Where it sits in the week
The four turn in that order and begin again, so Nkwọ comes round every four days. Each one belongs to a market, which is why a town has an Eke market or an Orie market, and why the days turn up in people's names.
The next five
- Sun20 Septtomorrow
- Thu24 Septin 5 days
- Mon28 Septin 9 days
- Fri2 Octin 13 days
- Tue6 Octin 17 days
These dates count back to 1 January 2026, which was Orie. Seven published Igbo calendars put that day there, among them a day-by-day table of 2000 to 2050 that was drawn up before 2009. A day traditionally turns at sundown rather than midnight, and some communities keep the cycle a step apart from this count. See where the count comes from.
How the name is written
The app writes it Nkwọ. You may also see Nkwo, written without the dot. The historian Elizabeth Isichei records the four days as answering to the four compass points, with Nkwọ to the south.