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This calendar is the working calendar of Hellenion, a diverse group of Hellenic polytheists sharing the common goal of living a life of piety and proper respect for the Gods of Olympos and ancient Hellenic tradition. The calendar is based on the monthly and annual observances and festivals of the ancient Athenians from about 800 BCE to 323 BCE. This version was created using information derived from http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html?cal=2011#skycal and from www.timeanddate.com/calendar/moonphases.html as well as the sources Greek Religion by Walter Burkert (Harvard University Press, 1977, English translation: Basil Blackwell Publisher and Harvard University Press, 1985), Old Stones, New Temples; ancient Greek paganism reborn, by Drew Campbell (Xlibris Corporation, 2000), Festivals of the Athenians, by H. W.Parke (London, Thames and Hudson, 1977) and HMEPA at www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa. One of our associated projects, the creation of an on-line version of this calendar, is almost complete and is now available at the Hellenion web site: http://www.hellenion.org. That version contains links to descriptions of all the special days noted on this calendar and suggestions about how to observe them in the 21st century. You are under no obligation to observe all the occasions and days mentioned here; in fact, that would be all but impossible at present, since none of us live in a wholly polytheistic city. Every observance is optional. This calendar is made available to you as a learning tool, and as a framework to begin or extend your practice of ancient Hellenic religious tradition. Needless to say, ancient Hellenic religion involved many more practices than are implied by this calendar, which is adapted to the modern secular calendar. The calendar outlines ancient monthly practices, such as Hekates Deipnon Noumenia (the visible crescent moon) and the Agathos Daimon. It also lists ancient Athenian festivals on the exact dates where these are known. Where the exact date has not been revealed by research, a question mark follows the name of the festival. Information about the specific observance can be found in the references mentioned above and on the on-line version. Note that the date of the new moon is determined by when the crescent is visible in the EST/EDT time zone; notes for other North American Time Zones are included. In addition to ancient festivals and observances, certain modern occasions are listed as well. This includes the Hellenion monthly libation (ensuring that at least one day a month is shared by the community, albeit scattered, at the same time, and also ensuring that each of the twelve Olympians is honored at least once during the year). Note that this libation is not an official practice of Hellenion but a voluntary activity endorsed by many Hellenion members. Some modern festivals are also listed, such as Heliogenna in December, and Prometheia, held in Greece on the summer solstice near Mt. Olympos (see www.ysee.gr/index-eng.php for more information about this festival). Remember that, among the ancient Greeks, the day begins at sundown of the previous day. Days in gray indicate the new moon/beginning of Greek month and the Hellenion monthly libation date. Transliteration of Greek month names and festivals below used y to represent the short u of Greek, kh is used to represent chi (), a sound which does not exist in English, and e represents both epsilon () and eta (). ! The cover illustration is the Celebration of Anthesteria by the Proto-Demos Hellenic Spirit, Toronto; photo from Melissa Gold, copyright 2010.
January 2011
Poseideon - Gamelion - Year 2 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 26 Poseideon
Haloa
2 27 Poseideon
6 1 Gamelion
Noumenia
7 2 Gamelion
Agathos Daimon
8 3 Gamelion
Libation to Hera
9 4 Gamelion
10 5 Gamelion
11 6 Gamelion
12 7 Gamelion
13 8 Gamelion
14 9 Gamelion
15 10 Gamelion
16 11 Gamelion
17 12 Gamelion
Lenaia
18 13 Gamelion
Lenaia
19 14 Gamelion
Lenaia
20 15 Gamelion
Lenaia
21 16 Gamelion
22 17 Gamelion
Dark of the moon: Jan 4 4:03 am EST; 3:03 am CST; 2:03 am MST; 1:03 am PST
February 2011
Gamelion - Anthesterion - Year 2 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday 127 Gamelion
Theogamia
Wednesday 2 28 Gamelion
Thursday 3 29 Gamelion
Friday 4 30 Gamelion
Hekate's Deipnon
Saturday 5 1 Anthesterion
Noumenia
6 2 Anthesterion
Agathos Daimon
7 3 Anthesterion
8 4 Anthesterion
9 5 Anthesterion
10 6 Anthesterion
11 7 Anthesterion
12 8 Anthesterion
Libation to Aphrodite
13 9 Anthesterion
14 10 Anthesterion
15 11 Anthesterion
Anthesteria Pithiogia
16 12 Anthesterion
Anthesteria - Khoes
17 13 Anthesterion
Anthesteria - Khutroi
18 14 Anthesterion
19 15 Anthesterion
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21 Anthesterion Lesser Mysteries
20 16 Anthesterion
21 17 Anthesterion
22 18 Anthesterion
23 19 Anthesterion
24 20 Anthesterion
Lesser Mysteries
26 22 Anthesterion
Lesser Mysteries
27 23 Anthesterion
Lesser Mysteries & Diasia
28 24 Anthesterion
Lesser Mysteries
= full moon
Dark of the moon: Feb 2 9:31 pm EST; 8:31 pm CST; 7:31 pm MST; 6:31 pm PST Note: the crescent moon may be visible in some regions on Feb 4.
