Khmer lunar calendar

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The Khmer lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Cambodia to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and the timing of traditional holidays.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunisolar calendar ⓘ
traditional calendar ⓘ
associatedWith Cambodian national identity ⓘ
Khmer culture ⓘ
Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
basedOn lunar cycles ⓘ
solar year ⓘ
calendarType lunisolar ⓘ
category Khmer traditional timekeeping system ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Burmese calendar ⓘ
Lao lunar calendar ⓘ
Thai lunar calendar ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
culturalContext Khmer festivals and rituals ⓘ
defines Buddhist Lent period in Cambodia ⓘ
end of Buddhist Lent in Cambodia ⓘ
determines dates of ancestral veneration rites ⓘ
dates of traditional merit-making ceremonies ⓘ
follows Buddhist religious observances ⓘ
hasConcept intercalary day ⓘ
intercalary month ⓘ
lunar month ⓘ
solar month ⓘ
influencedBy Indian lunisolar calendars ⓘ
languageOfNotation Khmer language ⓘ
linked to: Khmer
primaryUse agricultural timing ⓘ
religious purposes ⓘ
traditional astrology ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
religiousContext Buddhism in Cambodia ⓘ
timeScale months based on lunar phases ⓘ
years adjusted to solar cycle ⓘ
usedAlongside Gregorian calendar in Cambodia ⓘ
usedBy Khmer people ⓘ
usedByInstitution Cambodian Buddhist temples ⓘ
Cambodian royal court (historically) ⓘ
usedFor determining cultural events ⓘ
determining religious festivals ⓘ
determining traditional holidays ⓘ
setting auspicious dates for house construction ⓘ
setting auspicious dates for ordination ceremonies ⓘ
setting auspicious dates for weddings ⓘ
usedIn Cambodia ⓘ
usedToDetermine Kathen festival date ⓘ
Khmer New Year date (Chaul Chnam Thmey) ⓘ
Pchum Ben festival date ⓘ
Visak Bochea date ⓘ

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Burmese calendar → relatedTo → Khmer lunar calendar ⓘ
Thai lunar calendar → influencedBy → Khmer calendar ⓘ
linked to: Khmer lunar calendar
Sinhalese Buddhist calendar → closelyRelatedTo → Cambodian lunar calendar ⓘ
linked to: Khmer lunar calendar