Mesoamerican architecture there is no evidence that this phenomenon was the result of a purposeful design intended to commemorate the equinoxes. Much Mesoamerican architecture is also aligned to roughly 15° east of north. Vincent H Malmstrom has argued that this is because of a general wish to align the pyramids to face the sunset on August 13, which was the beginning date of the Maya Long Count calendar. However, recent research has shown that the earliest orientations marking sunsets on August 13 (and April 30) occur outside of the Maya area. Their purpose must have been to record the dates separated by
Igbo calendar planting season when the king, the "Eze Nri" in the Nri area, tells the Igbo to go and sow their seed after the next rainfall, and the Harvest festival (') in the eighth month. The Nri-Igbo yearly counting festival known as "" marked 10 March 2012 as the beginning of the 1013th year of the Nri calendar. The festival was delayed due to other events. Imöka is celebrated on the 20th day of the second month. Igbo calendar The Igbo calendar () is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months in