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Historical use and eras [edit]
Thank you all for the good information ! it was not mentioned in the article that how many years "buddhist countries" have used "huddhist calendar". For example, does any one know did Thailand mark years in B.E. or A.D. at Ayuthaya times ? Somebody told me they have only used B.E. for 60 years or so !! ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.191.207.104 (talk • contribs) 05:24, 31 August 2007
- The last paragraph in the article, beginning "Four eras ...", answers most of your questions. All four eras mentioned, Anchansakarat, Buddhasakarat, Mahasakarat, and Chulasakarat, can be called Buddhist eras because they were all used with the Buddhist calendar. A solar Buddhist era beginning 1 January has only been used in Thailand since 1940. But its original lunisolar form (Buddhasakarat) beginning after our modern April, using the Sanskrit month names given in the article, was used before 1940 (maybe from 1767?). That paragraph states that the Chulasakarat era was adopted in Thailand in the mid-13th century, whereas the Ayutthaya Kingdom began in the mid-14th century, so the Chulasakarat era was used by the Ayutthaya Kingdom during most of its existence. — Joe Kress 21:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
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- In Thailand there have been official four eras, but I never heard Anahansakarat before; I might be wrong. There have been Mahasakarat → Chulasakarat → Rattanakosin era (known as Rattanakosinsok) → Buddhasakarat --Manop - TH (talk) 05:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
When is the beginning of the year? [edit]
Does it start near the winter solstice, or the spring equinox (as some other calendars do)? Or does that vary by country? Since it seems that will also vary thru time as the equinoxes process, is there any discussion in any country of amending the rules to adjust back to the tropical year?
Some specific examples, comparing dates in specific countries with the gregorian dates, would help a lot. Also it would be helpful to know who uses the calendars - are they mostly for religious events, or for business, or for birthdays, or what? Thanks! --NealMcB (talk) 16:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Rewrite [edit]
I've just updated the article. We still need to address, among other things:
- Khmer, Lao and Sinhala names of the Buddhist calendar in lede
- Khmer and Lao month names
- Does the Sinhala calendar use a version of the Metonic cycle like the SEA ones or does it use apparent reckoning like Hindu calendars?
- What is the Sinhala calendar's intercalation method? The previous edit says it is 354, 384, 385 like the Burmese calendar but I can't find any sources to verify that.
- Has the Sinhala calendar ever had the 12-year animal cycle like the SEA ones?
- Why does the Thai Buddhist Era use a 543 offset when its epochal date is 545 BCE?
- New year's day: Is it fixed to the Gregorian calendar in Cambodia and Laos like in Thailand? How about in Sri Lanka?
Hybernator (talk) 02:03, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
