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Pawukon (WITA)

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UnknownExactBali

Overview

The Pawukon calendar of Bali, Indonesia is a 210-day cycle of ten repeating and undulating "weeks" that happen concurrently. The first week has only 1 day, the second week has 2 days, the third week has 3 days, and so on.

Weeks 3, 5, 6, and 7 all simply cycle through their days. Weeks 4 and 8 also cycle but repeat the 71st day for days 72 and 73, a form of intercalation, in order to match the 210-day cycle. Week 9 also intercalates by repeating the 1st day for days 2, 3, and 4.

Weeks 1, 2, and 10 operate on more complex rules, involving adding the 'urip', a special number assigned to each day, of the days of Week 5 and Week 7 and adding 1. If the resulting number is even, then Week 1 and 2 are the first and second days respectively. If it's odd, then Week 2 is the first day and Week 1 is missing entirely. If this number matches the urip of any day in Week 10, then it is that day in Week 10.

Each of the 30 cycles of Week 7 also has a name. This calendar does not count the number of cycles and has no epoch.

Info

Week NumberWeek NameDay Names
1EkawaraLuang
2DwiwaraMenga, Pepet
3TriwaraPasah, Beteng, Kajeng
4CaturwaraSri, Laba, Jaya, Menala
5PancawaraPaing, Pon, Wage, Keliwon, Umanis
6SadwaraTungleh, Aryang, Urukung, Paniron, Was, Maulu
7SaptawaraRedite, Soma, Anggara, Buda, Wraspati, Sukra, Saniscara
8AstawaraSri, Indra, Guru, Yama, Ludra, Brahma, Kala, Uma
9SangawaraDangu, Jangur, Gigis, Nohan, Ogan, Erangan, Urungan, Tulus, Dadi
10DasawaraSri, Pati, Raja, Manuh, Duka, Manusa, Raksasa, Suka, Dewa, Pandita
Urip Info
WeekValues
59, 7, 4, 8, 5
75, 4, 3, 7, 8, 6, 9
105, 2, 8, 6, 4, 7, 10, 3, 9, 1
Week Names
SintaLandepUkir
KulantirTauluGumbreg
WarigaWarigadianJulungwangi
SungsangDunggulanKuningan
LangkirMedangsiaPujut
PahangKrulutMerakih
TambirMedangkunganMatal
UyeMenailParangbakat
BalaUguWayang
KelawuDukutWatugunung

Accuracy

This calendar is a simple cycle of days with a known epoch and is expected to be exactly accurate.

Source

All of the information for this timekeeping system has come from its Wikipedia article.