Georgian calendar

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The Georgian calendar (Georgian: ქართული კალენდარი) is the ancient or modern calendar of Georgia.

Though Georgia now uses the modern Gregorian calendar, the old names for the months are still used.

Old month names

Month	Georgian name	Transliteration	Meaning
January	აპნისი	Ap'nisi
February	სურწყუნისი	Surts'q'unisi
March	მირკანი	Mirk'ani
April	იგრიკა	Igrik'a
May	ვარდობისთვე	Vardobistve	Month of Roses
June	თიბათვე	Tibatve	Month of Mowing
July	მკათათვე	Mk'atatve	Month of Reaping
August	მარიამობისთვე	Mariamobistve	Month of Virgin Mary
September	ახალწლისა ენკენისთვე	Akhalts'lisa Enk'enistve	Month of New Year^[*]
October	ღვინობისთვე	Ghvinobistve	Month of Wine
November	გიორგობისთვე	Giorgobistve	Month of Saint George
December	ქრისტეშობისთვე	Krist'eshobistve	Month of Christmas

^* New Year in ancient Georgia started from September.

Systems

In wide use

In more
limited use

Akan Armenian Assyrian Bahá'í (Badí‘) Balinese pawukon Balinese saka Berber Buddhist Burmese Chinese Coptic Georgian Hebrew Igbo Indian Fasli Hindu Jain Malayalam Saka Tamil Vikram Samvat Vira Nirvana Samvat Iranian Jalali (medieval) Hijri (modern) Zoroastrian Irish Islamic Tabular Japanese Javanese Juche (North Korean) Korean Kurdish Mongolian Nanakshahi Nepal Sambat Oromo Somali Sesotho Thai lunar Thai solar Tibetan Vietnamese Xhosa Yoruba

Types	Runic Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar round

Christian variants	Julian Revised Liturgical year Eastern Orthodox Saints

Historical

By specialty

Proposals

Fictional

Displays and
applications

Year naming
and
numbering

Terminology	Era Epoch Regnal name Regnal year Year zero

Systems	Ab urbe condita Anno Domini/Common Era Anno Mundi Assyrian Before Present Chinese Imperial Chinese Minguo Human Era Japanese Korean Seleucid Spanish Yugas Satya Treta Dvapara Kali Vietnamese

List of calendars

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