Akan Calendar - Adaduanan

Adaduanan

When the six-day week is counted side-by-side with the seven-day week it takes a total of 42 days to reach all combinations. The result of these combinations is shown below; the four dabone are in italics:

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
Day 1 Fo-Dwo Nwuna-Dwo Nkyi-Dwo Kuru-Dwo Kwa-Dwo Mono-Dwo
Day 2 Nwuna-Bena Nkyi-Bena Kuru-Bena Kwa-Bena Mono-Bena Fo-Bena
Day 3 Nkyi-Wukuo Kuru-Wukuo Kwa-Wukuo Mono-Wukuo Fo-Wukuo Nwuna-Wukuo
Day 4 Kuru-Ya Kwa-Ya Mono-Ya Fo-Ya Nwuna-Ya Nkyi-Ya
Day 5 Kwa-Afi Mono-Afi Fo-Fi Nwuna-Afi Nkyi-Afi Kuru-Afi
Day 6 Mono-Mene Fo-Mene Nwuna-Mene Nkyi-Mene Kuru-Mene Kwa-Mene
Day 7 Fo-Kwasi Nwuna-Kwasi Nkyi-Kwasi Kuru-Kwasi Kwa-Kwasi Mono-Kwasi

The 42-day cycle shown here, as recorded in Kwahu, is the same recorded for the Brong (i.e., Bono Techiman) a state northwest of the Asante.

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