Epagomene - Epagomene

Japanese: エパゴメネ - えぱごめね
Epagomene - Epagomene

…A solar calendar originating from ancient Egypt. According to ancient Egyptian tradition, a year (tirompi) consisted of 12 months (aboth) of 30 days each, plus an additional day (epagomene) of 5 days (6 days in leap years), for a total of 365 (366) days. The names of the months were roughly as shown in the table below. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "epagomene" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…古代エジプトに起源をもつ太陽暦。古代エジプトの伝統により,1年(ティロムピ)は各30日から成る12の月(アボト)に追加日(エパゴメネ)の5日(閏年は6日)を足した365(366)日が用いられた。各月の名称はほぼ表のようであった。…

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