On the Javanese Ethnoastronomy: Time Dimension on the Calendrical Inscriptions on Majapahit Era until Now

Abstract

The Saka calendrical inscriptions recorded the time journey in its own specific way, such as the use of suklapaksa and kresnapaksa, equipped with saptawara, pancawara and sadwara day names. At the next stage, it is addedd with wuku. During the Majapahit era, the time dimensional recording was expanded to include such elements as naksatra, yoga, karaa, muhūrta, dewatā, grahacāra, parweśa, mandala, and rāśi. This article traces the journey of usage of these time dimensions and completes it with the sculpture samples in some inscriptions from Majapahit era or after, and proposes it as the archipelago's ethnoastronomy.