Appendix I:  Chart 4 

Months of the Macedonian, Jewish, and Julian Calendars 

    The columns below show the general synchronization between the Julian, Jewish, and Macedonian 

calendars. In a Jewish leap year, a 13th month of AdarII is added, pushing Nisan into April/May. In advance 

of a leap year, Tishri may fall as early as August/Sept. 

    The Jewish and Macedonian calendars are both lunar calendars, but the leap month in the Macedonian 

calendar is Artemisios (corresponding to Iyar), not Dystros (corresponding to AdarI). This results in the two 

calendars moving out of synch with one another for a couple of months, when the leap year is the same in 

both calendar systems. But if different years were chosen for the leap year in the Jewish and Macedonian 

calendars, then the calendars would be out of synch for more than a year. (See Charts 5 and 6 for more on this 

point.) 

Macedonian Calendar

1245

Jewish Calendar

1246

Julian Calendar 

Dios 

Heshvan 

Oct/Nov 

Apellaios 

Kislev 

Nov/Dec 

Audynaios 

Tevet 

Dec/Jan 

Peritios 

Shevat 

Jan/Feb 

Dystros 

AdarI 

Feb/March 

Xanthikos 

Nisan 

March/April 

Artemisios 

Iyar 

April/May 

Daisios 

Sivan 

May/June 

Panemos 

Tammuz 

June/July 

Loos 

Av (Ab) 

July/August 

Gorpiaios 

Elul 

August/Sept 

Hyperberetaios 

Tishri 

Sept/Oct 

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