Here is a small makana to everyone who checks in on this blog every once in a while. Just like last year, this is a calendar fashioned after one given by the newspaper Aloha Aina in 1906 to its subscribers. Click on the image and download the pdf file. You should be able to enlarge it to print even on poster-size paper if you want. Feel free to make copies and give it out to anyone you think will appreciate it!
O Ko Hawaii Pae Aina newspaper,
Aloha oe:—Please allow your patience to let me shake hands with your captain and the metal typesetting boys.
At dawn, 2 o’clock, on the Wednesday of the 1st of July, the night of Laau Pau in the reckoning of the Hawaiians. We left Waimea and the motion of our cars were driven straight for Lolomauna, where we would stay and watch for the building of the village [kauhale] of Limaloa, and we settled back for the rest of the night and the morning; it was a 6 o’clock. Our eyes looked quietly down at the beautiful flat plains of Limaloa spread silently before us, hoping to see the famed magical kauhale (Limaloa), but we did not. 7 o’clock passed by and there was no sign of what we were hoping to see, and 7 minutes thereafter, the plains of Limaloa began to change; they were shrouded in different colors: red, yellow, and green, and glittered like gold, and it moved from the sea upland, and amongst the coconut trees that were standing. And from there it went on until the edge of the salt beds, headed towards Mana like an ocean wave crashing upon the surface of the sea.
Are you looking for the special gift for someone near or far? When you pick up calendars from the Hawaiian Historical Society, you are giving two gifts in one—a calendar for your loved one, and a donation to the Historical Society as well!
The Hawaiian Historical Society’s Hawaiian history calendar for 2015 is now available. The new calendar features historical photographs of outstanding sites in Hawaiʻi state parks on Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, and Hawaiʻi Island. Many of the places that are now part of the park system have long attracted residents and visitors alike. The photographs chosen for the calendar exemplify the scenic beauty and unique natural features that have made these locales favored destinations for many decades.
The photographs in the calendar were gleaned from the collections of the Hawaiian Historical Society, the Hawaiʻi State Archives, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the Kauaʻi Historical Society and the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society Library. They date from the1860s through the late 1930s. 
As always, the calendar’s pages are filled with notes about significant dates and interesting facts in Island history as well as the phases of the moon. They are great solutions for seasonal gift-giving quandaries.
Society members can purchase copies of the calendar for $8.00 each (plus $3.00 postage when mailed to you). The retail price is $10 per calendar. Bulk rates are available. The calendars can be obtained directly from the Hawaiian Historical Society office at 560 Kawaiahaʻo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Telephone (808) 537-6271. Look for them at the annual HHS open house and book sale December 11.
The 2015 Hawaiian history calendar is also available at the following book and gift shops: Native Books at Ward Warehouse; the Mission Houses Gift Shop; the Hawaii State Art Museum Gift Shop; and Kailua General Store.
For more information, see the Hawaiian Historical Society web page!
Wishing you all a very happy 2014. This calendar is fashioned after the one given by the newspaper Aloha Aina in 1906 to its readers. It features a picture of the typesetters and the paperboys of the newspaper taken on December 30, 1905. Please feel free to save it onto your desktop and print it out and put it up on your wall or give it away to someone who you think will appreciate it!
