Pancawara is the name of a weekend or a week consisting of 5 days, the culture of Java and Bali. Pancawara also known as the market day in the Javanese language. In the dating system of Java and Bali, there are 2 kinds of cycle time: weekly cycles and market cycles. In the weekly cycle, one week is divided into 7 days, as we know it today (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). In the market cycle, a week consisted of 5-day market. The names of days in pancawara system (market) are: Paing – pounds – wage – kliwon – legi1/umanis2.
According to the Javanese calendar, each day and date in the Gregorian calendar system always has two kinds of name-day. For example January 1, 2001 is Monday – Paing, the next date is January 2, 2001 Tuesday – Pon, followed on Wednesday – Wage, followed on Thursday – Kliwon, Friday – Legi, Saturday – Paing, Sunday – Pon, Monday – Wage, Tuesday – Kliwon, and so on. The combination of two kinds of today is still used in newspaper publishing Java language, such as the sovereignty of the People’s Daily, published in the city of Yogyakarta, for example.
Neton Day
Every day the market according to the Javanese calendar has a weight of numbers called neton, for example:
- Paing has a weight of 9 digits
- Pound has a specific gravity number 7
- Wage rates have a weight of 4
- Kliwon has a specific gravity number 8, and
- Legi has a weight figure 5.
While the days per week will follow the weight of numbers as follows:
- Monday 4 digits has a specific gravity
- Tuesday has a weight of 3 numbers
- Wednesday 7 digits has a specific gravity
- Thursday has a weight of 8 digits
- Friday has a weight of 6 numbers
- Saturday 9 digits has a specific gravity, and
- Sunday has a weight of 5 digits.
As mentioned above, dated January 1, 2001 (the early 21 th century and early-alaf to 3) is Monday-Paing, and has a weight of number 13, because Monday = Paing = 4 + 9. These numbers are usually used to determine the best day in doing everyday activities, including the wedding day to vote according to the Javanese traditional beliefs.
