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Government to Promote the Use of Khmer Calendar in Official National Use
Recently, the government has committed to work on the enforcement of the implementation of Khmer calendar in the official use in administration letter for all the office in Cambodia, except for the communication letter with the foreign affairs.
The purpose of this Khmer traditional calendar is to promote the learning and use of the traditional calendar to be more widespread to Cambodian people to understand the value of their own traditions.
This traditional calendar known as “Chankitek” for years and “Soryekitek” for months. In this occasion, it is also noticeable that Cambodian year calendar is determined by using a system of 12 animals, similar to the ones representing the years of Chinese.
Since the majority of the Cambodians are Buddhist, Buddhist Era was widely used. Buddhist Era (BE) began when Buddha passedaway at the age of 80 (544 BC).
Phnom Penh– Recently, the government has committed to work on the enforcement of the implementation of Khmer calendar in the official use in administration letter for all the office in Cambodia, except for the communication letter with the foreign affairs.
The purpose of this Khmer traditional calendar is to promote the learning and use of the traditional calendar to be more widespread to Cambodian people to understand the value of their own traditions.
This traditional calendar known as “Chankitek” for years and “Soryekitek” for months. In this occasion, it is also noticeable that Cambodian year calendar is determined by using a system of 12 animals, similar to the ones representing the years of Chinese.
Since the majority of the Cambodians are Buddhist, Buddhist Era was widely used. Buddhist Era (BE) began when Buddha passedaway at the age of 80 (544 BC).
Government Has the Goal to Promote the Use of Khmer Calendar in Official National Use
For months, Khmer solar months correspond to the twelve months in Gregorian calendar. Each of the months refers to a particular Reasey. A year is divided into 12 Reaseys, each of which has the 30-degree measurement of the path that the Earth travels around the sun.
Khmer lunar months start from one new moon to the next. The month begins with Mekasay, which has 29 days then Bos, which has 30 days. The number of days alternate every month. The last month of the year is Kardek, which has 30 days. A normal year is 354 days. A leap year can have an extra month or an extra day. A year with an extra day is called Chhantrea Thimeas or Adhikavereak.
This year has 355 days. A year with an extra month is called Adhikameas. This year has 384 days. The extra leap-day occurs in the month of Jays, which has 30 days instead of the normal 29 days.
For days, Khmer lunisolar calendar counts the day by using Keit and Roaj. Keit signifies that the moon is in its waxing phase. Keit is counted from a new moon to a full moon. The number is counted from one to fifteen incrementally. So the new moon is one Keit and the full moon is fifteen Keit. Then it continues with one Roaj. Roaj indicates that the moon is in its waning phase going from full moon to new moon. Depending on the number of days in that month, Roaj can go from one to fourteen for a 29-day month or one to fifteen for a 30-day month.
Government Has the Goal to Promote the Use of Khmer Calendar in Official National Use
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