Kala/calendar

• The Kala calendar is modeled after the Baha'i Calendar. This borrowing is based on mathematical symmetry, not religious or theological associations.

• The 26^th of February through the 1^st of March is called the semahua, or "flower-week". This period includes the 29^th of February in leap years.

• Based on this calendar, Cinco de Mayo would be minakita (south day of north sayo), or yoma pa'o te sayo ha'o (Day 8 of Month 3).

Similarly, Valentine's Day would be minatimu (south day of east sayo), or yoma pa'o te sayo uepa'o (Day 8 of Month 18).

Also, Christmas would be honupana (turtle day of rain sayo), or yoma uema'o te sayo ueya'o (Day 14 of Month 15).

• The Kala Sayoma Image

• In the chart below, each column represents a sayo, or 'month' and the rows are the yoma, or days.

Sayoma

Sayoma

	ketla	tlatsa	kita	kuatla	nyepa	kuya	kaya	mina	masa	yama	nila	maya	nisi	honu	pana	yana	yasa	timu	tanka
ketla	21-Mar	9-Apr	28-Apr	17-May	5-Jun	24-Jun	13-Jul	1-Aug	20-Aug	8-Sep	27-Sep	16-Oct	4-Nov	23-Nov	12-Dec	31-Dec	19-Jan	7-Feb	2-Mar
tlatsa	22-Mar	10-Apr	29-Apr	18-May	6-Jun	25-Jun	14-Jul	2-Aug	21-Aug	9-Sep	28-Sep	17-Oct	5-Nov	24-Nov	13-Dec	1-Jan	20-Jan	8-Feb	3-Mar
kita	23-Mar	11-Apr	30-Apr	19-May	7-Jun	26-Jun	15-Jul	3-Aug	22-Aug	10-Sep	29-Sep	18-Oct	6-Nov	25-Nov	14-Dec	2-Jan	21-Jan	9-Feb	4-Mar
kuatla	24-Mar	12-Apr	1-May	20-May	8-Jun	27-Jun	16-Jul	4-Aug	23-Aug	11-Sep	30-Sep	19-Oct	7-Nov	26-Nov	15-Dec	3-Jan	22-Jan	10-Feb	5-Mar
nyepa	25-Mar	13-Apr	2-May	21-May	9-Jun	28-Jun	17-Jul	5-Aug	24-Aug	12-Sep	1-Oct	20-Oct	8-Nov	27-Nov	16-Dec	4-Jan	23-Jan	11-Feb	6-Mar
kuya	26-Mar	14-Apr	3-May	22-May	10-Jun	29-Jun	18-Jul	6-Aug	25-Aug	13-Sep	2-Oct	21-Oct	9-Nov	28-Nov	17-Dec	5-Jan	24-Jan	12-Feb	7-Mar
kaya	27-Mar	15-Apr	4-May	23-May	11-Jun	30-Jun	19-Jul	7-Aug	26-Aug	14-Sep	3-Oct	22-Oct	10-Nov	29-Nov	18-Dec	6-Jan	25-Jan	13-Feb	8-Mar
mina	28-Mar	16-Apr	5-May	24-May	12-Jun	1-Jul	20-Jul	8-Aug	27-Aug	15-Sep	4-Oct	23-Oct	11-Nov	30-Nov	19-Dec	7-Jan	26-Jan	14-Feb	9-Mar
masa	29-Mar	17-Apr	6-May	25-May	13-Jun	2-Jul	21-Jul	9-Aug	28-Aug	16-Sep	5-Oct	24-Oct	12-Nov	1-Dec	20-Dec	8-Jan	27-Jan	15-Feb	10-Mar
yama	30-Mar	18-Apr	7-May	26-May	14-Jun	3-Jul	22-Jul	10-Aug	29-Aug	17-Sep	6-Oct	25-Oct	13-Nov	2-Dec	21-Dec	9-Jan	28-Jan	16-Feb	11-Mar
nila	31-Mar	19-Apr	8-May	27-May	15-Jun	4-Jul	23-Jul	11-Aug	30-Aug	18-Sep	7-Oct	26-Oct	14-Nov	3-Dec	22-Dec	10-Jan	29-Jan	17-Feb	12-Mar
maya	1-Apr	20-Apr	9-May	28-May	16-Jun	5-Jul	24-Jul	12-Aug	31-Aug	19-Sep	8-Oct	27-Oct	15-Nov	4-Dec	23-Dec	11-Jan	30-Jan	18-Feb	13-Mar
nisi	2-Apr	21-Apr	10-May	29-May	17-Jun	6-Jul	25-Jul	13-Aug	1-Sep	20-Sep	9-Oct	28-Oct	16-Nov	5-Dec	24-Dec	12-Jan	31-Jan	19-Feb	14-Mar
honu	3-Apr	22-Apr	11-May	30-May	18-Jun	7-Jul	26-Jul	14-Aug	2-Sep	21-Sep	10-Oct	29-Oct	17-Nov	6-Dec	25-Dec	13-Jan	1-Feb	20-Feb	15-Mar
pana	4-Apr	23-Apr	12-May	31-May	19-Jun	8-Jul	27-Jul	15-Aug	3-Sep	22-Sep	11-Oct	30-Oct	18-Nov	7-Dec	26-Dec	14-Jan	2-Feb	21-Feb	16-Mar
yana	5-Apr	24-Apr	13-May	1-Jun	20-Jun	9-Jul	28-Jul	16-Aug	4-Sep	23-Sep	12-Oct	31-Oct	19-Nov	8-Dec	27-Dec	15-Jan	3-Feb	22-Feb	17-Mar
yasa	6-Apr	25-Apr	14-May	2-Jun	21-Jun	10-Jul	29-Jul	17-Aug	5-Sep	24-Sep	13-Oct	1-Nov	20-Nov	9-Dec	28-Dec	16-Jan	4-Feb	23-Feb	18-Mar
timu	7-Apr	26-Apr	15-May	3-Jun	22-Jun	11-Jul	30-Jul	18-Aug	6-Sep	25-Sep	14-Oct	2-Nov	21-Nov	10-Dec	29-Dec	17-Jan	5-Feb	24-Feb	19-Mar
tanka	8-Apr	27-Apr	16-May	4-Jun	23-Jun	12-Jul	31-Jul	19-Aug	7-Sep	26-Sep	15-Oct	3-Nov	22-Nov	11-Dec	30-Dec	18-Jan	6-Feb	25-Feb	20-Mar

