--- Ong Yong Peng <ypong001@...> skrev:

> Dear friends,
>
> Vesak Day falls on May 3 this year. Due to the leap
> month in the
> lunar calendar, some countries like Singapore may be
> celebrating it
> on June 2.

Happy Vesak!

However, this is an occasion to ask:

How comes the Buddhist calenders do not coincide with
the astronomical ones?

According to the latter, the correct dates for the two
next full-moon days are May 4th and June 3rd,
respectively.

Now, the astronomical date is going from midnight to
midnight, while the Buddhist one is going from dawn to
dawn; but on the other hand, European calenders follow
either Greenwhich Mean Time or Central European Time,
which should more or less balance that.

So what is the reason for the difference?

Gunnar


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