I hope that with next year will come more exciting stories from the past which will encourage people to at least consider why the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers are important to us today and tomorrow. Perhaps it will encourage the individuals, agencies, and organizations who can benefit from the knowledge that the many, many kupuna thought important enough to entrust to the safekeeping of the pages of the Newspapers, to think about funding the rescanning as well as the conservation of the Newspapers, so that the information contained in them can be easily accessed by those of today and the generations to come…
2014 ALEMANAKA
FOR THREE MONTHS IN THE HAWAIIAN RECKONING
| January | February | March | ||||||
| HAWAII—Kaelo | HAWAII—Kaulua | HAWAII—Nana | ||||||
| MAUI—Ikuwa | MAUI—Makalii | MAUI—Hinaiaeleele | ||||||
| OAHU—Hilina | OAHU—Ikiiki | OAHU—Kaaona | ||||||
| KAUAI—Ikiiki | KAUAI—Kaelo | KAUAI—Hinaiaeleele | ||||||
| DAY | WEEK | NAME OF THE NIGHT | DAY | WEEK | NAME OF THE NIGHT | DAY | WEEK | NAME OF THE NIGHT |
| 1 | Monday | Hua | 1 | Thursday | Akua | 1 | Friday | Hua |
| 2 | Tuesday | Akua | 2 | Friday | Hoku* | 2 | Saturday | Akua |
| 3 | Wednesday | Hoku | 3 | Saturday | Mahealani* | 3 | Sunday | Hoku* |
| 4 | Thursday | Mahealani | 4 | Sunday | Kulu | 4 | Monday | Mahealani* |
| 5 | Friday | Kulu | 5 | Monday | Laaukukahi | 5 | Tuesday | Kulu |
| 6 | Satuday | Laaukukahi | 6 | Tuesday | Laaukulua | 6 | Wednesday | Laaukukahi |
| 7 | Sunday | Laaukulua | 7 | Wednesday | Laaupau | 7 | Thursday | Laaukulua |
| 8 | Monday | Laaupau | 8 | Thursday | Olekukahi | 8 | Friday | Laaupau |
| 9 | Tuesday | Olekukahi | 9 | Friday | Olekulua | 9 | Satuday | Olekukahi |
| 10 | Wednesday | Olekulua | 10 | Satuday | Olepau | 10 | Sunday | Olekulua |
| 11 | Thursday | Olepau | 11 | Sunday | Kaloakukahi | 11 | Monday | Olepau |
| 12 | Friday | Kaloakukahi | 12 | Monday | Kaloakulua | 12 | Tuesday | Kaloakukahi |
| 13 | Satuday | Kaloakulua | 13 | Tuesday | Kaloapau | 13 | Wednesday | Kaloakulua |
| 14 | Sunday | Kaloapau | 14 | Wednesday | Kane | 14 | Thursday | Kaloapau |
| 15 | Monday | Kane | 15 | Thursday | Lono | 15 | Friday | Kane |
| 16 | Tuesday | Lono | 16 | Friday | Mauli | 16 | Satuday | Lono |
| 17 | Wednesday | Mauli | 17 | Satuday | Muku Hilo† | 17 | Sunday | Mauli |
| 18 | Thursday | Muku | 18 | Sunday | Hilo | 18 | Monday | Muku |
| 19 | Friday | Hilo | 19 | Monday | Hoaka | 19 | Tuesday | Hilo |
| 20 | Satuday | Hoaka | 20 | Tuesday | Kukahi | 20 | Wednesday | Hoaka |
| 21 | Sunday | Kukahi | 21 | Wednesday | Kulua | 21 | Thursday | Kukahi |
| 22 | Monday | Kulua | 22 | Thursday | Kukolu | 22 | Friday | Kulua |
| 23 | Tuesday | Kukolu | 23 | Friday | Kupau | 23 | Satuday | Kukolu |
| 24 | Wednesday | Kupau | 24 | Satuday | Olekukahi | 24 | Sunday | Kupau |
| 25 | Thursday | Olekukahi | 25 | Sunday | Olekulua | 25 | Monday | Olekukahi |
| 26 | Friday | Olekulua | 26 | Monday | Olekukolu | 26 | Tuesday | Olekulua |
| 27 | Satuday | Olekukolu | 27 | Tuesday | Olepau | 27 | Wednesday | Olekukolu |
| 28 | Sunday | Olepau | 28 | Wednesday | Huna | 28 | Thursday | Olepau |
| 29 | Monday | Huna | 29 | Thursday | Mohalu | 29 | Friday | Huna |
| 30 | Tuesday | Mohalu | 30 | Saturday | Mohalu | |||
| 31 | Wednesday | Hua | 31 | Sunday | Hua | |||
* Full Moon. †New Moon; because of the short day, Hilo-aihue is the moon.
(Au Hou, 1/24/1912, p. 1)
Ke Au Hou, Buke 3, Helu 3, Aoao 1. Ianuari 24, 1912.
Offered from KA NA’I AUPUNI.
Name of Month of Hawaii [Island]—Nana.
” ” Maui—Hinaiaeleele.
” ” Oahu—Kaaona.
