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third year admits an intercalar month of thirty days. The names of the months are as follows:—
| တံကူး, April, (nearly,) | သတင်းကျွတ်, October, |
| ကဆုန်, May, | တန်ဆောင်မုန်း, Nov’er. |
| နယုန်, June, | နတ်တော်, December, |
| ဝါဆို, July, | ပြာသိုလ်, January, |
| ဝါခေါင်, August, | တပို့ထွဲ, February, |
| တော်သလင်း, September, | တပေါင်း, March. |
တံကူး consists of twenty-nine days, ကဆုန် of thirty, and so on. In leap-year, the month ဝါဆို is repeated, under the name of ဒုတိယဝါဆို, second July.
A month is distinguished into two parts, the waxing, လဆန်း, and the wane, လပြည့်ကျော်. The full moon, လပြည့်, falls on the fifteenth of the waxing, after which a new count of days begins, and the change or disappearing of the moon, လကွယ်, falls on the fourteenth or fifteenth of the wane.
The days of worship are the eighth of the waxing, the full, the eighth of the wane, and the change.
Time is also divided into weeks, or periods of seven days, which are, of course, independent of
