CHAPTER. II.
ACHEHNESE CALENDARS, FESTIVALS AND SEASONS. AGRICULTURE,
NAVIGATION AND FISHERY.
LAWS RELATING TO LAND AND WATER.
§ 1. The Achehno-Mohammedan Divisions of Time.
Arabic and Achehnese names of months.The calendar of religious festivals is the same among the Achehnese as with the Malays and other Mohammedans; they adopt the lunar year of 354 days as a basis. They employ this same year with its lunar months as a measurement of time for all the ordinary purposes of life. Some of the names, however, which they give to the months differ from the Arabic and are borrowed rather from customary observances belonging peculiarly to those months. Many of them are also called by the Arabic names pronounced in the Achehnese fashion; these are universally understood by the well-educated. We shall begin by giving a concise list of these names with explanatory notes.
| ARABIC NAMES OF MONTHS. | ACHEHNESE NAMES OF MONTHS. |
| 1. Muḥarram. | Asan-Usèn (called after the commemoration of Ḥasan and Ḥusain on the 10th day of this month). |
| 2. Safar. | Sapha. |
| 3. Rabīʿ al-awwal. | Mòʾlōt (from Maulud, the feast of the birth of Mohammad. Less commonly called Rabiʾōy Away. |
| 4. Rabīʿ al-ākhir. | Adòë mòʾlōt (i. e. the younger brother of Mòʾlōt, since the birth of the Prophet is commemorated in this month also. Less commonly called Radbiʾōy Akhé). |
