Article ID: CBB078294233

The calendars of Southeast Asia. 2: Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia (2019)

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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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Article Lars Gislén; C. J. Eade (2019) The calendars of Southeast Asia. 1: Introduction. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (pp. 407-416). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gislén, Lars
Eade, J. C.
Elmhirst, Rebecca
Carl Middleton
Luengo, Pedro
Chuengsatiansup, Komatra
Concepts
Time measurement
Calendars
Astronomical chronology
Cross-national comparison
Science and religion
Mobility
Time Periods
Renaissance
21st century
20th century
Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Early modern
Places
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Myanmar (Burma)
Indonesia
Vietnam
Malay; Malaysia
Institutions
École Française d'Extrême-Orient
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