March 2011
Anthesterion - Elaphebolion - Year 2 of the 697th Olympiad
Last month / Next month
Sunday
Monday
= full moon
Tuesday 1 25 Anthesterion
Lesser Mysteries
Wednesday 2 26 Anthesterion
Lesser Mysteries
Thursday 3 27 Anthesterion
Friday 4 28 Anthesterion
Saturday 5 29 Anthesterion
6 30 Anthesterion
Hekate's Deipnon
7 1 Elaphebolion
Noumenia
8 2 Elaphebolion
Agathos Daimon
9 3 Elaphebolion
10 4 Elaphebolion
11 5 Elaphebolion
12 6 Elaphebolion
Libation to Hephaistos
13 7 Elaphebolion
14 8 Elaphebolion
Asklepieia
15 9 Elaphebolion
16 10 Elaphebolion
Dionysia ta astika
17 11 Elaphebolion
Dionysia ta astika
18 12 Elaphebolion
Dionysia ta astika
19 13 Elaphebolion
Dionysia ta astika
20 14
Elaphebolion Dionysia ta astika Equinox
21 15 Elaphebolion
Dionysia ta astika
22 16 Elaphebolion
Dionysia ta astika
23 17 Elaphebolion
Dionysia ta astika & Pandia
24 18 Elaphebolion
25 19 Elaphebolion
26 20 Elaphebolion
27 21 Elaphebolion
28 22 Elaphebolion
29 23 Elaphebolion
30 24 Elaphebolion
31 25 Elaphebolion
Dark of the moon: Mar 4 3:46 pm EST; 2:46 pm CST; 1:46 pm MST; 12:31 pm PST; daylight savings time begins March 13. Note: the crescent moon may be visible in some regions on Feb 6.
April 2011
Elaphebolion - Mounykhion - Year 2 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 26 Elaphebolion Saturday 2 27 Elaphebolion
= full moon
3 28 Elaphebolion 4 29 Elaphebolion
Hekate's Deipnon
5 1 Mounykhion
Noumenia
3 Mounykhion
4 Mounykhion
9 5 Mounykhion
Libation to Artemis
10 6 Mounykhion
Delphinia
11 7 Mounykhion
12 8 Mounykhion
13
9 Mounykhion
14
10 Mounykhion
15 11 Mounykhion
16 12 Mounykhion
17 13 Mounykhion
18 14 Mounykhion
19 15 Mounykhion
20 16 Mounykhion
Mounykhia
21 17 Mounykhion
22 18 Mounykhion
Earth Day
23 19 Mounykhion
Olympeia
24 20 Mounykhion
Leukaspis
25 21 Mounykhion
Tritopatores
26 22 Mounykhion
27 23 Mounykhion
28 24 Mounykhion
29 25 Mounykhion
30 26 Mounykhion
Dark of the moon: Apr 3 10:32 am EDT; 9:32 am CDT; 8:32 am MDT; 7:32 am PDT
May 2011
Mounykhion - Thargelion - Year 2 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday 1 27 Mounykhion Monday 2 28 Mounykhion Tuesday
3 29 Mounykhion
Wednesday 4 30 Mounykhion
Hekate's Deipnon
Thursday 5 1 Thargelion
Noumenia
Friday 6 2 Thargelion
Agathos Daimon
Saturday 7 3 Thargelion
8 4 Thargelion
Mother's Day
9 5 Thargelion
10 6 Thargelion
Thargelia
12 7 Thargelion
Thargelia
12 8 Thargelion
13 9 Thargelion
14 10 Thargelion
Libation to Apollon
15 11 Thargelion
16 12 Thargelion
17 13 Thargelion
18 14 Thargelion
19 15 Thargelion
20 16 Thargelion
Zeus Epakrios
21 17 Thargelion
22 18 Thargelion 23 19 Thargelion
Bendideia Victoria Day (Canada)
24 20 Thargelion
25 21 Thargelion
26 22 Thargelion
27 23 Thargelion
28 24 Thargelion
29 25 Thargelion
Kallynteria
30 26 Thargelion
Plynteria Memorial Day (US)
31 27 Thargelion
= full moon
Dark of the moon: May 3 2:51 am EDT; 1:51 am CDT; 12:51 am MDT; May 2 11:51 pm PDT Note: the crescent moon may be visible in some regions on May 4.
