Meshir (), also known as Mechir (, Mekhír) and Amshir ( ), is the sixth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lies between February 8 and March 9 of the Gregorian calendar. The month of Meshir is also the second month of the Season of Proyet (Growth and Emergence) in ancient Egypt, when the Nile floods recede and the crops start to grow throughout the land of Egypt. Name The name of the month of Meshir comes from Mechir, the Ancient Egyptian God genius of wind . Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Meshir References Citations Bibliography Synaxarium of the month of Amshir Months of the Coptic calendar Egyptian calendar