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Enkutatash (Ethiopic እንቁጣጣሽ) is the first day of the New Year in Ethiopia. It occurs on Meskerem 1 on the Ethiopian calendar which is 11 September (or during a leap year 12 September) according to the Gregorian calendar.The Ethiopian calendar is based on the Coptic calendar which was fixed to the Julian calendar in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus of Rome with a start date of August 29 J.C. thus establishing the New Year on this day. The date marks the approximate end of the rainy season.

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