Onicha Ado N’Idu 2019 Calendar

Onitsha ceremonial life involves a series of festivals, with each festival forming part of a continuum that helps to symbolically relate each aspect of social life to the wider reality. Six main festivals are celebrated in one Onitsha year. The basic sacred divisions of the year are set by the phases of the moon. The Obi proclaims each of the 28-day lunar months ONWA and defines the ceremonial sequences in terms of the seven four-day weeks OGE ISA that comprise each month.

+ N.B: Dates in UPPER CASES and Bold characters are Big Market Days {Nnukwu Afia}
* While Dates in lower cases and italics are Small Market Days {Obele Afia}

JANUARY   FEBRUARY

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

 

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

   

1

eke

2

OYE

3

AFOR

4

NKWO

5

EKE

           

1

nkwo

2

eke

6

oye

7

afor

8

nkwo

9

eke

10

OYE

11

AFOR

12

NKWO

 

3

OYE

4

AFOR

5

NKWO

6

EKE

7

oye

8

afor

9

nkwo

13

EKE

14

oye

15

afor

16

nkwo

17

eke

18

OYE

19

AFOR

 

10

eke

11

OYE

12

AFOR

13

NKWO

14

EKE

15

oye

16

afor

20

NKWO

21

EKE

22

oye

23

afor

24

nkwo

25

eke

26

OYE

 

17

nkwo

18

eke

19

OYE

20

AFOR

21

NKWO

22

EKE

23

oye

27

AFOR

28

NKWO

29

EKE

30

oye

31

afor

     

24

afor

25

nkwo

26

eke

27

OYE

28

AFOR

   
MARCH   APRIL

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

 

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

31

OYE

       

1

NKWO

2

EKE

   

1

AFOR

2

NKWO

3

EKE

4

oye

5

afor

6

nkwo

3

oye

4

afor

5

nkwo

6

eke

7

OYE

8

AFOR

9

NKWO

 

7

eke

8

OYE

9

AFOR

10

NKWO

11

EKE

12

oye

13

afor

10

EKE

11

oye

12

afor

13

nkwo

14

eke

15

OYE

16

AFOR

 

14

nkwo

15

eke

16

OYE

17

AFOR

18

NKWO

19

EKE

20

oye

17

NKWO

18

EKE

19

oye

20

afor

21

nkwo

22

eke

23

OYE

 

21

afor

22

nkwo

23

eke

24

OYE

25

AFOR

26

NKWO

27

EKE

24

AFOR

25

NKWO

26

EKE

27

oye

28

afor

29

nkwo

30

eke

 

28

oye

29

afor

30

nkwo

       
MAY   JUNE

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

 

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

     

1

eke

2

OYE

3

AFOR

4

NKWO

 

30

EKE

         

1

nkwo

5

EKE

6

oye

7

afor

8

Nkwo

9

eke

10

OYE

11

AFOR

 

2

eke

3

OYE

4

AFOR

5

NKWO

6

EKE

7

oye

8

afor

12

NKWO

13

EKE

14

oye

15

afor

16

nkwo

17

eke

18

OYE

 

9

nkwo

10

eke

11

OYE

12

AFOR

13

NKWO

14

EKE

15

oye

19

AFOR

20

NKWO

21

EKE

22

oye

23

afor

24

nkwo

25

eke

 

16

afor

17

nkwo

18

eke

19

OYE

20

AFOR

21

NKWO

22

EKE

26

OYE

27

AFOR

28

NKWO

29

EKE

30

oye

31

afor

   

23

oye

24

afor

25

nkwo

26

eke

27

OYE

28

AFOR

29

NKWO

JULY   AUGUST

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

 

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

 

1

oye

2

afor

3

nkwo

4

eke

5

OYE

6

AFOR

         

1

EKE

2

oye

3

afor

7

NKWO

8

EKE

9

oye

10

afor

11

nkwo

12

eke

13

OYE

 

4

nkwo

5

eke

6

OYE

7

AFOR

8

NKWO

9

EKE

10

oye

14

AFOR

15

NKWO

16

EKE

17

oye

18

afor

19

nkwo

20

eke

 

11

afor

12

nkwo

13

eke

14

OYE

15

AFOR

16

NKWO

17

EKE

21

OYE

22

AFOR

23

NKWO

24

EKE

25

oye

26

afor

27

nkwo

 

18

oye

19

afor

20

nkwo

21

eke

22

OYE

23

AFOR

24

NKWO

28

eke

29

OYE

30

AFOR

31

NKWO

       

25

EKE

26

oye

27

afor

28

nkwo

29

eke

30

OYE

31

AFOR

SEPTEMBER   OCTOBER

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

 

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

1

NKWO

2

EKE

3

oye

4

afor

5

nkwo

6

eke

7

OYE

     

1

OYE

2

AFOR

3

NKWO

4

EKE

5

oye

8

AFOR

9

NKWO

10

EKE

11

oye

12

afor

13

nkwo

14

eke

 

6

afor

7

nkwo

8

eke

9

OYE

10

AFOR

11

NKWO

12

EKE

15

OYE

16

AFOR

17

NKWO

18

EKE

19

oye

20

afor

21

nkwo

 

13

oye

14

afor

15

nkwo

16

eke

17

OYE

18

AFOR

19

NKWO

22

eke

23

OYE

24

AFOR

25

NKWO

26

EKE

27

oye

28

afor

 

20

EKE

21

oye

22

afor

23

 nkwo

24

eke

25

OYE

26

AFOR

29

nkwo

30

eke

           

27

NKWO

28

EKE

29

oye

30

afor

31

nkwo

   
NOVEMBER   DECEMBER

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

 

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

         

1

eke

2

OYE

 

1

afor

2

nkwo

3

eke

4

OYE

5

AFOR

6

NKWO

7

EKE

3

AFOR

4

NKWO

5

EKE

6

oye

7

afor

8

nkwo

9

eke

 

8

oye

9

afor

10

nkwo

11

eke

12

OYE

13

AFOR

14

NKWO

10

OYE

11

AFOR

12

NKWO

13

EKE

14

oye

15

afor

16

nkwo

 

15

EKE

16

oye

17

afor

18

nkwo

19

eke

20

OYE

21

AFOR

17

eke

18

OYE

19

AFOR

20

NKWO

21

EKE

22

oye

23

afor

 

22

NKWO

23

EKE

24

oye

25

afor

26

nkwo

27

eke

28

OYE

24

nkwo

25

eke

26

OYE

27

AFOR

28

NKWO

29

EKE

30

oye

 

29

AFOR

30

NKWO

31

EKE

       

+ N.B: Dates in UPPER CASES and Bold characters are Big Market Days {Nnukwu Afia}

* While Dates in lower cases and italics are Small Market Days {Obele Afia}