Watugunung
You were born in the wuku Watugunung, week 30 of 30 of the Balinese Pawukon.
Watugunung is the thirtieth 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 30 of 30
- Title of God in this wuku
- In the Balinese lontar Tutur Gong Besi, God (Bhatara Dalem) bears the title Sanghyang Anantabhoga and Sanghyang Naga Gini during this wuku. The Javanese list recorded by Raffles (1817) gives Guru instead.
Source: Tutur Gong Besi, ed. Dinas Kebudayaan Provinsi Bali (2002), quoted in K. Subagiasta, “Nilai-Nilai Agama Hindu dalam Tutur Gong Besi”, Warta Hindu Dharma no. 474 (PHDI, July 2006); T. S. Raffles, The History of Java, vol. I (London 1817), ch. VIII
In the Tutur Gong Besi
- Tree
- wijaya kusuma (Epiphyllum)
- Bird
- gogik (Rhyticeros undulatus)
- Kala of the wuku
- The kala of this wuku stays in the north: 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 a star hidden by the light of the moon: clear of heart and mind, and all their work turns out right. They are able to practise austerities; like their wijaya kusuma, great in austerity and in their path, but not fond of crowds. The lontar also likens them to stars and moon at dawn: bright, but without a light of their own. The danger: being bound and hanged.
Our translation from: Tutur Gong Besi, lontar, transliteration (alih aksara), Pusat Dokumentasi Dinas Kebudayaan Provinsi Bali, “Nyan awatekan anut ring uku”, “Nihan paukonan”
Holy days in this wuku
Monday (Umanis) of Watugunung is Soma Pahid-pahidan: it is forbidden to climb trees, and women coming back from bathing may not put a comb in their hair — prohibitions tied to the legend of Watugunung and his mother Sinta.
Source: R. Goris, “Holidays and Holy Days”, in J. L. Swellengrebel (ed.), Bali: Studies in Life, Thought, and Ritual (W. van Hoeve 1960)
The last day of the Pawukon, Saturday of Watugunung, is devoted to Saraswati, goddess of learning: offerings are made to books, especially the sacred lontar palm-leaf manuscripts, and one is not supposed to read.
Source: F. B. Eiseman Jr., Bali: Sekala & Niskala, vol. I: Essays on Religion, Ritual, and Art (Periplus 1990), ch. 17 “Balinese Calendars”
Notable days in this wuku
- Sunday: Pengembang · 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