Traditional Burmese calendar

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The traditional Burmese calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun. Within each month of the Burmese calendar, a major festival, often Burmese Buddhist in nature, is held. Despite its religious and cultural importance, the traditional calendar has been largely abandoned, particularly in major urban areas, in favour of the Gregorian calendar. Many newspapers continue to utilise traditional month names, but purely in ceremonial fashion.

There are twelve months in the Burmese calendar:

Tagu (တန္ခူး)
Kason (ကဆုန္)
Nayone (နယုန္)
Waso (၀ါဆုိ)
Wagaung (၀ါေခါင္‌)
Tawthalin (ေတာ္သလင္း)
Thadingyut (သီတင္းကၽြတ္)
Tazaungmone (တန္ေဆာင္မုန္း‌)
Nataw (နတ္ေတာ္)
Pyatho (ျပာသုိ)
Tabodwe (တပုိ႕တြဲ)
Tabaung (တေပါင္း)

Burmese calendar
Regular year		Leap year
Tagu	29 days		29 days
Kason	30 days		30 days
Nayon	29 days		30 days
Waso	30 days	First Waso	30 days
		Second Waso	30 days
Wagaung	29 days		29 days
Tawthalin	30 days		30 days
Thadingyut	29 days		29 days
Tarzaungmon	30 days		30 days
Natdaw	29 days		29 days
Pyadho	30 days		30 days
Tabodwe	29 days		29 days
Tabaung	30 days		30 days
12 months	354 days	13 months	385 days