Thai lunar calendar

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The Thai lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Thailand to determine religious festivals, cultural observances, and some ceremonial dates alongside the Gregorian calendar.

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Label Occurrences
Thai lunar calendar canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunisolar calendar
traditional calendar
alignsWith phases of the Moon
solar cycle
associatedWith Thai Buddhist Era year numbering (for festivals)
basedOn lunar months
solar year
calendarType lunisolar
category Buddhist festivals
Lunisolar calendars
Thai culture
coexistsWith Thai solar Buddhist Era calendar
follows Buddhist traditions in Thailand
hasComponent month
year
hasCulturalRole preserving Thai religious traditions
structuring annual Buddhist observances
hasFeature intercalary days
intercalary months
hasStatus supplementary to civil Gregorian calendar
influencedBy Indian lunisolar calendars
Khmer lunar calendar
surface form: Khmer calendar
languageOfUse Thai language
purpose keep lunar months in step with solar year
region Southeast Asia
relatedTo Buddhist calendar
Thai solar calendar
timeUnit lunar month
waning fortnight
waxing fortnight
usedAlongside Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
usedBy Thai Buddhist monks
Thai astrologers
Thai royal court for some ceremonies
usedFor determining ceremonial dates
determining cultural observances
determining religious festivals
usedIn Thai royal ceremonies scheduling
Thailand
temple festival scheduling
traditional Thai astrology
usedToDetermine Asalha Bucha festival date
Buddhist Lent dates
Loy Krathong date
Makha Bucha festival date
Uposatha observance days
Visakha Bucha festival date
ordination ceremony dates

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Burmese calendar relatedTo Thai lunar calendar
Khmer lunar calendar closelyRelatedTo Thai lunar calendar
Sinhalese Buddhist calendar closelyRelatedTo Thai lunar calendar