When Were You Born on the Nile?
The ancient Egyptian civil year had 365 days: three farming seasons of four 30-day months, followed by the five legendary days outside the year. Select your birthday to discover where your birth lands in ancient time.
Season of Akhet
Day 14 of Hathor (III Akhet)
Modern Calendar Date: November 14
Presiding Patron Deity / Festival
Hathor (Goddess of Joy, Music & Love)
What Was Happening in Ancient Egypt
The Nile floodwaters cover the fields.
Historical Calculation Standard
Calculated using the classical Sothic baseline (New Year on August 29), synchronizing the civil calendar with the seasonal helical rising of Sirius and the Nile inundation described in Chapter 13.