June 2011
Thargelion - Skirophorion - Year 2 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 1 28 Thargelion Thursday 2 29 Thargelion
Hekate's Deipnon
Friday 3 1 Skirophorion
Noumenia
Saturday 4 2 Skirophorion
Agathos Daimon
= full moon
5 3 Skirophorion
Arrephoria
6 4 Skirophorion
7 5 Skirophorion
8 6 Skirophorion
9 7 Skirophorion
10 8 Skirophorion
11 9 Skirophorion
Libation to Zeus
12 10 Skirophorion
13 11 Skirophorion
14 12 Skirophorion
Skira
15 13 Skirophorion
16 14 Skirophorion
Bouphomia & Dipolieia
17 15 Skirophorion
18 16 Skirophorion
Prometheia
19 17 Skirophorion
Fathers' Day
20 18 Skirophorion
21 19 Skirophorion
Solstice
22 20 Skirophorion
23 21 Skirophorion
24 22 Skirophorion
25 23 Skirophorion
26 24 Skirophorion
27 25 Skirophorion
28 26 Skirophorion
29 27 Skirophorion
30 28 Skirophorion
Dark of the moon: Jun 1 5:03 pm EDT; 4:03 pm CDT; 3:03 pm MDT; Jun 1 2:03 pm PDT
July 2011
Skirophorion - Hekatombaion - Year 2-3 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 29 Skirophorion
Canada Day
Saturday 2 30 Skirophorion
Hekate's Deipnon
= full moon
3 1 Hekatombaion
Noumenia Athenian New Year
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5 3 Hekatombaionn
6 4 Hekatombaion
7 5 Hekatombaion
8 6 Hekatombaion
9 7 Hekatombaion
Libation to Athena
10 8 Hekatombaion
11 9 Hekatombaion
12 10 Hekatombaion
13 11 Hekatombaion
14 12 Hekatombaion
Kronia
15 13 Hekatombaion
16 14 Hekatombaion
22 20 Hekatombaion 23 21 Hekatombaion
17 15 Hekatombaion
18 16 Hekatombaion
Synoikia
19 17 Hekatombaion
20 18 Hekatombaion
21 19 Hekatombaion
24 22 Hekatombaion 31 29 Hekatombaion
Panathenaia ta megala Hekate's Deipnon
25 23 Hekatombaion
Panathenaia ta megala
26 24 Hekatombaion
Panathenaia ta megala
27 25 Hekatombaion
Panathenaia ta megala
28 26 Hekatombaion
Panathenaia ta megala
29 27 Hekatombaion
Panathenaia ta megala
30 28 Hekatombaion
Panathenaia ta megala
Dark of the moon: Jul 1 4:54 am EDT; 3:54 am CDT; 2:54 am MDT; 1:54 am PDT Dark of the moon: Jul 30 2:40 pm EDT; 1:40 pm CDT; 12:40 pm MDT; 11:40 pm PDT Note: the crescent moon may be visible in some regions on July 2.
August 2011
Metageitnion - Boedromion - Year 3 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday 1 1 Metageitnion Tuesday Wednesday 3 3 Metageitnion Thursday 4 4 Metageitnion Friday 5 5 Metageitnion Saturday 6 6 Metageitnion
= full moon
2 2 Metageitnion Noumenia Agathos Daimon Civic Holiday in Canada Herakleia? 8 8 Metageitnion 9 9 Metageitnion
7 7 Metageitnion
10 10 Metageitnion
11 11 Metageitnion
12 12 Metageitnion
13 13 Metageitnion
Libation to Hermes
17 17 Metageitnion
18 18 Metageitnion
19 19 Metageitnion
The Heroines
20 20 Metageitnion
Hera Telkhinia
21 21 Metageitnion
22 22 Metageitnion
23 23 Metageitnion
24 24 Metageitnion
25 25 Metageitnion
Zeus Epoptes
26 26 Metageitnion
27 27 Metageitnion
28 28 Metageitnion
29 29 Metageitnion
30 30 Metageitnion
Hekate's Deipnon
31 1 Boedromion
Noumenia
Dark of the moon: Aug 28 11:04 pm EDT; 10:04 pm CDT; 9:04 pm MDT; 8:04 pm PDT Note: the crescent moon may be visible in some regions on Aug 30.
September 2011
Boedromion - Pyanepsion - Year 3 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 2 Boedromion
Agathos Daimon Niketeria
Friday 2 3 Boedromion
Saturday 3 4 Boedromion
= full moon
4 5 Boedromion
Genesios
5 6 Boedromion
Artemis Agrotera Labor Day
6 7 Boedromion
7 8 Boedromion
8 9 Boedromion
9 10 Boedromion
10 11 Boedromion
Libation to Demeter & Persephone
11 12 Boedromion
Demokratia
12 13 Boedromion
13 14 Boedromion
14 15 Boedromion
Eleusinia ta megala
15 16 Boedromion
Eleusinia ta megala Hellenion membership renewals due
16 17 Boedromion
Eleusinia ta megala Epidauria?
