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.
Amrith, Sunil S.
Chapman, William
Herbst, Klaus-Dieter
Mathäus, Klaus
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Publishers
Harvard University Press
Routledge
Silkworm Books
Verlag HKD
Yonsei Univ. Press
Concepts
Calendars
Time measurement
Astronomical chronology
Science and religion
Cross-national comparison
Science and politics
People
Dam, Kim
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
Renaissance
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Myanmar (Burma)
Vietnam
Indonesia
India
Institutions
École Française d'Extrême-Orient
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