Dear Dimitry, Jim and friends,

thanks for that. In that case, does "gimhaana.m pacchime maase"
refers to the month in which the Buddha gained enlightenment, or
something else? Thanks in advance.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Dimitry A. Ivakhnenko wrote:
OYP> In M36, while the month Vesak is not specified, it did
mention "in the last month of summer" (gimhaana.m pacchime maase),
which is Vesak, the month before the start of the rainy season.
>
In the PED article 'gimhaana.m pacchime maase' is explained as
'aasaa.lhimaase', i.e. July.

(see http://users.i.com.ua/~sangha/dharma/practice/moon.htm for
sequence of months)