17 18 Boedromion
Eleusinia ta megala
19 20 Boedromion
Eleusinia ta megala
18 19 Boedromion
Eleusinia ta megala
20 21 Boedromion
Eleusinia ta megala
21 22 Boedromion
Equinox
22 23 Boedromion
23 24 Boedromion
24 25 Boedromion
25 26 Boedromion
26 27 Boedromion
Sacrifices to Nymphs, Akhelos, others
27 28 Boedromion
28 29 Boedromion
Hekate's Deipnon
29 1 Pyanepsion Noumenia
30 2 Pyanepsion
Agathos Daimon
Dark of the moon: Sep 27 7:09 am EDT; 6:09 am CDT; 5:09 am MDT; 4:09 am PDT
October 2011
Pyanepsion - Maimakterion - Year 3 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 3 Pyanepsion
2 4 Pyanepsion
5 7 Pyanepsion
Pyanepsia
6 8 Pyanepsion
Theseia
7 9 Pyanepsion
Stenia
8 10 Pyanepsion
Libation to Poseidon
9 11 Pyanepsion
Thesmophoria
10 12 Pyanepsion
Thesmophoria Thanksgiving (Canada)
11 13 Pyanepsion
Thesmophoria
12 14 Pyanepsion
The Heroines
13 15 Pyanepsion
14 16 Pyanepsion
15 17 Pyanepsion
16 18 Pyanepsion
17 19 Pyanepsion
23 25 Pyanepsion 30 2 Maimakterion
Agathos Daimon
24 26 Pyanepsion 31 3 Maimakterion
25 27 Pyanepsion
26 28 Pyanepsion
27 29 Pyanepsion
28 30 Pyanepsion
Hekate's Deipnon
29 1 Maimakterion
Noumenia Khalkeia
Dark of the moon: Oct 26 3:56 pm EDT; 2:56 pm CDT; 1:56 pm MDT; 12:56 pm PDT Note: the crescent moon may be visible in some regions on October 28.
November 2011
Maimakterion - Poseideon - Year 3 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday 1 4 Maimakterion Wednesday 2 5 Maimakterion Thursday 3 6 Maimakterion Friday 4 7 Maimakterion Saturday 5 8 Maimakterion
= full moon
6 9 Maimakterion
7 10 Maimakterion
Pompaia?
8 11 Maimakterion
9 12 Maimakterion
10 13 Maimakterion
11 14 Maimakterion
Remembrance Day Veterans Day
12 15 Maimakterion
Libation to Ares
13 16 Maimakterion
14 17 Maimakterion
18 21 Maimakterion
19 22 Maimakterion
20 23 Maimakterion
21 24 Maimakterion
22 25 Maimakterion
23 26 Maimakterion
24 27 Maimakterion
Thanksgiving (USA)
25 28 Maimakterion
26 29 Maimakterion
Hekate's Deipnon
27 1 Poseideon
Noumenia
28 2 Poseideon
Agathos Daimon
29 3 Poseideon
30 4 Poseideon
Dark of the moon: Nov 25 1:10 am EST; Nov 25 12:10 am CST; Nov 24 11:10 pm MST; Nov 24 10:10 pm PST Daylight savings time ends November 6.
December 2011
Poseideon - Gamelion - Year 3 of the 697th Olympiad Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 5 Poseideon Friday 2 6 Poseideon Saturday 3 7 Poseideon
= full moon
4 8 Poseideon
5 9 Poseideon
6 10 Poseideon
7 11 Poseideon
8 12 Poseideon
9 13 Poseideon
10 14 Poseideon
Libation to Dionysos
14 18 Poseideon
15 19 Poseideon
16 20 Poseideon
17 21 Poseideon
18 22 Poseideon
19 23 Poseideon
Heliogenna
20 24 Poseideon
Heliogenna
21 25 Poseideon
22 26 Poseideon
Haloa
Solstice
23 27 Poseideon
24 28 Poseideon
25 29 Poseideon
26 30 Poseideon
Hekate's Deipnon
27 1 Gamelion
Noumenia
28 2
29 3 Gamelion
30 4 Gamelion
31 5 Gamelion
New Year's Eve
Dark of the moon: Dec 24 1:06 pm EST; 12:06 pm CST; 11:06 am MST; 10:06 am PST Note: the crescent moon may be visible in some regions on December 26.