Where it sits in the week
The four turn in that order and begin again, so Orie 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
- Tue22 Septin 3 days
- Sat26 Septin 7 days
- Wed30 Septin 11 days
- Sun4 Octin 15 days
- Thu8 Octin 19 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 Orie. You may also see Oye, the usual form around Nri and much of Anambra. You may also see Olie, a less common written form. The historian Elizabeth Isichei records the four days as answering to the four compass points, with Orie to the west.