"LUNARIO" (SIKATAN): THE LUNAR CALENDAR

Old folks used to consult the Lunar Calendar. Locally termed Lunario or Sikatan before indulging in any activity.

“LUNARIO” (SIKATAN) OR LUNAR CALENDAR

1.First Day (Unang sikat (new moon) –
a. A good omen for any enterprise.
b. Money can be borrowed easily.
c. Good day to begin planting.
d. Born on this day, one becomes faithful, God-loving and lives longer but
won’t enjoy.

2.Second Day
a. Bad for sea voyages.
b. Born on this day, one will become wealthy.

3.Third Day
a. Adam’s expulsion from Paradise.
b. Those born on this day are faithful and pious.
c. Wounds incurred take long to heal.

4.Fourth Day
a. Good for business and planting.
b. Those born on this day are intelligent but get sick for a long time.

5.Fifth Day
a. The day Cain murdered Abel.
b. Good for planting and constructing a house.
c. Those born on this day are hard to treat when ill.
d. NOT a good day for travel.
e. Stolen things are easily recovered.
6.
Sixth Day
a. A good day for any enterprise.
b. Good for sailing
c. One born on this day is God-fearing and pious.
7.
Seventh Day
a Good for earning a livelihood.
b. Stolen things are hardly recovered
c. Those born on this day are lucky and fortunate
8.
Eight Day
a. Not good for travel.
b. Bad for marriage
c. Good for business

9.Ninth Day
a. Bad for sea travel
b. Quarrelsome day.
c. Born on this day earns easily but are hot-tempered. Get well when sick.

10.Tenth Day
a. Good for adventure, marriage and planting.
b. Illness is mild
c. Those born on this day are honest

11.Eleventh Day
a. Good for doing things in the immediate vicinity.
b. Birth of Isaac
c. One born on this day is not very talented but lives longer
d. Stolen things are easily recovered
e. Illness is easily treated.

12.Twelfth Day
a. Good to build houses
b. Good for weddings
c. Bad for travel
d. One born on this day is selfish
e. Stolen things are easily recovered

13.Thirteenth Day
a. Good for traveling
b. Good for work nearby
c. Good for growing plants
d. Desires are hardly realized
e. Those born on this day will be wealthy.
f. Not good for germinating seeds
g. Illness are easily cured
h. Stolen things are easily recovered.

14.Fourteenth Day
a. Good for travel
b. Easy to find employment
c. Good for weddings
d. One born on this day becomes a professional

15.Fifteenth Day
a. Good for sea travel
b. Easy to find employment
c. Long life, easy treatment for illness
d. Stolen things won’t be recovered

16.Sixteenth Day
a. Not good for borrowing money
b. Fruitful marriage

17.Seventeenth Day
a.Good for any enterprises
b. Lost things are hardly found
c. Born on this day finds employment easily

18.Eighteenth Day
a. The creation of the sun and the moon
b. God’s glory is increased

19.Ninteenth Day
a. Not very good for any enterprises
b. Not good for travel
c. Illness stays long

20.Twentieth Day
a. Birth of Samuel
b. Not good for marriage
c. Illness stays long
d. Good for start of child’s education

21.Twenty First Day
a. Not good for travel
b. Good for marriage and planting
c. Born on this day is sickly and hard to cure
d. Good to start a house

22.Twenty Second Day
a. Birth of Jacob
b. Good for any kind of travel
c. Born on this day are models
d. Lost things are hard to find

23.Twenty Third Day
a. Good for seeking jobs
b. Good for business, easy gain
c. Not good for marriage
d. Illness stays long
e. Easy to check stealing and elopement

24.Twenty Fourth Day
a. Not good for sea travel
b. Not good for birth and marriage
c. Brings hunger and lack of fear from God
d. Good to elope

25.Twenty Fifth Day
a. Good for travel and for planting
b. Good for building a house
c. Born on this day are hardheaded

26.Twenty Sixth Day
a. Good for anything except eloping

27.Twenty Seventh Day
a. Very good for anything

28.Twenty Eight Day
a. Good for traveling, home care and filed work
b. Sickness is difficult to cure

From the book TINGKORAW: Alfonso's History and Legend by jett e. avinante, m.d.