CALENDAR
CALENDAR | Translation | Start date | Festival |
Capac Raymi | Magnificent festival | December 23rd | Summer solstice. |
Camay Quilla | Fasting and Penance | January 22nd | Small Ripening |
Hatun-pucuy | Great Ripening | February 21st | Great Ripening |
Pacha-puchuy | Earth Ripening | March 23rd | Autumn equinox |
Ayrihua | Festival of the Wari | April 22nd | Harvest of sacred maize field |
Aymoray | Harvesting | May 23rd | |
Inti Raymi | Feast of the Sun | June 23rd | Winter solstice; Inti Raymi ceremony |
Chahua-huarquiz | The Harvest Festival | July 23rd | Sacrifices to sources of water |
Chacra Ayaqui | Sowing Month | August 23 | Planting sacred maize field |
Coya Raymi | Festival of the Moon | September 22nd | Spring equinox; Coya Raymi ceremony |
K’antaray | Month of Crop Watching | October 22nd | Ceremonies to bring rain |
Ayamarca | Festival of the Dead | November 22nd | Preparing for Capac Raymi |
TIMELINE
1200 CE
Day |
Date |
Number of Days |
Summary |
January |
30th |
1 |
Opening of the story; last summer day. |
April |
21st |
+62 |
Inti’s funeral. |
May |
23rd |
|
Begin trek to Sacsayhuaman |
May | 26th | Attack on the trail | |
May | 30th | +7 | Days’ walk to Sacsayhuaman |
June | 2nd | +7 | Interment of Inti; burial of those killed on the trek. |
July | 24th | +47 | When the warriors leave to retaliate. |
August | 1st | +7 | First community-wide vote. |
August | 17th | +15 (23 days after they left) | Warriors return. |
August | +5 | Second warring party, led by Pascac, goes out. | |
September | +11 | Warring party returns with prisoners. | |
January | Annual Day of Remembrance; gods depart; Sinchi Ruq’a becomes emperor of Qusqu upon his father’s departure. | ||
February | Anta-Anclla announces her plan for judicial system. | ||
March | Community-wide voting on topic of judicial system. | ||
March | Prisoners face jury in assembly. | ||
March | Titu-Cusi faces jury. | ||
July | Trip to terraces. | ||
November | The plague hits Sacsayhuaman. | ||
Combing of the Hair Ceremony in Qusqu. | |||
Pascac’s wedding. | |||
Anta-Anclla’s wedding; leave for Qullasuyu. | |||
Conduct census in Qullasuyu. | |||
September | Spring | +3 years | Return to Amantaní. |
November | Find the library abandoned. | ||
April | Pascac’s death. |