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The Thai lunar calendar (Thai: ปฏิทินจันทรคติ, RTGS: patithin chanthrakhati, pronounced [pà.tì.tʰīn t͡ɕān.tʰrá(ʔ).kʰā.tìʔ], literally, Specific days according to lunar norms), or Tai calendar, is a lunisolar Buddhist calendar. It is used for calculating lunar-regulated holy days.
The lunar calendar (Thai: ปฏิทินจันทรคติ; RTGS: patithin chantharakhati) system is based on the cycles of the moon. A lunar month lasts about 291/2 days, and the year consists of 12 months with the occasional insertion of an extra month (13th month) to keep the lunar and solar years aligned.
A panel from a typical Sino-Thai calendar, showing the solar powered calendar month of August 2004 (B.E. 2547), as well as dates according to the Thai and Chinese lunar calendars. In Thailand, two main calendar systems are used alongside each other: the Thai solar calendar, based on the Gregorian calendar and used for official and most day-to ...
Timeline of Thai history Following is a list of events and scheduled events in the year 2025 in Thailand . The year 2025 is reckoned as the year 2568 in Buddhist Era , the Thai calendar.
Every year in Thailand, on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month of the Thai lunar calendar – usually in November – thousands of locals and tourists head for the nearest body of water ...
In Thailand, the name Buddhist Era is a year numbering system shared by the traditional Thai lunar calendar and by the Thai solar calendar. The Southeast Asian lunisolar calendars are largely based on an older version of the Hindu calendar, [1] which uses the sidereal year as the solar year. One major difference is that the Southeast Asian ...
A lunisolar calendar was found at Warren Field in Scotland and has been dated to c. 8000 BC, during the Mesolithic period. [2] [3] Some scholars argue for lunar calendars still earlier—Rappenglück in the marks on a c. 17,000 year-old cave painting at Lascaux and Marshack in the marks on a c. 27,000 year-old bone baton—but their findings remain controversial.
Usually corresponds with Sat Thai Day, depending on the differences between the Thai and Chinese lunar calendars. Full moon, 11th Thai lunar month (October) a: Pavarana/Wan Ok Phansa b: วันออกพรรษา: Marks the end of the three-month Vassa and the beginning of the Kathina period the following day. Full moon, 12th Thai lunar ...