Bala
You were born in the wuku Bala, week 25 of 30 of the Balinese Pawukon.
Bala is the twenty-fifth of the thirty seven-day weeks (wuku) of the Pawukon, the 210-day cycle that sets most religious ceremonies in Bali. Balinese people mark their oton, the Pawukon anniversary of their birth, every 210 days on the same day of the cycle.
Source: F. B. Eiseman Jr., Bali: Sekala & Niskala, vol. I: Essays on Religion, Ritual, and Art (Periplus 1990), ch. 17 “Balinese Calendars”, ch. 9 “Rites of Passage”; E. M. Reingold & N. Dershowitz, Calendrical Calculations, Ultimate ed. (Cambridge University Press 2018), ch. 12
- Position in the Pawukon
- Week 25 of 30
- Title of God in this wuku
- In the Balinese lontar Tutur Gong Besi, God (Bhatara Dalem) bears the title Sanghyang Bhatari Durga during this wuku.
In the Tutur Gong Besi
- Tree
- camara (Casuarina)
- Bird
- ayam alas (Gallus)
- Kala of the wuku
- The kala of this wuku stays in the north-west: do not travel towards it.
Source: Tutur Gong Besi, lontar, transliteration (alih aksara), Pusat Dokumentasi Dinas Kebudayaan Provinsi Bali, “Nihan paukonan”; R. A. Putri, V. I. Ekowati & G. N. Dwiadmojo, “Avian diversity and ethnoornithology in Pawukon”, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 22 (2026), art. 43, Table 1
Like rain out of season, which cannot be held back: they seek their gain until trouble piles up. Mischievous, fond of wrong ways, fearing no one; their conduct is very bad. Their commands are hot, but obeyed; like their junglefowl, they are close to the great, very proud, with many gains. The danger: punishment by the authorities, and poison.
Our translation from: Tutur Gong Besi, lontar, transliteration (alih aksara), Pusat Dokumentasi Dinas Kebudayaan Provinsi Bali, “Nyan awatekan anut ring uku”, “Nihan paukonan”
Notable days in this wuku
- Sunday: Pengembang
- Friday: Kajeng Kliwon
These are the days when two of the Pawukon’s weeks meet: Kajeng Kliwon every 15 days, the other five every 35. They call for special offerings and prayers — some are held to be good days, some bad — and temple festivals and rites of passage are often set on them. On Kajeng Kliwon evil spirits are believed to be about.
Source: F. B. Eiseman Jr., Bali: Sekala & Niskala, vol. I: Essays on Religion, Ritual, and Art (Periplus 1990), ch. 17 “Balinese Calendars”; R. Goris, “Holidays and Holy Days”, in J. L. Swellengrebel (ed.), Bali: Studies in Life, Thought, and Ritual (W. van Hoeve 1960); E. M. Reingold & N. Dershowitz, Calendrical Calculations, Ultimate ed. (Cambridge University Press 2018), ch. 12