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Tabot (EST)

EpochConfidenceAssociated with
2 November 1930ExactKingston, Jamaica

Overview

The Tabot calendar, an anacronym of "The Anointed Body of Testimony", is a Gregorian-based calendar of Rastafarianism. It features 12 months of 30 days, except for the final month of 35 days and an extra leap day added onto the 4th month.

The epoch is the coronation of H.I.M. Haile Selassie 1st as Emperor of Abyssinia on 2 November 1930 CE. Years are denoted with 'H.I.M', meaning 'His Imperial Majesty'.

New Year's Day is always on 2 November in the Gregorian calendar, and leap years occur in tandem with the Gregorian calendar.

Info

MonthsDaysStart Date
Anbassa30November 2
Hymanot30December 2
Immanuel30January 1
Ras30/31January 31
Ta'Berhan30March 2
Manassa30April 1
Danaffa30May 1
Negest30May 31
Tafari30June 30
Emru30July 30
Sawwara30August 29
Negus & Dejazmatch35September 28
Weekdays
SundayErgat
MondayTazajenat
TuesdayKedusenant
WednesdayRa'ee
ThursdayMakrab
FridayMamlak
SaturdayGerma

Accuracy

As this calendar is intrinsically locked to the Gregorian calendar, this calculation is exactly accurate.

Dependencies
Gregorian

Source

Common Source

Wikipedia article

Primary Sources

Tabot website

The Tabot calendar was created by Hermetic Systems and can be found here.