Stock ID #224277 Almenak Atusan Taun. Wuku - Dina - Pasaran. R. BRATAKESAWA.

Almenak Atusan Taun. Wuku - Dina - Pasaran.

Surabaya. Panjebar Semangat. 1968. Stock ID #224277

36pp, errata laid down on front pastedown. Text in Javanese. 19.5 x 14cm. Leaves evenly browned, a very good copy in original stapled wrappers. From the library of Professor C. Skinner.

Almanac of Javanese calendrical systems, explaining the correspondence between Gregorian (Masehi), Islamic (Arab/Hijri), and Javanese (Djawa) dates. Also incorporates the traditional wuku, dina, and pasaran cycles for identifying days within the Javanese calendar. The Javanese traditional system combines a 30-week cycle (wuku), the conventional seven-day week (dina), and a concurrent five-day market cycle (pasaran), which together are used to determine ceremonial and auspicious dates.

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