Named Lunar Days
- Wan Phra วันพระ, Buddhist holy days
- Wan Thamma Sawana วันธรรมสวนะ (วันทำมะสะวะนะ) Buddhist Sabbath regularly fall on:
- Kuen 8 ขึ้น ๘ first-quarter moon
- Kuen 15 ขึ้น ๑๕ full moon; also called Wan Phen วันเพ็ญ day full . However, Wan Deuan Phen วันเดือนเพ็ญ, the actual day of the full moon and Khuen 15 Kham do not always fall on the same day.
- Raem 8 แรม ๘ third-quarter moon
- Raem 14 (15)}} แรม ๑๔ (๑๕) the last day of the lunar month; also called Wan Dab วันดับ day quenched, out.
- Wan Thamma Sawana วันธรรมสวนะ (วันทำมะสะวะนะ) Buddhist Sabbath regularly fall on:
- Wan Wy Phra Chan วันไหว้พระจันทร์, called "Day Respect the Holy Moon", is the actual day the Harvest moon becomes full. It occurs on Kuen 14 (15) Kham Deuan 10 ขึ้น ๑๔ (๑๕) ค่ำ เดือน ๑๐ (Waxing 14(15) Evening, Month 10.)
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