Calendar Cycles
The Javanese calendar contains multiple, overlapping but separate measurements of times, called cycles. These include:
- the native five-day week, called Pasaran
- the common Gregorian and Islamic seven-day week
- the Solar months cycle, called Mangsa
- the Lunar months cycle, called Wulan
- the year-cycles, or Tahun
- and octo-ennia (8 year) cycles, or Windu
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