Traditional Burmese calendar

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The traditional Burmese calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun. Within each month of the Burmese calendar, a major festival, often Burmese Buddhist in nature, is held. Despite its religious and cultural importance, the traditional calendar has been largely abandoned, particularly in major urban areas, in favour of the Gregorian calendar. Many newspapers continue to utilise traditional month names, but purely in ceremonial fashion.

There are twelve months in the Burmese calendar:

  1. Tagu (တန္ခူး)
  2. Kason (ကဆုန္)
  3. Nayone (နယုန္)
  4. Waso (ဝါဆို)
  5. Wagaung (ဝါေခါင္)
  6. Tawthalin (ေတာ္သလင္း)
  7. Thadingyut (သီတင္းကၽြတ္)
  8. Tazaungmone (တန္ေဆာင္မုန္း)
  9. Nataw (နတ္ေတာ္)
  10. Pyatho (ျပာသို)
  11. Tabodwe (တပို ့တြဲ)
  12. Tabaung (တေပါင္း)
Burmese calendar
Regular year Leap year
Tagu 29 days 29 days
Kason 30 days 30 days
Nayon 29 days 30 days
Waso 30 days First Waso 30 days
Second Waso 30 days
Wagaung 29 days 29 days
Tawthalin 30 days 30 days
Thadingyut 29 days 29 days
Tarzaungmon 30 days 30 days
Natdaw 29 days 29 days
Pyadho 30 days 30 days
Tabodwe 29 days 29 days
Tabaung 30 days 30 days
12 months 354 days 13 months 385 days


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