Burmese calendar

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The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar system
lunisolar calendar
traditional calendar
alsoKnownAs Myanmar Era
Burmese calendar
surface form: Myanmar calendar
associatedReligion Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
calendarType lunisolar
coexistsWith Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
countryUsedIn Myanmar
determinesDateOf Buddhist Lent
surface form: Buddhist Lent (Vassa)

Thadingyut
surface form: Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights

Thadingyut
surface form: Thadingyut Festival of Lights

Thingyan festival
end of Buddhist Lent
eraAbbreviation ME
eraName Myanmar Era
follows apparent motion of the Sun
cycles of the Moon
hasDayGrouping full moon days
new moon days
waning days
waxing days
hasFeature metonic-like cycle for intercalation
hasIntercalation intercalary days
intercalary months
hasMonth Kason
Nadaw
Nayon
Pyatho
Tabaung
Tabodwe
Tagu
Tawthalin
Tazaungmon
Thadingyut
Wagaung
Waso
hasMonthType lunar month
hasYearType solar year
influencedBy Buddhist calendar traditions
Hindu calendar
Indian lunisolar systems
officialUse ceremonial purposes
religious calendars
primaryUse Buddhist religious observances
astrological calculations
traditional holidays
region Southeast Asia
relatedTo Khmer lunar calendar
Sinhalese Buddhist calendar
Thai lunar calendar
usedBy Bamar
surface form: Bamar people

Mon people
Rakhine people
Shan people
various ethnic groups in Myanmar
usedFor determining cultural events
determining religious festivals
recording historical dates
usedIn Myanmar astrology
royal chronicles of Burma
yearOneReference 638 CE

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Myanmar usesCalendar Burmese calendar
Burmese calendar alsoKnownAs Burmese calendar
this entity surface form: Myanmar calendar
Hindu lunisolar calendar influenced Burmese calendar
this entity surface form: Buddhist calendar
Thadingyut basedOn Burmese calendar
this entity surface form: Burmese lunar calendar
Thadingyut follows Burmese calendar
this entity surface form: Wakhaung (sixth month of Burmese calendar)
Kingdom of Ava usedCalendar Burmese calendar
Myanmar Era alsoKnownAs Burmese calendar
this entity surface form: Myanmar calendar
Myanmar Era alsoKnownAs Burmese calendar
Nayon partOf Burmese calendar
this entity surface form: traditional Burmese calendar
Nayon calendarSystem Burmese calendar
Waso partOf Burmese calendar
Wagaung hasCalendarSystem Burmese calendar
Tawthalin partOf Burmese calendar
Nadaw partOf Burmese calendar
Pyatho partOf Burmese calendar
Pyatho partOf Burmese calendar
this entity surface form: Burmese lunisolar calendar
Tabodwe calendarSystem Burmese calendar
Thingyan festival follows Burmese calendar
this entity surface form: Myanmar calendar
Khmer lunar calendar closelyRelatedTo Burmese calendar