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[[Category:The Oan Isles]]
The '''[[Oan Lunar Calendar]]''' ([[Oan language |Oan]]: ''Maramataka'' or ''Te Porotitira Marama Oa'', '''OLC''') is the official calendar of [[the Oan Isles]]. It is based on the cycles of
==Months of the year
#Pipiri (May–June)
#Hongonui (or Hōngongoi, June–July)
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==Nights of the month==
A typical lunar month cycle lasts for 29.53 days. Each night carries a name according to the Maramataka. For example, Whiro is the first night of the new moon, Tirea is the second night, and so on until Mutuwhenua, the last night. The cycle starts again with the appearance of the next new moon, with Whiro, Tirea, and so on. The night names are as follows:
# Tirea▼
# Whiro
▲# Tirea
# Ohoata
# Oue
# Okoro
# Tamatea
# Tamatea-ngana
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# Mawharu
# Atua
# Ohua
# Turu
# Rakau-nui
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# Maurea
# Mutu
==Holidays==
The following holidays are designated by the government. Religious holidays are called ''Harikoa'' (Feast) and secular holidays are called ''Whakanui'' (Celebration). Official dates are in bold and are given on either the Oan Lunar Calendar or the International Standard Solar Calendar. There is some debate as to whether Ahua's Day is a religious or secular holiday.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Day
!Oan translation
!ISSC Date
!OLC Date
!Note
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|Oan New Year's Day
|''Whakanui o te Matariki'' (Celebration of the New Year)
|May-July
|'''''Whiro Pipiri''''' (1 Pipiri)
|Start of the Oan Year
|-
|Thaer's Day
|''Harikoa o te Atea'' (Day of the Creator)
|'''15 August'''
|''Here-turi-kōkā'' (August)
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|Prophet Matilda Day
|''Harikoa o te Whakakitenga ki te Poropiti Matiriha'' (Feast of the Revelation to Prophet Matilda)
|'''3 September'''
|''Mahuru'' (September)
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|Maui's Day
|''Harikoa mo te Panui o Maui'' (Feast of the Annunciation of Maui)
|November-December
|'''''Ari Hakihea''''' (11 Hakihea)
|Celebration of the announcement by Maui to Ahua leading to the Thaerisation of Polynesia
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|Summer Celebration Day
|''Harikoa o te Raumati Raumati'' (Feast of the Summer Solstice)
|December-January
|'''''Ohua Kohi-tātea''''' (15 Kohi-tātea)
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|Ahua's Day
|''Harikoa o te Koroneihana o Ahua'' (Celebration of the Coronation of Ahua)
|March-April
|'''''Ōrongonui Paenga-whāwhā''''' (28 Paenga-whāwhā)
|National day of the Oan Isles celebrating the crowing of Ahua the Great and the formal establishment of the Oan Isles
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