Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Chula Sakarat or Chulasakarat (Pali: Culāsakaraj; Burmese: ကောဇာသက္ကရာဇ်, pronounced: [kɔ́zà θɛʔkəɹɪʔ]; Khmer: Jolak Sakaraj; Thai: จุลศักราช, RTGS: chunlasakkarat, pronounced [tɕūn.lā.sàk.kà.ràːt], abbrv. จ.ศ. choso) is a lunisolar calendar derived from the Burmese calendar, whose variants were in use by most mainland Southeast Asian kingdoms down to the late 19th century. The calendar is largely based on an older version of the Hindu calendar though unlike the Indian systems, it employs a version of the Metonic cycle. The calendar therefore has to reconcile the sidereal years of the Hindu calendar with Metonic cycle's tropical years by adding intercalary months and intercalary days on irregular intervals.Although the name Culāsakaraj is a generic term meaning "Lesser Era" in Pali, the term Chula Sakarat is often associated with the various versions of the calendar used in regions that make up modern-day Thailand. The calendar is no longer used outside of Myanmar. In Thailand, it is only used in academia for Thai history studies.. }
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- Chula_Sakarat abstract "Chula Sakarat or Chulasakarat (Pali: Culāsakaraj; Burmese: ကောဇာသက္ကရာဇ်, pronounced: [kɔ́zà θɛʔkəɹɪʔ]; Khmer: Jolak Sakaraj; Thai: จุลศักราช, RTGS: chunlasakkarat, pronounced [tɕūn.lā.sàk.kà.ràːt], abbrv. จ.ศ. choso) is a lunisolar calendar derived from the Burmese calendar, whose variants were in use by most mainland Southeast Asian kingdoms down to the late 19th century. The calendar is largely based on an older version of the Hindu calendar though unlike the Indian systems, it employs a version of the Metonic cycle. The calendar therefore has to reconcile the sidereal years of the Hindu calendar with Metonic cycle's tropical years by adding intercalary months and intercalary days on irregular intervals.Although the name Culāsakaraj is a generic term meaning "Lesser Era" in Pali, the term Chula Sakarat is often associated with the various versions of the calendar used in regions that make up modern-day Thailand. The calendar is no longer used outside of Myanmar. In Thailand, it is only used in academia for Thai history studies.".