WE had adopted two types of months: Chanda Gati and Suriya Gati. The first one was from Pre-Angkorian Era and the second one was started during the late Nineteenth Century or at the beginning of the Twelve Century.a. Chanda Gati (Read Chan-teak Kakte) = Luna Months. This lunar month is used according to the Moon movement around the earth.
This kind of months used RKSA (read Rik). In Chanda Gati, there are no angels to measure the space traveled by the moon. They only called that space NAKSATRA RKSA (read: Neak-Ksat-Rik).
Rksa means many things: ·Khlar Khmum (bear) ·Svar Angkot (money with short or no tail) ·Pkay Pkrapeu (name of the North Stars) ·Pkay Nubkros (the Nine Planets) ·Pel Mean Chork-Mangkol-Serey (Lucky, Successful Day, etc.)
We count them like this:
1st month: Mika-Se, or Mika-Se Rksa or Rksa Kdann (Deer) = 29 days
2nd month: Bos or bos-Rksa or Rksa Kda:m (CRAB) = 30 days
3rd month: Meak or Meak-Rksa or Rksa Svar Pream (Monkey) = 29 days, etc.
The 5th month: Chaet or Chaet Rksa or Rksa Khlar (Tiger) = 29 days. This month is the starting month of the Khmer New Year. The pictures of these months are from the moon movement with the 29 and 30 days (each month) during its way in Earth rotation. This movement required in some year to be a Leap Year too.
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