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The date, which at the present falls on the 17th of April, has slowly drifted over the centuries. In the 20th century, the New Year's Day fell on April 15 or 16th but in the 17th century, it fell on April 9 or 10th. [13] Thailand and Cambodia no longer use the traditional lunisolar calendar to mark the New Year's Day.
5 Dates in Khmer calendar. 6 See also. ... Date: 14 April: 2024 date: 13 April, Dragon: ... Cambodian New Year (or Khmer New Year; ...
The Khmer traditional calendar, known as ចន្ទគតិ Chântôkôtĕ, is a lunisolar calendar although the word itself means lunar calendar. [1] While the calendar is based on the movement of the moon, calendar dates are also synchronized with the solar year to keep the seasons from drifting. [1]
Each calendar has the same regular year of 354 days and a leap year of 384 days. However, whereas the Burmese calendar adds the intercalary day only in a leap cycle according to its Metonic cycle, the Siamese calendar adds the intercalary day to a regular year. The Siamese calendar does add the extra day in the same place (Jyestha/Nayon), however.
Pchum Ben (Khmer: ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ, Phchŭm Bĕnd [pʰcom bən], lit. ' balled rice gathering ' or Khmer: សែនដូនតា, Sen Don Ta, lit. ' offerings for ancestors ' in the Khmer Surin and Khmer Krom communities) is a Cambodian 15-day religious festival, culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, at the end of the Buddhist ...
Theravāda New Year, also known as Songkran, is the water-splashing festival celebration in the traditional new year for the Theravada Buddhist calendar widely celebrated across South and Southeast Asia in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, parts of northeast India, parts of Vietnam, and Xishuangbanna, China [2] [3] begins on 13 April of the year.
1 January – New Year's Day; 7 January – Genocide Victory Day; 8 March - International Women's Day; 13–16 April – Cambodian New Year; 1 May – Labour Day; 14 May – King Sihamoni's Birthday; 22 May – Visakh Bochea; 26 May – Royal Ploughing Ceremony; 18 June – Queen Mother's Birthday; 24 September – Constitution Day; 1-3 October ...
All examples use example date 2021-03-31 / 2021 March 31 / 31 March 2021 / March 31, 2021 – except where a single-digit day is illustrated. Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit ...