Ancient Armenian calendar

Ancient Armenian calendar. The material is selected from different sources, so I hope I didn’t make any mistakes. If anything is wrong, please correct me.

So: In pagan times, Armenians named the days of the week after the Sun, Moon, and the then-known five planets.

1. Sunday – Aregaki
2. Monday – Lusni
3. Tuesday – Grati
4. Wednesday – Paylatsu’i
5. Thursday – Lusntag’i
6. Friday – Arus’yaki
7. Saturday – Erevaki

As for the months, Armenians had thirteen of them. 12 months with 30 days each and the 13th month, which could have 5 or 6 days depending on whether it was a leap year or not.

1. Navasard – 30 days
2. Gorr – 30 days
3. Sam – 30 days
4. Tre – 30 days
5. Kagots – 30 days
6. Aryats – 30 days
7. Megheki – 30 days
8. Aregi – 30 days
9. Ageki – 30 days
10. Mareri – 30 days
11. Margats – 30 days
12. Grotits – 30 days
13. Havelyats – 5(6) days

Interestingly, in the ancient Armenian calendar, not only the months, but also the days of the month had their names. Each day was named after one of the gods of the Armenian pantheon.

1. Areg
2. Grand
3. Aram
4. Margar
5. Aghrank
6. Madegh
7. Astghik
8. Mihr
9. Dzopaber
10. Murts
11. Erezkan
12. Ani
13. Parkhar
14. Vanat
15. Aramazd
16. Mani
17. Asak
18. Masis
19. Anahit
20. Aragats
21. Grgor
22. Korduik
23. Tsmak
24. Lusnak
25. Tsron
26. Npat
27. Vahagn
28. Sein
29. Varag
30. Gisheravar

The 24 hours of the day also had their own names

1. Khavarakan
2. Agdjamugdzhn
3. Mtats’yaln
4. Shaguvotn
5. Kamavotn
6. Bavakann
7. Gavtap’yaln
8. Gizkan
9. Lusachemn
10. ARAVOTN
11. Lusapayln
12. Paylatsumn
13. Aygn
14. Tsaygn
15. Zoryats’yaln
16. Charagaytyaln
17. Sharavig’yaln
18. Erkratesn
19. Shantakaln
20. Grakatn
21. Gurtap’yaln
22. Tagant’yaln
23. ARAVARN
24. Arpogn

Author: Alexander Bakulin

Translated by Vigen Avetisyan