” ” Kauai—Hinaiaeleele.
| Day of the Month | DAY OF THE WEEK | NIGHT BY HAWAIIAN COUNT |
| 1 | Poaha [Thurs] | Olekukahi |
| 2 | Poalima [Fri] | Olekulua |
| 3 | Poaono [Sat] | Olekukolu |
| 4 | Sabati [Sabbath] | Olepau |
| 5 | Poakahi [Mon] | Huna |
| 6 | Poalua [Tues] | Mohalu |
| 7 | Poakolu [Wed] | Hua |
| 8 | Poaha | Akua |
| 9 | Poalima | Hoku |
| 10 | Poaono | Mahealani¹ |
| 11 | Sabt. | Kulu |
| 12 | Poakahi | Laaukukahi |
| 13 | Poalua | Laaukulua |
| 14 | Poakolu | Laaupau |
| 15 | Poaha | Olekukahi |
| 16 | Poalima | Olekulua |
| 17 | Poaono | Olekupau |
| 18 | Sabt. | Kaloakukahi |
| 19 | Poakahi | Kaloakulua |
| 20 | Poalua | Kaloapau |
| 21 | Poakolu | Kane |
| 22 | Poaha | Lono |
| 23 | Poalima | Mauli |
| → | Muku² | |
| 24 | Poaono | Hilo³ |
| 25 | Sabt. | Hoaka |
| 26 | Poakahi | Kukahi |
| 27 | Poalua | Kulua |
| 28 | Poakolu | Kukolu |
| 29 | Poaha | Kupau |
| 30 | Poalima | Olekukahi |
| 31 | Poaono | Olekulua |
1. Mahealani—Full moon by Hawaiian count, and same as the Haole count.
2. Muku—There is no moon; its moon is taken by Hilo, and that is why it is called “Hilo Aihue” [Thieving Hilo]. Therefore, Muku enters or is lost into the night of Hilo, and it can be said that the night of the 24th, is the night of Saturday, and is a night of “Muku” as well as “Hilo.”
3. Hilo—This is the night of the New Moon, that being Hilo: however, it might be only seen for a bit, being that this moon, Hilo, appears at 1:24 and 9 seconds in the afternoon. (This is the time of the mahina hou (new moon) according to the haole). The sun will set at 6:04 and 2 seconds. At 11:47 that night, the moon will set.
Clarification—This explanation will be changed every month.
[I recently ran across this term “Hilo Aihue” once again after not seeing it for a number of years. The earliest i have seen it used is by a man commonly known as J. L. Kukahi. He actually gives his name as being Joseph Liwai Kawohikukahi, and his explanation of “Hilo Aihue” appears in an ongoing argument with D. M. Punini, Jr. (David M. Punini, Jr.) over the traditional Hawaiian calendar. See Makaainana, 4/22/1895, p. 3.]
(Na’i Aupuni, 3/26/1906, p. 3)
Ka Na’i Aupuni, Buke I, Helu 102, Aoao 3. Maraki 26, 1906.
—FOR THE—
HAWAII MAUI MOLOKAI OAHU KAUAI HAOLE
1 Kaelo Ikuwa Ikuwa Hilina Ikuwa January
2 Kaulua Makalii Hinaiaeleele Ikiiki Welehu February
3 Nana Hinaiaeleele Welo Kaaona Kaelo March
4 Welo Kaelo Makalii Makalii Kaulua April
5 Ikiiki Ka’ulua Kaelo Hinaiaeleele Kaaona May
6 Kaaona Kaaona Kaulua Mahoe-mua Nana June
7 Hinaiaeleele Ikiiki Nana Mahoe-hope Mahoe-mua July
8 Mahoe-mua Nana Ikiiki Welehu Mahoe-hope August
9 Mahoe-hope Hilina Kaaona Hilinehu Welehu September
10 Ikuwa Hilinama Hilinehu Ka’ulua Makalii October
11 Welehu Hilinehu Hilinama Kaelo Hilinama November
12 Makalii Welehu Welehu Hilinama Hilinehu December
[This is Joseph Mokuohai Poepoe’s chart appearing in his series comparing various histories, “Moolelo Hawaii Kahiko” [Old Hawaiian History], appearing in the newspaper Na’i Aupuni.]
(Na’i Aupuni, 10/18/1906, p. 1)
Ka Na’i Aupuni, Buke II, Helu 117, Aoao 1. Okatoba 18, 1906.
The Hawaiian Historical Society’s Hawaiian history calendar for 2014 includes significant dates and interesting facts about Hawaiʻi’s history, local holidays, and phases of the moon. The calendar features photos taken between 1899 and 1902 showing scenes of windward Oʻahu, the Old Pali Road, a fishing village and boats in Honolulu harbor, and rice fields. The photos are from the Daniel W. Snow Photograph Collection at the Hawaiian Historical Society.
Click here to order one for yourself, or for gifts for friends here and across the ocean!
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