From the moon to the crops, this is how the Balinese calendars change the days

Bali has a unique and special culture and sometimes amazes with its cultural singularity. It may in fact seem very unusual, but in Bali the days are marked by two different calendars: Saka, based on the phases of the Moon, and Pawukon which has a completely different time division and derives from the rice cultivation cycles. The Saka calendar year is twelve months of approximately 30 days each, but to avoid loss of synchronization an extra month (called a leap month) is added after the eleventh or twelfth. Instead, a Pawukon year is made up of 6 months of 35 days, for a total of 210 days, and is divided according to a system of ten weeks (wara) which last from one to 10 days. This is the calendar according to which the dates are set for many of the traditional Balinese holidays and festivals, such as Galungan and Kuningan, Sarasawati or other great ceremonies that are celebrated every year. Balinese birthdays are also celebrated twice, one date is the international one and the other is the one that falls every 210 days, a day called otonan, celebrated with offerings and a small ceremony. Reading this calendar is quite difficult even for the Balinese who, however, are convinced that there are special days suitable for individual activities, so they go to a priest who helps them navigate the holidays.