Calendar

Most ceremonies in this corpus do not fall on a fixed Gregorian date. This calendar therefore does not force a date: it states how the timing of each is determined, and declines to display an estimate where the determination cannot be computed.

Filter by how the timing is determined

September

By an office-holder

Tiwah

Not fixed; scheduled jointly by several families

Held at intervals of several years because of its cost. The most recent occurrence recorded in this corpus: August 2024, Kapuas.

Kapuas & Gunung Mas

Tiwah Ngaju

Computed from a calendar

Sekaten

The seven days before 12 Mulud, ending at the Prophet's birthday

Computable from the Javano-Islamic calendar and announced by the courts well in advance. Its Gregorian month moves about eleven days earlier each year.

Masjid Gedhe Kauman, Yogyakarta & Masjid Agung Surakarta

Sekaten Javanese

Computed from a calendar

Grebeg Maulud

12 Mulud, the last day of the Sekaten sequence

One of three grebeg in the year; the other two fall in Syawal and Besar. All three are reckoned from the lunar calendar and not the Gregorian one.

Keraton Yogyakarta & Keraton Surakarta

Grebeg Javanese

By an office-holder

Seren Taun

Set by each customary village on the farming calendar

Not simultaneous and not computable in advance by outsiders: each customary village sets its own from the harvest, and Cigugur and Ciptagelar do not hold it at the same time.

Cigugur, Kuningan & Kasepuhan Ciptagelar, Sukabumi

Seren Taun Sundanese

How timing is determined
By observation 2 occasions
Timing is set by direct observation — moon, tide, or the appearance of a creature. It cannot be computed in advance.
Computed from a calendar 5 occasions
Computable from the relevant customary calendar and mappable onto the Gregorian calendar.
Fixed by an institution 5 occasions
Fixed and announced in advance by a court, an institution, or a district government.
By an office-holder 6 occasions
Determined by a customary office-holder on grounds not computable from outside. Indonesiana does not estimate the date.