Names of The Months
The month names are Sanskrit (except in old Burmese):
- Caitra, Vaisākha, Jyaiṣṭha, Āṣāḍha, Śrāvaṇa, Bhādrapada,
- Āśvina, Kārttika, Mārgaśirṣa, Pauṣa, Māgha, Phālguna.
The old Burmese month names were:
- Tagu (တန်ခူး), Kason (ကဆုန်), Nayon or Nayone (နယုန်), Waso (ဝါဆို), Wagaung (ဝါခေါင်), Tawthalin (တော်သလင်း),
- Thadingyut (သီတင်းကျွတ်), Tazaungmone or Tarzaungmon (တန်ဆောင်မုန်း), Nataw or Natdaw (နတ်တော်), Pyatho (ပြာသို), Tabodwe (တပို့တွဲ), Tabaung (တပေါင်း)
The Mon month names are:
- Ce (စဲ, /coa/), Pas (ပသာ်, /pəsaik/), Hje (ဇှ်ေ, /cèh/), Daguin (ဓဂိုန်, /həkɜ̀n/), Sresi (သ္ဍဲသဳ, /hədoa sɔe/), Bhat (ဘတ်, /phòt/)
- Hva (ဝှ်, /wòh/), Gahtuin (ဂထိုန်, /kəthɒn/), Mreggatui (မြေဂ္ဂသဵု, /pəròikkəsɒ/), Puh (ပုဟ်, /paoh/), Ma (မာ်, /màik/) Phawraguin (ဖဝ်ရဂိုန်, /phɔrəkɜ̀n/)
The month names in Pāḷi are:
- Citta, Visakha, Jeṭṭha, Āsāḷha, Sāvaṇa, Poṭṭhapāda,
- Assayuja, Kattikā, Māgasira, Phussa, Māgha, Phagguṇa.
The month names in Sinhala are:
- Bak, Vesak, Poson, Æsala, Nikini, Binara,
- Wap, Il, Undhuvap, Dhuruthu, Navam, Mædhin.
The month names in Tamil are:
- Chiththirai, Vaikasi, Aani, Aadi, Aavani, Purattasi,
- Aippasi, Kaarthikai, Maarkazhi, Thai, Maasi, Pankuni.
Common years have months that alternate 29 and 30 days with an extra day being added to Jyestha/Nayon making it 30 days, and an extra month is obtained by counting Ashadha/Waso twice. Each month has a waxing half of 15 days and a waning half of 14 or 15 days.
Read more about this topic: Buddhist Calendar
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