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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]
Wan Ok Phansa (Thai: วันออกพรรษา, pronounced [wān ʔɔ̀ːk pʰān.sǎː]; literally "day of going out of Vassa", ออก in Thai meaning exit or leave) is the last day of the Thai-Lao observance of Vassa.
An Uposatha (Sanskrit: Upavasatha) day is a Buddhist day of observance, in existence since the Buddha's time (600 BCE), and still being kept today by Buddhist practitioners. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Buddha taught that the Uposatha day is for "the cleansing of the defiled mind," resulting in inner calm and joy. [ 3 ]
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 ...
The event is a rite of passage to initiate the boys as Buddhist novices, the highlight of an annual celebration by the Shan ethnic group that lives mainly in neighboring Myanmar, but is also ...
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.
Traditionally, the New Year's Day is marked when the Sun enters Aries but the day is now fixed in most countries; Myanmar still follows the tradition. It also marks the beginning of the next Buddhist calendar animal zodiac year for certain countries. Full moon of Citta April Sri Lanka Bak Poya: Commemorates the second visit of the Buddha to Sri ...