Utilization of the Javanese Islamic Calendar System for Determining Auspicious Days: A Case Study of Wedding Traditions in Jombang, East Java

Abstract

The calendar which is also called taqwin, tarikh, or almanac is a system of time calculation created by humans to mark certain times such as determining the time of worship, holiday’s celebrations, farming periods, and others. The beginning of the date calculation system was influenced by the ongoing civilization or culture and the leaders who had authority at that time. The Javanese Islamic calendar is the result of the acculturation of Javanese people who used the Javanese Calendar or Saka Calendar with the entry of Islam which introduced the Hijri Calendar calculation system. This paper is the result of the author's case studied on the implementation of Islamic Javanese Calendar in Jombang’s society with the aim of knowing the history, the Islamic Javanese Calendar calculaltion system that used by the society, and the muslim’s prespective on the faith of other muslim who belived on the calculation system.