Pawukon

E122009

Pawukon is a complex traditional Balinese calendrical system composed of multiple concurrent week cycles used to determine ritual, ceremonial, and agricultural timings.

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Label Occurrences
Pawukon canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Balinese calendar system ⓘ
traditional calendar ⓘ
associatedWith Balinese Hindu rituals ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Hinduism ⓘ
basedOn concurrent week cycles ⓘ
calendarType non-lunar cycle ⓘ
non-solar cycle ⓘ
coexistsWith Balinese Saka calendar ⓘ
linked to: Balinese calendar
country Indonesia ⓘ
culturalSignificance high ⓘ
cycleDurationInDays 210 ⓘ
determines ceremonial days ⓘ
days for certain agricultural activities ⓘ
temple festival dates ⓘ
distinctFrom Saka calendar ⓘ
linked to: Odia calendar
eachWukuLengthInDays 7 ⓘ
hasComponent 1-day week (eka wara) ⓘ
10-day week (dasa wara) ⓘ
2-day week (dwi wara) ⓘ
3-day week (tri wara) ⓘ
4-day week (catur wara) ⓘ
5-day week (panca wara) ⓘ
6-day week (sad wara) ⓘ
7-day week (sapta wara) ⓘ
8-day week (asta wara) ⓘ
9-day week (sanga wara) ⓘ
hasCycleLength 210 days ⓘ
hasNumberOfWeekSystems 10 ⓘ
hasNumberOfWuku 30 ⓘ
hasStructure overlapping week cycles ⓘ
historicalUse royal and temple administration ⓘ
influences Balinese daily life ⓘ
Balinese naming of days ⓘ
languageContext Balinese language ⓘ
maintainedBy Balinese priests ⓘ
traditional calendar experts ⓘ
originRegion Java and Bali ⓘ
partOf Balinese Hindu culture ⓘ
region Island of Bali ⓘ
linked to: Bali
relatedTo Javanese Wetonan system ⓘ
repeatsAfter 210 days ⓘ
timeUnit wuku ⓘ
usedBy Balinese people ⓘ
usedFor agricultural timing ⓘ
ceremonial timing ⓘ
ritual timing ⓘ
usedIn Bali ⓘ
usedToSelect auspicious days ⓘ

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Balinese → traditionalCalendar → Pawukon ⓘ