the SAKA calender

Today we went up to the mountains.

It is such a relief to come up there when you live and work at the coast.

The air is fresh and you just relaxe when you get up there.

Found out today that this month is the absolutly best month to build a house according to balinese calender.

Right now we have the month called Kedasa-October.

The last month we had the " Nyepie" , which is called the Balinese new year. Most people would think that after Nyepi you start from scratch with month nr 1, but it is actually month nr 9 (getting complicated??)

The reason why you celebrate Nyepi and in the 9 th month is because 9 is the highest holiest number and there fore one of the biggest cermony during the year of SAKA.

According to balinese belief the uneven number are the holy ones.

That is why when you see a balinese tempel and the so called " merus" (roofs-tops) they always have a uneven number.(see picture of Ulun Danu tempel)

According to Balinese calender we are actually in september month and the year is 1932.

The Saka calender has 12 months, but is has not 365 days, but works according to the moon.

Month nr 1

Kasa

Month nr 2

Karo

Month nr 3

Ketiga

Month nr 4

Kapat

Month nr 5

Kelima

Month nr 6

Keenem

Month nr 7

Kepitu

Month nr 8

Keulu

Month nr 9

Kesangah

Month nr 10

Kedasa

Month nr 11

Jiesta

Month nr 12

Sadeh