The Season of the Harvest (in Egyptian shmw), is the third and last season in the ancient Egyptian calendar, following the Season of the Emergence. It received its name because this was the period when the Egyptian peasants would harvest their crops -- in clear variance to the practice of their contemporaries in the ancient world, who had just begun to plant their crops at this time. Hieroglyphs are a system of writing used by the Ancient Egyptians, using a combination of logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements. ... The ancient Egyptian civil calendar had a year that was 365 days long, consisting of 12 months of 30 days each, plus 5 extra days at the end of the year. ... The Season of the Emergence (Egyptian prt) is the second season in the ancient Egyptian calendar, following the Season of the Inundation. ...

The ancient Egyptians used this name in both their lunar and their civil calendars. The months of the lunar calendar are roughly equivalent to the period from the middle of March to the heliacal rising of Sirius, which during the time of the ancient Egyptians occurred on July 17-19 (Julian). According to Richard A. Parker, to keep their lunar calendar in harmony with the rising of this star, an intercalendary month (named Thoth, after the god, which meant the year often had two months with the same name) would be added to the end of the season, usually every 3 years, but sometimes every second year. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... This article is about the star. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

Since the civil calendar moved through the seasons over time, losing about one day every four years, this season does not continuously match any part of the modern calendar; it consists of the four 30-day months of Pachons, Payni, Epiphi and Mesore, and a five-day period that was considered to be an intercalendary period which brought the civil year to a total of 365 days.

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