July, or more specifically the month of Wep Ronpet (𓄎, Wp-rnpt) on the Egyptian calendar, is a fun yet potentially confusing time to be Kemetic, because this is when you get to decide when to celebrate the New Year, Wep Ronpet, and everyone does it differently. Firstly, the holiday of Wep Ronpet shouldn’t be conflated with the month of Wep Ronpet, as the holiday wasn’t necessarily celebrated on the first day of the month, but sometime during it. It is supposed to be celebrated when the star Sirius first appears on the horizon before dawn after a few months of being absent from the sky, which would coincide with the beginning of the flood season on the Nile. This happens on a different date depending on your latitude on Earth. A couple of years ago I calculated the date for my local area, which is August 5 (I like this date because it’s only a few days before the ancient Armenian New Year on August 11), but more traditionally in Egypt it would have been sometime during July. Amentet Neferet’s Egyptian Lunar Calendar, published by Luigi Tripani, puts the date at August 1st, with the five epogomenal days containing the birthdays of the children of Nut preceding it in late July. In ancient times this didn’t matter much, but for Kemeticism to ever transition into a truly global religion in the modern age, it would help if everyone could agree on one date, and it would probably make the most sense to have it when Sirius rises in Egypt. But you would need a central authority to establish that, and it seems that Kemetic Orthodoxy is the only branch that has anything like that. The religion was never really followed just one way though, each town had their own way of doing things. I will be celebrating Wep Ronpet on my local date as part of my blend of Kemeticism with Armenian paganism, but I will do something to acknowledge the original date too.
Important past dates:
Մարգաց Արեգ/June 7 ~ The Month of Margats Began.
Մարգաց Անահիտ/ June 25 ~ Kemetic month of Ipet -Hemet (𓇋𓊪𓏏 𓍛𓏏, Jpt-ḥmt) began.
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Մարգաց Ցրօն/July 1 ~ Feast of the Moon Clothed by Light, a holiday hosted by Wepwawet on the 20th day of Ipet-Hemet.
Հրոտից Արեգ/July 7 ~Armenian Month of Hrotits Begins.
Kemetic month of Wep Ronpet ( , Wp-rnpt) Begins. The holiday itself was originally celebrated July 17, and is observed on August 5 on the Armeno-Kemetic calendar.
Հրոտից Ձոպաբեր/July 15 ~ Feast of the Providing Moon - Sacred to Anubis and Wepwawet
Հրոտից Երեզկան/July 17 ~ Feast of Anubis
Հրոտից Անի/July 18 - Feast of Seeing the Moonlight Rays - Sacred to Sobek
Հրոտից Վանատ/July 20 - Feast of Ra - Take your statues out into the sunlight to commune with Ra
Հրոտից Ասակ/July 23 ~Procession of Hathor
Հրոտից Մասիս/July 24 ~Kemetic month of Wep Ronpet (𓄎, Wp-rnpt) Begins. The holiday itself was originally celebrated July 17, and is observed on August 5 on the Armeno-Kemetic calendar.
Հրոտից Արագած/July 26 ~ Feast of Khnum
Հրոտից Գրգոռ/July 27 ~ Վարդավար - Vardavar, Astghik’s sacred summer holiday. Originally, people would pour water on each other in order to encourage Astghik to bring rain. For extra magic, add rose pedals to the water, as these are sacred to Astghik. In its original form it fell on Summer Solstice, but after the Christians appropriated the holiday it’s always 90 days after Easter, therefore never on the same day every year. But it almost always falls during Հրոտից. It has a permanent date on my calendar (the first day of Հրոտից), but it’s one holiday I want to celebrate with the rest of the Armenian people, so in practice I observe it when they do.
Also the first of the five Epogomenal Days according to the Egyptian Lunar Calendar, and the Birthday of Osiris.
Հրոտից Կորդուիք/July 28 ~The Second Epogomenal Day, Birthday of Horus the Elder
Հրոտից Ծմակ/July 29 ~ The Third Epogomenal Day, Birthday of Sutekh
Հրոտից Լուսնակ/July 30 ~ The Fourth Epogomenal Day, Birthday of Isis
Հրոտից Լուսնակ/July 31 ~ The Fifth Epogomenal Day, Birthday of Nephthys
Adverse/Favorable Days
Note: The book I use doesn’t give listings for the Epogomenal Days. But we know our good Lord Sutekh was born on an adverse day from a story where He revealed His true name to Horus. You could take a guess with the others.
1.𓄤𓄤𓄤
2.𓊢𓊢𓊢
3.𓊢𓊢𓊢
4.𓄤𓄤𓄤
5.𓄤𓄤𓄤
6.𓄤𓄤𓄤
7.𓊢𓊢𓊢
8.𓄤𓄤𓄤
9.𓄤𓄤𓄤
10.𓄤𓄤𓄤
11.𓊢𓊢𓊢
12.𓄤𓄤𓄤
13.𓄤𓄤𓄤
14.𓂚𓂚𓄤
15.𓄤𓄤𓄤
16.𓊢𓊢𓊢
17.𓄤𓄤𓄤
18.𓄤𓄤𓄤
19.𓊢𓊢𓊢
20.𓄤𓄤𓄤
21.𓄤𓄤𓄤
22.𓄤𓊢𓄤
23.𓊢𓊢𓊢
24.𓄤𓄤𓄤
25.𓄤𓄤𓄤
26.𓄤𓄤𓄤
27. (Epagomenal days)
