Thai lunar calendar
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The Thai lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Thailand to determine religious festivals, cultural observances, and some ceremonial dates alongside the Gregorian calendar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thai lunar calendar canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3755137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thai lunar calendar Context triple: [Burmese calendar, relatedTo, Thai lunar calendar]
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A.
Vietnamese traditional calendar
The Vietnamese traditional calendar is a lunisolar system used to determine festivals, holidays, and agricultural cycles in Vietnam, adapted from the Chinese calendar but incorporating local cultural and historical elements.
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B.
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
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C.
traditional Chinese calendar
The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar system that combines lunar months with solar terms to guide festivals, agriculture, and daily life in Chinese culture.
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D.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
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E.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thai lunar calendar Target entity description: The Thai lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Thailand to determine religious festivals, cultural observances, and some ceremonial dates alongside the Gregorian calendar.
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A.
Vietnamese traditional calendar
The Vietnamese traditional calendar is a lunisolar system used to determine festivals, holidays, and agricultural cycles in Vietnam, adapted from the Chinese calendar but incorporating local cultural and historical elements.
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B.
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
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C.
traditional Chinese calendar
The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar system that combines lunar months with solar terms to guide festivals, agriculture, and daily life in Chinese culture.
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D.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
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E.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunisolar calendar
ⓘ
traditional calendar ⓘ |
| alignsWith |
phases of the Moon
ⓘ
solar cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Thai Buddhist Era year numbering (for festivals) ⓘ |
| basedOn |
lunar months
ⓘ
solar year ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar ⓘ |
| category |
Buddhist festivals
ⓘ
Lunisolar calendars ⓘ Thai culture ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Thai solar Buddhist Era calendar ⓘ |
| follows | Buddhist traditions in Thailand ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
month
ⓘ
year ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
preserving Thai religious traditions
ⓘ
structuring annual Buddhist observances ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
intercalary days
ⓘ
intercalary months ⓘ |
| hasStatus | supplementary to civil Gregorian calendar ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Indian lunisolar calendars
ⓘ
Khmer lunar calendar ⓘ
surface form:
Khmer calendar
|
| languageOfUse | Thai language ⓘ |
| purpose | keep lunar months in step with solar year ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Buddhist calendar
ⓘ
Thai solar calendar ⓘ |
| timeUnit |
lunar month
ⓘ
waning fortnight ⓘ waxing fortnight ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
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surface form:
Gregorian calendar
|
| usedBy |
Thai Buddhist monks
ⓘ
Thai astrologers ⓘ Thai royal court for some ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
determining ceremonial dates
ⓘ
determining cultural observances ⓘ determining religious festivals ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Thai royal ceremonies scheduling
ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ temple festival scheduling ⓘ traditional Thai astrology ⓘ |
| usedToDetermine |
Asalha Bucha festival date
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Buddhist Lent dates ⓘ Loy Krathong date ⓘ Makha Bucha festival date ⓘ Uposatha observance days ⓘ Visakha Bucha festival date ⓘ ordination ceremony dates ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thai lunar calendar Description of subject: The Thai lunar calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Thailand to determine religious festivals, cultural observances, and some ceremonial dates alongside the Gregorian calendar.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.