Paoni (, ''Paōni''), also known as Payni (, ''Paüní'') and Ba'unah. (, ''Ba'una''), is the tenth month of the ancient Egyptian and

Coptic calendar The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is a liturgical calendar used by the farming populace in Egypt and used by the Coptic Orthodox and Coptic Catholic churches. It was used for fiscal purposes in Egypt until the adoptio ...

s. It lasts between June 8 and July 7 of the

Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian cale ...

. Paoni is also the second month of the Season of '' Shemu'' (Harvest) in

Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

, where the Egyptians harvest their crops throughout the land.

Name

The name "Paoni" derives from its original Egyptian name "Month of the Valley Festival" () in reference to an annual celebration of Thebes.

Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Paoni

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