Paremhat (), also known as Phamenoth (, ''Phamenṓth'') and Baramhat. (), is the seventh month of the ancient

Egyptian ''Egyptian'' describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of year ...

and

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s. It lies between March 10 and April 8 of the

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. Paremhat is also the third month of the

Season of the Emergence The Season of the Emergence () was the second season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars. It fell after the Season of the Inundation (') and before the Season of the Harvest ('). In the Coptic and Egyptian calendars this season begins a ...

, when the Nile floods recede and the crops start to grow throughout the land of Egypt.

Name

The Coptic name ''Paremhat'' comes from the ancient Egyptian name "Month of Amenhotep I" (), who was deified at the end of his reign BC. The month had formerly been known as Rekeh-Nedjes.

Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Paremhat

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Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Baramhat
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