The Four Sacred Days (Ọ̀sẹ̀ Mẹ́rin)
The traditional Yoruba week has 4 days, each dedicated to specific Orisha. Priests and devotees observe the day most sacred to their Orisha.
About Kọ́jọ́dá
The Yoruba calendar — Kọ́jọ́dá (meaning "may the day be clearly foreseen") — is one of humanity's oldest calendar systems. It consists of 364 days divided into 13 months of exactly 28 days each (7 weeks × 4 days). The remaining day of the solar year is observed as the Bridge Day (Ọjọ́ Àfonínú) on June 2, a day between years.
The Yoruba New Year begins on June 3 every year, coinciding with the annual Ifá festival at Ilé-Ifẹ̀ — the sacred city considered the centre of creation. According to this reckoning, 2026 CE = Year 10,068 of Yoruba civilisation.