Cairo Calendar (as published by Bob Brier: Ancient Egyptian Magic [1980])
Second Month of Proyet [Emergence]
December 29
Day 1
Very favorable
The gods and goddesses are in festivity. It is the day of the feast of Ptah’s lifting of the heaven of Re with his hands.
Make a holiday.
December 30
Day 2
Very favorable
It is the day the gods receive Re. The hearts of the two lands are festive.
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December 31
Day 3
Very adverse
It is the day of the going forth of Seth and his confederates to the eastern horizon, and of the navigation of Maat to the place where the gods are.
Do not go out of your house on any road today.
January 1
Day 4
Very favorable
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Show your heart to your local gods. Propitiate [appease] your spirits. Exalt your crew on this day.
January 2
Day 5
Very favorable
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If you see anything this day, it will be good.
January 3
Day 6
Very adverse
If the day of the putting up of the djed-pillar of Osiris. The gods are sad woth their faces downward when they remember Osiris.
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January 4
Day 7
Very favorable
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Make invocation offerings in your house to the spirits. Make abet-offerings to the gods and they will be accepted on this day.
January 5
Day 8
Very favorable
It is the day the gods and goddesses are in festivity.
Make a holiday in Letopolis.
January 6
Day 9
Very favorable
It is the day the god enters to distribute the ration of all the gods of Kher-aba.
If you see anything on this day, it will be good.
January 7
Day 10
Very adverse
It is the day of the going forth of the Udat-eye for singing in Heliopolis. It is the day of elevating the female deity of the sanctuary of Mnevis. Re raises Maat again and again to Atum.
January 8
Day 11
Very favorable
It is the day of the feast of Neith, of the taking the writing material that is in her house and of the going forth of Sobek to guide her majesty.
You will see good from her hands.
January 9
Day 12
Very favorable
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If you see anything on this day, it will be good.
January 10
Day 13
Very adverse
It is the day of the proceeding of Sekmet to Lectopolis. Her great executioners pass by the offering of Letopolis on this day.
Do not go out of your house on any road today.
January 11
Day 14
Mostly favorable
It is the day of seeing the rebel and killing him by Seth at the prow of the great barque.
Do not go out at dawn on this day.
January 12
Day 15
***
The gods go forth for him in heaven. His two hands hold the ankh and was-scepter which he offers to the nose of Khenty-Irety at the time of his reckoning.
January 13
Day 16
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It is the awakening of Isis by the majesty of Re *** when the son Horus saves his father. He has beaten Seth and his confederates.
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January 14
Day 17
Very favorable
It is the day of keeping those things of the wabet of Osiris which have been placed int eh hands of Anubis.
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January 15
Day 18
Very adverse
It is the day of the going forth of the seven executioners. Their fingers are searching for the Akhet-eye in the towns of Iyet and Letopolis.
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January 16
Day 19
Mostly adverse
It is the day of the mourning of the God.
Do not go out by yourself in the daytime.
January 17
Day 20
Very adverse
It is the day of the proceeding of the female goddesses of heaven southward to the road***
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January 18
Day 21
***
It is the day of the birth of cattle. They go to the place where the meadows are in the neighborhood of the foremost god.
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January 19
Day 22
Very favorable
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If you see anything on this day, it will be good.
January 20
Day 23
Very favorable
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If you see anything on this day, it will be good.
January 21
Day 24
Very adverse
The gods are descending into the river.
Anyone who approaches the river on this day will not live. Do not sail a boat on this day.
January 22
Day 25
Very favorable
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If you see anything on this day, it will be good.
January 23
Day 26
***
Today is the going forth of Min to Coptos. He is guided to it, boosting of his beauty. Isis sees that his face is beautiful.
January 24
Day 27
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It is the day of the Feast of Sokar in Rostau before that of Onnophris [a form of Osiris] in Abydos.
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January 25
Day 28
Very favorable
Onnophris is pleased and the spirits are joyful. The dead are also in festivity.
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January 26
Day 29
Very adverse
It is the day of the instigation of fighting, of the creation of rebellion, and of making uproar among the children of Geb.
Do not do anything on this day.
January 27
Day 30
Last Day of the Month
Very adverse
House of Re, House of Osiris, House of Horus.
Do not talk anybody on this day.