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| II. | Keunòng dua plōh sa (21st Rajab 1310)—8th February. |
| In this keunòng the padi-harvest generally takes place and the kanduri blang ("religious feast of the field") is held. This is also the time for the sowing or planting of intermediate crops (such as tobacco, vegetables etc.).
In this or the following keunòng begins the musém luaïh blang ("season of the freedom of the land i.e. when it is allowed to lie fallow); it is thus the end of the musém pichéʾ or kòt blang (the season when the land is "cooped" or closed). | |
| III. | Keunòng sikureuëng blaïh (19th Shaʿban 1310) = 8th March. |
| The month in which this keunòng falls is much the same as the last from the season point of view. | |
| IV. | Keunòng tujōh blaïh (17th Ramadhān 1310) = 4th April. |
| Sugar cane planted in this month blossoms but yields no juice. During this and the two following months the fish known as lulōh occasionally descend from the upper reaches of the river to near the sea. These fish take one day to come down and two to return upstream, and at this time it is possible to catch them.
A kanduri laʾōt (sea-kanduri) takes place in this month at Ulèë lheuë (vulg. Olehleh; cf X below.). The beginning of the Musém barat or S. W. Monsoon also falls within this month, and so does the maximum altitude of the sun at noon (seunang mata uròëʾ; it actually occurs on the 5th April. | |
| V. | Keunòng limòng blaïh (15th Shawwāl 1310) = 2nd May. |
| Some begin ploughing in this month. Stormy weather prevails at sea. | |
| VI. | Keunòng lhèë blaïh (13th Dul-qaʿdah 1310) = 29th May[1]. |
| This is the month in which ploughing is universally commenced. It marks the termination of the mausém luaïh blang (cf. II above) and the beginning of the musèm pichéʾ or kòt blang which lasts about 8 months. | |
| VII. | Keunòng siblaih (11th Dul-hidjah 1310) = 26th June. |
| In this month or in one of the two which succeed it, the padi is sown. As we have seen above (p. 247) there are some |
- ↑ It is understood that the occurrence of two keunòngs in the month of May is peculiar to the year 1893; in 1892 this happened in August.
