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
Myanmar calendar
associatedReligion Theravada Buddhism
calendarType lunisolar
coexistsWith Gregorian calendar
countryUsedIn Myanmar
determinesDateOf Buddhist Lent (Vassa)
Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights
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 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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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Burmese calendar ("Myanmar calendar")
alsoKnownAs
Myanmar
usesCalendar

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