The Kalenjin community had their own style of naming the months of the year in their language.

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They named the months according to the seasonal changes and each month had distinct characteristics for easy identification.

Here are names of the months in Kalenjin;

Ngatiato (January)

The name was derived from the fact that it was the driest season of the year. 

Kiptamo (February)

In the Kalenjin land, February was the month for sowing.

Iwoot-kut (March)

This month marked the onset of rains and emergence of a green vegetation hence the name.

 'Iwoot-kut'.Wagi (April) 

It was wedding season and still characterized by heavy rains. This month of Wagi had festive activities such as weddings.

Ng'ei (May)

Pastoralist in this month was mobile to look for a special type of clay (Ng’enda) that was salty. 

Roob-tui (June)

Bureet (July)

This was the coldest season and is named after fog/mist  (Bureet)

Epeso (August)

Epeso was the month of harvesting.

Kipsunde ne Tai (September), Kipsunde nebo aeng (October), Mulgul-ne Tai (Novermber) and Mulgul-nebo aeng (December) were the month of festive activities among the Kalenjin community. This were months full of initiations and marriage ceremonies.

With climate change, some of those seasons have changed but what stands out is the fact that December (Mulgul-nebo aeng) has remained the favorite month for marriage ceremonies and initiations.