WARA, is a system in balinese  calendar that organized ten groups of days. These groups usually be combined and synchronized each other to be matched. The ten groups are :

1. Eka Wara contains one, named Luwang.

2. Dwi Wara contains two, named Menga and Pepet.
3. Tri Wara : Pasah, Beteng, Kajeng.

4. Catur Wara: Sri, Laba, Jaya, Mandala

5. Panca Wara: Umanis, Pahing, Pon, Wage, Kliwon

6. Sad Wara : Tungleh, Ariyang, Urukung, Paniron, Was, Mahulu

7. Sapta Wara : Redite, Soma, Anggara, Buda, Wraspati, Sukra, Saniscara
    (=Sunday,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday.Friday,Saturday)

8. Asta Wara : Sri, Indra, Guru,Yama,Rudra,Brahma,Kala,Uma

9. Sanga Wara : Dangu, Jangur, Gigis, Nohan, Ogan, Erangan, Urungan, 
    Tulus, Dadi

10.Dasa Wara : Pandita, Pati, Suka, Duka, Sri, Manuh, Manusa, Raja,  Dewa, Raksasa.

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     WUKU is a terms in balinese calendar that collect weeks into one periode or one cycle of days. Wuku contains thirty weeks, each of them has its own name, like Sinta for the first week/wuku, Landep for the second, Ukir for the third and so on until the 30 th named Watugunung. This system is usually use for the birthday or the anniversary, combined with Saptawara (week), and Pancawara (contains five days named Umanis, Pahing, Pon, Wage, Kliwon). For example, Galungan falls on Budha (wednesday) Kliwon, wuku Dungulan (11th wuku), Saraswati holiday falls on Saniscara (=saturday) Umanis, wuku Watugunung (30th wuku). So, the holiday or the birthday that uses Wuku as its base, will be always took place every same day, same pancawara and same wuku. It means, that holidays will cycle in every 210 days (Wuku contains of 30 week, a week contains of 7 days).

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     Bali has alot of traditional rituals base on Hindu religion. All of them have their own special occasion according to the balinese calendar system. The Balinese Calendar is similar to the Javanese, but for the present day, only a part of the javanese still use this calendar for their living. As the first post of this topic, I try to tell here by a very simple way to understand, not to mention if it makes you bored or confuse, so the illustration below is  easy to understand.

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