The Buddhist calendar and the Gregorian calendar differ significantly in structure and purpose:
Type: The Buddhist calendar is a lunisolar calendar, meaning it incorporates both lunar months and solar years, while the Gregorian calendar is purely solar, based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun1.
Months: The Buddhist calendar typically has 12 months, alternating between 29 and 30 days, resulting in a year of about 354 days. In contrast, the Gregorian calendar has 12 months with varying lengths (28 to 31 days), totaling 365 days in a common year14.
Leap Years: The Buddhist calendar includes leap years with an additional month added every few years to align with the solar year. The Gregorian calendar adds a leap day every four years to February, with exceptions for centurial years4.
Epoch: The Buddhist calendar starts from the year of Gautama Buddha's death (commonly counted as 544 BCE), while the Gregorian calendar counts years from the estimated birth of Jesus Christ23.
These differences reflect their cultural and religious significance in Buddhist and Western contexts.
टिप्पणियाँ
एक टिप्पणी भेजें