Daily Attic Calendar

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Hi! This simple little blog is run by @etheribot 🩷

I’m a newer HelPol, and I am also a huge nerd who has always been fascinated by different types of calendars! So, when in my research I learned about the Attic Calendar, I was rather fascinated! So, I made this account to give daily updates on what the current date would be on the Attic Calendar, as well as brief informational posts on the holidays and ritual days as they come up.

Using This Blog

This blog will post the current day on the Attic calendar, what the following day will be, and any corresponding ritual days. Also, since many HelPols may also choose to follow the Wheel of the Year, I will add any corresponding holidays from the Wheel as well!

An important note

On the Attic Calendar, days actually start at sundown! However, since everyone lives in different timezones, the time of sundown will vary from person to person.

This account will post the date at the following time: Sunset Athens Time (around 10:00 AM CST)

List of Holidays and Rituals

Updating as we go!

1. Hekate’s Deipnon

2. Noumenia

3. Agathos Daimon

4. Lenaia

Hi everyone! If you saw a previous post of mine, you'll know that I've been sick with the flu for the past week now. When I made that post a few days ago, I had thought that I would be feeling better quickly and that I could come back to this blog soon. Perhaps I jinxed myself, because shortly after posting that my symptoms came back in full force. Please be patient with me, though, I promise this isn't a dead blog.

Anyways, as I lay in my sick bed, I have been thinking about ways to make this blog better. I've been considering adding a "fact of the day" section to the daily post! It would be a short, informative paragraph relating Hellenic Polytheism as a whole! I also want to open it up to submissions from others! I think it could be a nice way to make this blog more informative while also offering a space for others in the community to share some things they might know.

So, what do you think?

Here’s the complete calendar for the month of Anthesterion! Remember, days start sundown your timezone!

Anthesterion is the 8th month on the Attic calendar, and is named after the 3 day festival of Anthesteria, and is the second Winter month.

cough, cough.

I am writing to you from my sick bed to apologize for the lack in posts these past few days. Unfortunately, I caught the flu from one of my nephews :(

I’m the type of person to sleep through all my illnesses, so I have been mostly comatose for the past few days, and was unable to stay on top of the posts here due to that. Alas, I am human.

This evening, though, my fever finally broke! Hopefully by tomorrow I’ll be lucid enough to pick up this blog again, just in time for the new month! Or, at least, schedule out the posts and make the calendar for the month lol

Anyways, take this as a reminder to not skip out on vitamin C, to take your flu shot, and to honor Asclepius!

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 25th. If sunset has already occurred, you are also on the 26th.

Tomorrow is the 27th of Gamelion

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 24th. If sunset has already occurred, you are also on the 25th.

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 23rd. If sunset has already occurred, you are also on the 24th.

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 22nd. If sunset has already occurred, you are also on the 23rd.

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 21st. If sunset has already occurred, you are also on the 22nd.

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 20th. If sunset has already occurred, you are also on the 21st.

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 21st. If sunset has already occurred, you are also on the 20th

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 18th. If sunset has already occurred, you are also on the 19th.

PS, Thank you to the Anon who pointed out my typo!

I’m so glad you’ve found my blog helpful! And don’t worry, I promise your question isn’t silly!

Anyways, in GMT+13, sunset arrives before it would arrive in Athens. So, by the time my daily post is published (05:00 AM in your timezone) you will already be about 11 hours into the day. At this very moment, as I type this reply at 16:40 your timezone, it is the 18th of Gamelion for you. When the sun sets where you are, it’ll be the 19th of Gamelion. By the time I post the date (05:00 your timezone), you are about halfway through the Attic day!

I hope I’ve explained it in a way that makes sense! I definitely get the confusion. For me, since I’m in GMT-6, it’s also a bit funky, especially since it’s hard to wrap the modern mind around the concept of a day starting when the sun goes down.

This little project of mine is still in the early stages, and so there are definitely improvements that could be made. We need to remember that the Attic calendar was originally made with only a small area in mind. Now that the Hellenic Polytheist religion is more global, there’s a lot of ironing out of wrinkles to be done! Timezones are strange. As this blog grows, I hope to find ways to make the Attic calendar more accessible for everyone, regardless of time zone! 🩵

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 17th.

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 16th.

The next celebration, Theogamia, is 10 days away.

If sunset had yet to occur in your timezone, it is still the 15th.

It is also the fourth and final day of Lenaia!

For more information, check out this post.

Hey! If yesterday was the 13th, why is today the 15th??

Recently, I ran a poll asking when people would prefer the dates to be posted. The results of that poll was to post the date in accordance to the sunset time in Athens. For more information, check here!

This change has misaligned us slightly, so I’ve skipped a post for the 14th of Gamelion. If sunset has yet to occur for you in your timezone, it is still the 14th!