11 Facts About Javanese calendar

Javanese calendar is used by the main ethnicities of Java island—that is, the Javanese, Madurese, and Sundanese people—primarily as a cultural icon and identifier, and as a maintained tradition of antiquity.

Current system of the Javanese calendar was inaugurated by Sultan Agung of Mataram in the Gregorian year 1633 CE.

Occasionally, the Javanese calendar is referred to by its Latin name Anno Javanico or AJ.

Javanese calendar contains multiple, overlapping measurements of times, called "cycles".

Traditionally, Javanese calendar people do not divide the day and night into hours, but rather into phases.

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Historically, but still today, Javanese calendar villagers gather communally at local markets to socially meet, engage in commerce, and buy and sell farm produce, cooked foods, home industry crafted items and so on.

Days of the cycle each have two names, as the Javanese calendar language has distinct vocabulary associated with two different registers of politeness: ngoko and krama.

Additionally, Javanese calendar consider these days' names to have a mystical relation to colors and cardinal direction:.

Javanese calendar people find great interest in the astrological interpretations of this combination, called the Wetonan cycle.

Seven-day-long week cycle is derived from the Islamic Javanese calendar, adopted following the spread of Islam throughout the Indonesian archipelago.

Coincidence of the Pasaran day with the common day on the day of birth is considered by Javanese calendar to indicate the personal characteristics of that person, similar to the Western Zodiac and planetary positioning in Western astrology.