Balinese calendar
E508588
The Balinese calendar is a traditional complex lunisolar and ceremonial timekeeping system used in Bali, Indonesia, to schedule religious rituals, festivals, and daily activities.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pawukon calendar | 3 |
| Balinese Hindu calendar | 2 |
| Balinese Saka calendar | 2 |
| Balinese pawukon calendar | 2 |
| Balinese 210-day Pawukon calendar | 1 |
| Balinese calendar canonical | 1 |
| Tenggerese Hindu calendar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5275049 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balinese calendar Context triple: [Javanese calendar, relatedTo, Balinese calendar]
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A.
Javanese calendar
The Javanese calendar is a traditional lunisolar timekeeping system from Java that blends indigenous, Islamic, and Hindu-Buddhist elements and is used to mark cultural and religious events.
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B.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Khmer lunar calendar
The Khmer lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Cambodia to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and the timing of traditional holidays.
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D.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
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E.
Odia calendar
The Odia calendar is a traditional regional timekeeping system used in the Indian state of Odisha that follows Hindu religious observances, festivals, and agricultural cycles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balinese calendar Target entity description: The Balinese calendar is a traditional complex lunisolar and ceremonial timekeeping system used in Bali, Indonesia, to schedule religious rituals, festivals, and daily activities.
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A.
Javanese calendar
The Javanese calendar is a traditional lunisolar timekeeping system from Java that blends indigenous, Islamic, and Hindu-Buddhist elements and is used to mark cultural and religious events.
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B.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Khmer lunar calendar
The Khmer lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Cambodia to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and the timing of traditional holidays.
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D.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
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E.
Odia calendar
The Odia calendar is a traditional regional timekeeping system used in the Indian state of Odisha that follows Hindu religious observances, festivals, and agricultural cycles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar system
ⓘ
ceremonial calendar ⓘ traditional calendar ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Balinese language ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hindu Saka calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Saka calendar
|
| classification | ethnic calendar system ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Gregorian calendar
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linked to:
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
|
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culture | Balinese culture ⓘ |
| feature |
210-day Pawukon cycle
ⓘ
complex ritual calculations ⓘ intercalary months ⓘ lunar months ⓘ multiple concurrent week systems ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Pawukon calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Balinese calendar
Saka calendar ⓘ |
| hasWeekSystem |
Wuku week
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five-day week ⓘ seven-day week ⓘ six-day week ⓘ ten-day week ⓘ three-day week ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Balinese priests
ⓘ
traditional calendar experts ⓘ |
| notation | Balinese script ⓘ |
| purpose |
to determine auspicious days
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to regulate daily activities ⓘ to schedule ceremonies ⓘ to schedule religious rituals ⓘ to schedule temple festivals ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hindu calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Hindu lunisolar calendar
Javanese calendar ⓘ |
| religion |
Balinese Hinduism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| timeBasis |
lunar cycles
ⓘ
solar cycles ⓘ week cycles ⓘ |
| usedBy | Balinese people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural timing
ⓘ
determining Galungan festival date ⓘ determining Kuningan festival date ⓘ determining Nyepi day ⓘ determining Odalan temple anniversaries ⓘ market days scheduling ⓘ selecting days for tooth-filing ceremonies ⓘ selecting wedding dates ⓘ |
| usedIn | Bali ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Balinese calendar Description of subject: The Balinese calendar is a traditional complex lunisolar and ceremonial timekeeping system used in Bali, Indonesia, to schedule religious rituals, festivals, and daily activities.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Balinese calendar
linked to: Balinese calendar
linked to: Balinese calendar
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linked to: Balinese calendar
linked to: Balinese calendar
linked to: Balinese calendar
linked to: Balinese calendar