This page offers two free resources: an A5 daily Māori‑language planner template and the companion spreadsheet that generates the dates and structure behind it.
The planner is designed to fit perfectly into a Filofax A5 Clipbook, Planner, or any A5‑sized planner system. I find my OKI C650 double sided printer handles A5 well.
Both files are fully editable and available for anyone to use, adapt, or build upon.
These tools are offered as a koha — a gift to support clarity, rhythm, and purposeful living. Whether you use them for work, study, or personal organisation, may they help you navigate your days with intention.
Download the spreadsheet in Excel (macro-enabled)
The moon day begins at the sunset of the previous day, calculated from the location you set in the workbook’s Location sheet. The system uses the astronomical new moon derived from Meeus calculations. And if you’re curious or keen to learn, every calculation is open for you to explore.
This planner is:
- Location-specific
- Sunset-based
- Astronomically calculated
- Anchored to the Meeus new moon
- Deterministic and precise to the minute
- Based on true lunar age
As such, it may differ from tools like All Right, which
- Uses a fixed 30-night cycle
- Does not recalculate from astronomy
- Does not localise
- Uses a static wheel that users “align” manually
To be precise, let’s consider the calculation for 20 January 2026. The new moon was on the morning of the 19 January. The 20th starts from the sunset of the previous day, when the moon is ~0.46 days old, which is still Whiro. So, the planner correctly labels that Whiro night as 20 January in the civil calendar.
Have fun.