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The reckoning of the Buddhist Era in Thailand is 543 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar (Anno Domini), so the year 2025 AD corresponds to B.E. 2568. The lunar calendar contains 12 or 13 months in a year, with 15 waxing moon and 14 or 15 waning moon days in a month, amounting to years of 354, 355 or 384 days.
His suspected killer is arrested in Cambodia the next day. [8] 13 January – South Thailand insurgency: 10 paramilitary rangers are injured in a bomb attack in Pattani. [9] 18 January – 2 February – 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup in Malaysia and Thailand [10] [11] 23 January – Same-sex marriage officially becomes legal in Thailand. [12]
Māgha Pūjā is also the day that the Buddha is believed to have announced in Vesālī that he would die (parinibbāna) in three months, and after the announcement a supernatural earthquake followed. [22] Moreover, In Sri Lanka, it is considered the day that the Buddha appointed his two main disciples, the monks Sāriputta and Moggallāna.
Thailand, c. 1845. Chester Beatty Library. The Thai lunar calendar (Thai: ปฏิทินจันทรคติ, RTGS: patithin chanthrakhati, pronounced [pà.tì.tʰīn t͡ɕān.tʰrá(ʔ).kʰā.tìʔ], literally, Specific days according to lunar norms), or Tai calendar, is a lunisolar Buddhist calendar. It is used for calculating lunar ...
On the day of Buddha's birth, many temples provide free meals and tea to all visitors and organize large lantern festival called Yeondeunghoe (Hangul: 연등회, Hanja: 燃燈會, "Lotus Lantern Festival"). Breakfast and lunch are also provided, which often includes sanchae bibimbap. Buddha's Birthday is a popular holiday and folk celebration ...
9 October 2022 Rabbit: 24 October 1999: 12 October 2011: 28 October 2023 Dragon: 13 October 2000: 30 October 2012: 17 October 2024 Snake: 2 October 2001: 19 October 2013: 7 October 2025 Horse: 21 October 2002: 8 October 2014: 26 October 2026 Goat: 10 October 2003: 27 October 2015: 15 October 2027 Monkey: 28 October 2004: 16 October 2016: 3 ...
Asalha Puja, also known as Dharma Day, is one of Theravada Buddhism's most important festivals, celebrating as it does the Buddha's first sermon, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath, [4] in which he set out to his five former associates the doctrine that had come to him following his enlightenment.
Phi Ta Khon (Thai: ผีตาโขน; phǐi taa khǒn; [pʰǐː taː kʰǒn]) is a festival held in Dan Sai, Loei province, Isan, Thailand.The events take place over three days sometime between March and July, the dates being selected annually by the town’s mediums.