The Hawaiian malama (month) is broken into three anahulu (period of 10 days). The first anahulu is named hoʻonui, this is the time when the moon is increasing in size or waxing. The second anahulu is named poepoe, this is when the moon is rounding and becomes full. The third anahulu is named hoʻēmi, this is when the moon is decreasing or waning.
Generally speaking, ʻole moons aren’t good for planting or fishing. If you look at the word itself, ʻole means without or lacking, not what you would want your kalo to be. These are great days for us to clear hau and pull weeds.
The moons we do like to plant on are anything from Hua to Māhealani. Lāʻau is a general name for trees or plants, so any lāʻau moons are great for planting too.
Hoʻonui
- Hilo
- Hoaka
- Kūkahi
- Kūlua
- Kūkolu
- Kūpau
- ʻOlekūkahi
- ʻOlekūlua
- ʻOlekūkolu
- ʻOlepau
Poepoe
- Huna
- Mōhala
- Hua
- Akua
- Hoku ili – when the moon is still in the sky as the sun rises
- Hoku palemo – when the moon disappears as the sun rises
- Māhealani
- Kulu
- Lāʻaukūkahi
- Lāʻaukūlua
- Lāʻaupau
Hoʻēmi
- ʻOlekūkahi
- ʻOlekūlua
- ʻOlepau
- Kāloakūkahi
- Kāloakūlua
- Kāloapau
- Kāne
- Lono
- Mauli
- Muku