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Counted in moons
- The Thai year is counted in moons, and it does not line up with this oneThe observance calendar is lunar, the civil one is not, and almost everything confusing about Thai festival dates follows from that single fact.
- Not everywhere on the same weekThe same festival lands on different days in different provinces, and the reasons are regional rather than religious.
- The days the calendar is actually built onUposatha days set the rhythm the larger festivals hang from.
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