365 days in 13 months
- Years count from
- 13 July AD 552, 11 July 552 in the Julian calendar (Gregorian calendar counted backwards)
- Who uses it
- Armenians, traditionally; still used today for cultural and religious purposes
- How it works
- 12 months of 30 days, then 5 extra days, for 365 days every year
- Years count from
- 11 July 552 AD in the Julian calendar
- Unusual detail
- Its new year has moved through the whole year once, completing the cycle in 2012
Next holidays in this calendar
252 days
Navasard (Armenian New Year) 1 Nawasard 1477
21 July 2027 · Armenian
How the Armenian calendar works
Every Armenian year has exactly 365 days: twelve months of 30 days followed by five extra days called aweleacʿ, meaning "additional". There are no leap years, so the calendar slips a quarter of a day each year against the Julian calendar and the seasons, and shifts across a whole Julian year once in 1,461 Armenian years.
The first year began on 11 July 552 in the Julian calendar. Year 1462, the first year of the second cycle, began on 11 July 2012 in the Julian calendar, which is 24 July 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. Several month names show the influence of the Zoroastrian calendar.
| No. | Month | Days |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nawasard (Նաւասարդ) | 30 |
| 2 | Hoṙi (Հոռի) | 30 |
| 3 | Sahmi (Սահմի) | 30 |
| 4 | Trē (Տրէ) | 30 |
| 5 | Kʿałocʿ (Քաղոց) | 30 |
| 6 | Aracʿ (Արաց) | 30 |
| 7 | Mehekan (Մեհեկան) | 30 |
| 8 | Areg (Արեգ) | 30 |
| 9 | Ahekan (Ահեկան) | 30 |
| 10 | Mareri (Մարերի) | 30 |
| 11 | Margacʿ (Մարգաց) | 30 |
| 12 | Hroticʿ (Հրոտից) | 30 |
| 13 | Aweleacʿ (Աւելեաց) | 5 |
Variants and the method used here
We use the original form of the calendar, in which every year has 365 days and the first day of the era is 11 July 552 in the Julian calendar. This is the form described in standard references such as Calendrical Calculations, and it gives a fixed count of days from that starting point.
Converting by simply adding 551 to the Western year is only approximate, because the Armenian year starts in the middle of the Western one.
A short history
In the Julian year 352, tables compiled by Andreas of Byzantium were introduced in Armenia to determine the religious holidays. When those tables ran out on 11 July 552, the Armenian calendar was introduced, and it was adopted at the Second Council of Dvin. Its date of origin became the start of the Armenian era.
Dates in this era were usually written with Armenian letters used as numbers, preceded by the abbreviationԹՎ, for tʿvin, "in the year". In 1918 the civil calendar in Armenia was changed to the Gregorian calendar.
Sources
How this site calculates the date: The traditional 365-day year with no leap day: 12 months of 30 days and 5 extra days (Aweleacʿ), years counted from 11 July 552 (Julian).