Happy New Egyptian Year Egyptian Queen Nefertiti Egyptian Egyptian New year's was a big deal for the ancient egyptians. here's some basic information about the egyptian new year and things you can do to celebrate it. stay tu. Image by dom1706 from pixabay. wep ronpet, the ancient egyptian new year, falls on a variable day each year from late july to early august. it occurs when the star sirius (known as spdt or sopdet ) first rises in cairo and once coincided with the annual flooding of the nile river.
Happy Egyptian New Year Beyondbones So you probably know that the ancient egyptians marked their new year by the rise of sirius and annual flood of the nile. but how does that influence our practice today as egyptian kemetic pagans?. The religious calendar of ancient kemet is both lunar–with each month starting on the day of the new moon – as well as sidereal – with the new year – called ‘wep renpet’ or the opening of the year – celebrated on the morning of the visible rise of sopdet (sirius) just prior to sunrise. The kemetic calendar was a guide for daily activities, agricultural practices, religious observances, and even political events. each month and season had its own set of festivals and rituals, deeply connecting the people to the rhythm of the natural world and the divine. On september 11, 2018, egyptians celebrated the arrival of a new egyptian year, marking the 6260th pharaonic year. the egyptian calendar, known as the oldest in the world, was meticulously calculated by ancient egyptians in 4241 b.c.
Happy Egyptian New Year Beyondbones The kemetic calendar was a guide for daily activities, agricultural practices, religious observances, and even political events. each month and season had its own set of festivals and rituals, deeply connecting the people to the rhythm of the natural world and the divine. On september 11, 2018, egyptians celebrated the arrival of a new egyptian year, marking the 6260th pharaonic year. the egyptian calendar, known as the oldest in the world, was meticulously calculated by ancient egyptians in 4241 b.c. What are the epagomenal days? the epagomenal days are the five days at the end of the year due to the ancient egyptian calendar being divided into 30 days of 12 months. due to this falling short of the astronomical year the five extra days were created and assigned to the gods. what is wep ronpet?. The first day of the new year was celebrated as the birth day of one of the sun gods: ra horakhty (below), who combined the powers of ra and horus of the horizons. in this way the god was associated with rebirth and fertility, important factors relating to the kemite new year. representation of ra horakhty (centre) at abu simbel temple.
Kemetic World Egyptianyoga The Online Community Of Neterian Culture What are the epagomenal days? the epagomenal days are the five days at the end of the year due to the ancient egyptian calendar being divided into 30 days of 12 months. due to this falling short of the astronomical year the five extra days were created and assigned to the gods. what is wep ronpet?. The first day of the new year was celebrated as the birth day of one of the sun gods: ra horakhty (below), who combined the powers of ra and horus of the horizons. in this way the god was associated with rebirth and fertility, important factors relating to the kemite new year. representation of ra horakhty (centre) at abu simbel temple.