Buddhist calendar
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The Buddhist calendar is a lunisolar calendar system used primarily in Theravada Buddhist countries of Southeast Asia to mark religious festivals and reckon years from the traditional date of the Buddha’s parinirvana.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Buddhist calendar canonical | 3 |
| Theravada Buddhist calendar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15903283 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddhist calendar Context triple: [Thai lunar calendar, relatedTo, Buddhist calendar]
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Sinhalese Buddhist calendar
The Sinhalese Buddhist calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used primarily in Sri Lanka to determine religious festivals, auspicious times, and cultural observances within the Sinhalese Buddhist community.
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B.
Tibetan lunar calendar
The Tibetan lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar system used in Tibet to determine religious festivals, astrological calculations, and the timing of the Tibetan New Year, Losar.
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C.
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
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D.
Saka calendar
The Saka calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar system used in parts of South and Southeast Asia, including Bali, for determining religious festivals and ceremonial dates.
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Hindu lunisolar calendar
The Hindu lunisolar calendar is a traditional timekeeping system used across the Indian subcontinent that combines lunar months with solar years to determine religious festivals, rituals, and regional New Year dates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddhist calendar Target entity description: The Buddhist calendar is a lunisolar calendar system used primarily in Theravada Buddhist countries of Southeast Asia to mark religious festivals and reckon years from the traditional date of the Buddha’s parinirvana.
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A.
Sinhalese Buddhist calendar
The Sinhalese Buddhist calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used primarily in Sri Lanka to determine religious festivals, auspicious times, and cultural observances within the Sinhalese Buddhist community.
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B.
Tibetan lunar calendar
The Tibetan lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar system used in Tibet to determine religious festivals, astrological calculations, and the timing of the Tibetan New Year, Losar.
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C.
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
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D.
Saka calendar
The Saka calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar system used in parts of South and Southeast Asia, including Bali, for determining religious festivals and ceremonial dates.
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E.
Hindu lunisolar calendar
The Hindu lunisolar calendar is a traditional timekeeping system used across the Indian subcontinent that combines lunar months with solar years to determine religious festivals, rituals, and regional New Year dates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.