PROYET-season (Emergence)
First Month: Tybi
Day 1 – 16th November: Double the offerings and present the gifts of nhb-kaw [for the sprouting of the new crops] to the gods in the presence of Ptah in the shrines of the gods and goddesses, saviours of Re and his own followers … and of Ptah-Sokar and Sekhmet the great, Nerfertem, Horus-Hekenu, Bastet, the great fire … propitiating the Wedjet eye [the cobra goddess]. It will be good … offering before … in nourishment. [The traditional first day of planting, i.e. spring for the ancient Egyptians.] Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 2 – 17th November: Make a holiday in your house. Prayer or divinatory time: at noon.
Day 3 – 18th November: Do not burn fire [i.e. incense] in the presence of Re. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 4 – 19th November: If you see anything it will be good. Anyone born on this day will die old among his people. He will spend a long life, and be well received by his father. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 5 – 20th November: It is the day of placing the flame in front of the great ones by Sekhmet who presides in the Lower Egyptian sanctuary when she was violent in her manifestations because of her detention by Ma’at, Ptah, Thoth, Heh [the personification of infinity] and Sia [the personification of the perceptive mind] and the gods on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 6 – 21st November: Repeat the offerings of the victuals of him who dwells in wrt [a holy place], and return the victuals of the noble Khenti-irty [the earliest form of Osiris which shows him as a hawk with a flail] and offerings to the gods were doubled by everyone on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 7 – 22nd November: Do not copulate with any woman, or any person in front of the great flame [i.e. the sun – during the day] which is in your house on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: at noon.
Day 8 – 23rd November: If you see anything, it will be good on this day. Sun rises in Sagittarius. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 9 – 24th November: The gods are joyful with the offerings of Sekhmet [on this] day. Repeat the offerings. It will be pleasant to the heart of the gods and the spirits. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 10 – 25th November: Do not burn any wbd-papyrus on this day. It is the day of the Coming Forth of the flame (together with Horus from the marshes) on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 11 – 26th November: Do not approach the flame on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
Day 12 – 27th November: If you see any dog on this day, do not approach him on the day of answering every speech of Sekhmet on this day. [Possibly referring to a superstition of the time.] Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 13 – 28th November: Prolonging life-time and making beneficent the goddess of truth [Ma’at] in the temple. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 14 – 29th November: Weeping of Isis and Nephthys. It is the day when they mourned Osiris in Busiris in remembrance of that which he had seen. Do not listen to singing and chanting on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 15 – 30th November: If you see anything it will be good on this day. It is the day of the Going forth of Nun through the cave to the place (where the gods are) … (in) darkness … [Coming into the light.] Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 16 – 1st December: The Going Forth of Shu. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 17 – 2nd December: Do not wash yourself with water on this day. It is the day of the Going Forth of Nun to the place where the gods are. Those who are above and below come into existence; the land being still in darkness. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 18 – 3rd December: The Going Forth of the gods to Abydos. Prayer or divinatory time: at dawn and in the afternoon.
Day 19 – 4th December: The great gods are in heaven on this day and (lit. mixed with) the pestilence of the year. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 20 – 5th December: Do not do anything on this day. It is the day of the Going Forth of Bastet who protects the Two Lands and cares for him who comes in darkness. Beware of passing on land until Re sets. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 21 – 6th December: Guidance of the Two Lands by Bastet and making ’abt-offering to the followers of Re on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
Day 22 – 7th December: If you see anything it will be good on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
Day 23 – 8th December: Anyone born on this day will die in great old age and rich in every good thing. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 24 – 9th December: Happiness is in heaven and earth on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 25 – 10th December: Do not eat milk on this day. Drink and eat honey on this day. [The prohibition of drinking milk probably means it was exclusively offered to the cow-goddess – Hathor or Nut. Purification by means of milk is also referred to in other texts.] Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 26 – 11th December: Do not go out in it [the day] until Re sets when offerings are diminished in Busiris. [The subject of diminishing offerings is frequently mentioned in the Book of the Dead.] Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
Day 27 – 12th December: Great festivity on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 28 – 13th December: Taking a solemn oath by Thoth in Ashmunein, and the Going Forth of the noble one. [The most solemn oath one can take and refers to that pledged by Horus the Elder and Set.] The land is in festivity on this day. Make a holiday in your house. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 29 – 14th December: Appearance in the sight of Hu [personification of the authority of a word of command.] Thoth will send his command southwards to guide the Two Lands by Bastet together with the sole mistress as Sekhmet the great, the gods being happy. If you see anything it will be good on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 30 – 15th December: Crossing over in the presence of Nun from the Temple of Hapi, the father of the gods and the Ennead. Do not neglect them while incense is on the fire according to their lists on this day. House of Re, House of Osiris, House of Horus. Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
First Month: Tybi
Day 1 – 16th November: Double the offerings and present the gifts of nhb-kaw [for the sprouting of the new crops] to the gods in the presence of Ptah in the shrines of the gods and goddesses, saviours of Re and his own followers … and of Ptah-Sokar and Sekhmet the great, Nerfertem, Horus-Hekenu, Bastet, the great fire … propitiating the Wedjet eye [the cobra goddess]. It will be good … offering before … in nourishment. [The traditional first day of planting, i.e. spring for the ancient Egyptians.] Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 2 – 17th November: Make a holiday in your house. Prayer or divinatory time: at noon.
