Closing & Opening the Javanese Year
Enter a range of Gregorian years. For each Javanese year that begins in it, you get the days from the end of Besar to 3 Sura, the nature of the year, its good months, and practices you can follow.
How is the turn of the year counted?
The Javanese year turns on 1 Sura, and the eve of 1 Sura begins at sunset the day before. The Betaljemur Adammakna reads the nature of the year from the neptu of the weton of 1 Sura (chapter 313) and gives each windu year a list of good months and months best avoided (chapters 11 to 13).
The 29th and 30th of Besar (Kunarpawarsa, chapter 7) and the 3rd of Sura (Sangarwarsa, chapter 8) are not advised for major events. The traditions shown, such as the procession of heirlooms and bubur Suro, come with their sources.