Totems

• Each of the 19 days and "months" can be referred to with totems. The totems represent directions, natural phenomena and animals.

color	ketla red	kuya green	nila blue	yana yellow
element	tlatsa fire	kaya earth	maya water	yasa wind
direction	kita north	mina south	nisi west	timu east
animal	kuatla snake	masa deer	honu turtle	tanka eagle
natural phenomena	nyepa cloud	yama mountain	pana rain	maua flower

Weekdays

• Each of the 7 days of the week can be referred to with elemental totems or numbers. The numbering begins on Thursday.

Kala	numbered	English
yoma sama	mayoma day four	Sunday (sun)
yoma kunye	yomaya day five	Monday (moon)
yoma tlatsa	tsayoma day six	Tuesday (fire)
yoma maya	kayoma day seven	Wednesday (water)
yoma ito	nayoma day one	Thursday (tree)
yoma ola	tayoma day two	Friday (gold)
yoma kaya	hayoma day three	Saturday (earth)

Clock

• The Kala daily clock is 8 hours long.

Kala	24 hour clock	totem
na'o	03:00 hrs	manota rooster
ta'o	06:00 hrs	sama sun
ha'o	09:00 hrs
ma'o	12:00 hrs	yotso midday, noon
ya'o	15:00 hrs
tsa'o	18:00 hrs	otso wolf
ka'o	21:00 hrs	kunye moon
pa'o	00:00 hrs	huatso midnight

Examples

• Based on the calendar, week, and clock, President Johnson took the oath of office on board Air Force One at

2:38 p.m. - tsima ma'o ma ta'iha'o ma punu haka'o (hour 3 and ⅔ and minute 38) / tata'o punu ma'e tsima ya'o (22 minute before hour 5)

Friday - tayoma (2^nd day) / yoma ola (gold day)

November 22^nd - tankanisi (eagle day of west sayo) / yoma uesa'o te sayo ueha'o (19^th day of 13^th sayo)

1963 - tlesatsaha'o anyo