The Calendars of Southeast Asia : 2: Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia
(2019) In Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 22(3). p.417-430- Abstract
- In this paper we investigate three Burmese calendars: the Arakanese, Makaranta and Thandeikta calendars. It is shown that the lunar calendar of the two first ones imply a tropical solar year, something that puts the lunar calendar out of phase with the sidereal solar calendar used and possibly indicates a Hellenistic origin. We then examine the calendars of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, which superficially are similar to the Burmese calendars but have a completely different system of intercalation (Gislén, 2018; Ôhashi, 2006). Because Thailand, Laos and Cambodia have virtually the same luni-solar calendars, the Thai calendar is examined as a typical example.
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- author
- Gislén, Lars LU and Eade, J. C.
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- History of astronomy, Calendars, Burma, Myanmar
- in
- Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
- volume
- 22
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
- ISSN
- 1440-2807
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 222ebc53-cfb4-4917-8057-3eb925115c85
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- http://www.narit.or.th/files/JAHH/2019JAHHvol22/2019JAHH...22..417G.pdf
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