Day 3 – 18th November: Do not burn fire [i.e. incense] in the presence of Re. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 4 – 19th November: If you see anything it will be good. Anyone born on this day will die old among his people. He will spend a long life, and be well received by his father. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 5 – 20th November: It is the day of placing the flame in front of the great ones by Sekhmet who presides in the Lower Egyptian sanctuary when she was violent in her manifestations because of her detention by Ma’at, Ptah, Thoth, Heh [the personification of infinity] and Sia [the personification of the perceptive mind] and the gods on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 6 – 21st November: Repeat the offerings of the victuals of him who dwells in wrt [a holy place], and return the victuals of the noble Khenti-irty [the earliest form of Osiris which shows him as a hawk with a flail] and offerings to the gods were doubled by everyone on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 7 – 22nd November: Do not copulate with any woman, or any person in front of the great flame [i.e. the sun – during the day] which is in your house on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: at noon.
Day 8 – 23rd November: If you see anything, it will be good on this day. Sun rises in Sagittarius. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 9 – 24th November: The gods are joyful with the offerings of Sekhmet [on this] day. Repeat the offerings. It will be pleasant to the heart of the gods and the spirits. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 10 – 25th November: Do not burn any wbd-papyrus on this day. It is the day of the Coming Forth of the flame (together with Horus from the marshes) on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 11 – 26th November: Do not approach the flame on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
Day 12 – 27th November: If you see any dog on this day, do not approach him on the day of answering every speech of Sekhmet on this day. [Possibly referring to a superstition of the time.] Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 13 – 28th November: Prolonging life-time and making beneficent the goddess of truth [Ma’at] in the temple. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 14 – 29th November: Weeping of Isis and Nephthys. It is the day when they mourned Osiris in Busiris in remembrance of that which he had seen. Do not listen to singing and chanting on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 15 – 30th November: If you see anything it will be good on this day. It is the day of the Going forth of Nun through the cave to the place (where the gods are) … (in) darkness … [Coming into the light.] Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 16 – 1st December: The Going Forth of Shu. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 17 – 2nd December: Do not wash yourself with water on this day. It is the day of the Going Forth of Nun to the place where the gods are. Those who are above and below come into existence; the land being still in darkness. Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 18 – 3rd December: The Going Forth of the gods to Abydos. Prayer or divinatory time: at dawn and in the afternoon.
Day 19 – 4th December: The great gods are in heaven on this day and (lit. mixed with) the pestilence of the year. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 20 – 5th December: Do not do anything on this day. It is the day of the Going Forth of Bastet who protects the Two Lands and cares for him who comes in darkness. Beware of passing on land until Re sets. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 21 – 6th December: Guidance of the Two Lands by Bastet and making ’abt-offering to the followers of Re on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
Day 22 – 7th December: If you see anything it will be good on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
Day 23 – 8th December: Anyone born on this day will die in great old age and rich in every good thing. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 24 – 9th December: Happiness is in heaven and earth on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: dawn.
Day 25 – 10th December: Do not eat milk on this day. Drink and eat honey on this day. [The prohibition of drinking milk probably means it was exclusively offered to the cow-goddess – Hathor or Nut. Purification by means of milk is also referred to in other texts.] Prayer or divinatory time: do not observe – not a suitable day.
Day 26 – 11th December: Do not go out in it [the day] until Re sets when offerings are diminished in Busiris. [The subject of diminishing offerings is frequently mentioned in the Book of the Dead.] Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
Day 27 – 12th December: Great festivity on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 28 – 13th December: Taking a solemn oath by Thoth in Ashmunein, and the Going Forth of the noble one. [The most solemn oath one can take and refers to that pledged by Horus the Elder and Set.] The land is in festivity on this day. Make a holiday in your house. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 29 – 14th December: Appearance in the sight of Hu [personification of the authority of a word of command.] Thoth will send his command southwards to guide the Two Lands by Bastet together with the sole mistress as Sekhmet the great, the gods being happy. If you see anything it will be good on this day. Prayer or divinatory time: throughout the day.
Day 30 – 15th December: Crossing over in the presence of Nun from the Temple of Hapi, the father of the gods and the Ennead. Do not neglect them while incense is on the fire according to their lists on this day. House of Re, House of Osiris, House of Horus. Prayer or divinatory time: in the afternoon.
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