Winter · regional Çêlka traditions

Batizmî dates and reckoning

Batizmî is not a single universal Yazidi date. It is especially associated with Çêlka communities from the Mardin and Tur Abdin region and is observed at different times by Torî and Çolî groups.

Calculation shown Specialist sources 1600–4099
2026 date Torî: 28 December 2025–4 January 2026; Çolî: 11–18 January 2026 See the full 2026 calendar

What the calculator does

How the Batizmî date is calculated

For the reference index, the Torî cycle runs from the Sunday before the first Sunday on or after 1 January through that Sunday. The Çolî cycle is shown two weeks later, following published German Yazidi community calendars. These are reference windows, not a claim that every family uses the same dates.

Rule used Regional winter cycles; no single universal date

Whose practice does this represent?

Regional. Always check the calendar of the relevant family, community, or religious association.

Torî reference cycle28 December 2025–4 January 2026
Çolî reference cycle11–18 January 2026

Annual index

Batizmî dates by year

Each year links to a permanent, server-rendered calendar page.

YearGregorian dateReckoning
2024 Torî: 31 December 2023–7 January 2024; Çolî: 14–21 January 2024 Regional winter cycles; no single universal date
2025 Torî: 29 December 2024–5 January 2025; Çolî: 12–19 January 2025 Regional winter cycles; no single universal date
2026 Torî: 28 December 2025–4 January 2026; Çolî: 11–18 January 2026 Regional winter cycles; no single universal date
2027 Torî: 27 December 2026–3 January 2027; Çolî: 10–17 January 2027 Regional winter cycles; no single universal date
2028 Torî: 26 December 2027–2 January 2028; Çolî: 9–16 January 2028 Regional winter cycles; no single universal date
2029 Torî: 31 December 2028–7 January 2029; Çolî: 14–21 January 2029 Regional winter cycles; no single universal date
2030 Torî: 30 December 2029–6 January 2030; Çolî: 13–20 January 2030 Regional winter cycles; no single universal date
2031 Torî: 29 December 2030–5 January 2031; Çolî: 12–19 January 2031 Regional winter cycles; no single universal date

Calculation method

Transparent reckoning, not a black box

The tool treats “Eastern calendar” as the Julian civil calendar named in the cited scholarly descriptions. It converts both systems through a Julian Day Number—a continuous day count—then applies the stated weekday or date rule.

  1. 1
    Normalize the day

    Gregorian and Julian labels are mapped to the same continuous day number.

  2. 2
    Apply the observance rule

    For example: first Wednesday of Eastern April, or first Friday of Eastern December.

  3. 3
    Return the civil date

    The result is converted back to Gregorian for the annual index and displayed with its source rule.

Not a universal religious ruling. Yazidi observance is living and regionally varied. Community and religious authorities remain the authority for actual practice.

The gap is not always thirteen days. It is 13 days for 1900–2099, but changes across centuries because Gregorian and Julian leap-year rules differ. The converter calculates it rather than hard-coding 13.

No invented era year. Claims for a single ancient Yazidi year count are not consistently established in the specialist sources used here, so the tool labels Julian dates plainly.

Sources & authority

What this reckoning is based on

Academic sources define the rules; an official regional calendar cross-checks contemporary civil dates; a community calendar supplies the labelled Batizmî windows.

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Kurdistan Regional Government

Official Calendar 2026

Contemporary official cross-check: Yazidi New Year on 15 April, Jama Feast on 6–12 October, and Ezi Day Feast on 18 December 2026.

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SJA — Säkularer Humanismus und Jesidisches Archiv

Jesidischer Festkalender

Community calendar used for the separately labelled Torî and Çolî Batizmî reference windows.

Method and links last verified: 15 August 2026 Corrections from Yazidi readers and specialist scholars take priority.

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