Tau pekerangi
Ko te tau pekerangi he kupu i hangaia hei whakaahua i te tau ka kuhuna he rangi anō ki te maramataka. He ingoa kē atu ko te tau kuhurangi.
Whakamārama
takatāE 365 me te hauwhā ngā rā, ka oti te huringa kotahi a Papatūānuku i te Rā. Nō reira, i whakatauria kia 365 rā te roa o te tau māori. Otirā, ia whā tau, ka tapekehia ngā rā e whā, ā, ka tāpirihia tētahi anō rā ki te tau kia 366 ngā rā. Ka tāpirihia taua rā ki te marama o Hui-tanguru, ā, ka tapaina ēnei tau ki te ingoa tau pekerangi, tau kuhurangi rānei.
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- D: Ko te rā tuatahi he Rāpare - 1660, 1688, 1728, 1756, 1784, 1824, 1852, 1880, 1920, 1948, 1976, 2004, 2032, ...
- E: Ko te rā tuatahi he Rāmere - 1644, 1672, 1712, 1740, 1768, 1796, 1808, 1836, 1864, 1892, 1904, 1932, 1960, 1988, 2016, ...
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- G: Ko te rā tuatahi he Rātapu - 1668, 1696, 1708, 1736, 1764, 1792, 1804, 1832, 1860, 1888, 1928, 1956, 1984, 2012, ...