Everyone knows that there are 12 months in a year, but there is a country where there are 13 months in a year and it is also 8 years behind the rest of the world.
All religions and cultures have 12 months in a year, be it the AD calendar, Hijri or Hinduism known Bikram calendar, but there is one country in the region of the world where the year has 13 months and it is 8 years back from the world Let’s know some interesting facts about it.
This unique country in the region of Africa is Ethiopia. Those who follow the AD calendar, but there are 13 months in a year instead of 12 and not only that, but that country is not one or two days but 8 years behind the rest of the world. While it is now 2015 in Ethiopia, the 21st century started here 7 years later than the rest of the world, on September 11, 2007. That is, if you want to go back in time, you don’t need a time machine, just go to Ethiopia.
Not only the number of months and 8 years behind, this country’s calendar is also somewhat different from the world’s AD calendar.
Around the world AD months have 7 months of 31 days, 4 months of 30 days, February month has 28 days and Leap Year has 29 days but in Ethiopia 12 months have equal days i.e. 30 days while the 13th month has 5 days. or is the shortest month based on 6 days and depends on the leap year
Worldwide New Year starts on January 1st while Ethiopian New Year starts on September 11th and Leap Year starts on September 12th.
Now we also explain the reason why the calendar is different in this country. It is known to everyone that the year of the birth of Hazrat Isa (peace be upon him) is considered the year of the beginning of the AD calendar. So when the Catholic Church made changes to the calendar in 500 AD, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church refused to accept it.
We have already told you that Ethiopia also follows the world’s Isa calendar and most of the citizens use both calendars simultaneously, so foreign tourists visiting the country do not face much difficulty with the date difference.
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