✦ zenith calendar · the theravada (cambodia) almanac

the buddhist days of cambodia, on the ring of your year.

the khmer lunar year's buddhist days in one quiet layer of your sky, each one explained in its own tradition's words.

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theravada (cambodia) is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds the buddhist days of cambodia by the khmer lunar calendar, as the royal government lists them each year.

each day is copied from the published lists, not worked out on your phone, and a year not yet announced shows nothing rather than a guessed day. tap a day and read three short paragraphs: what it is, where it comes from, and how it is kept.

lunar · the khmer lunar months, as listed each year

a few of its days

pchum ben

ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ · "the gathering of offerings"

the close of the dark fortnight of phatrabot, the 10th khmer month

10 october 2026

what it is

the khmer festival for the dead, when families honour their ancestors back through seven generations and bring food to the wat so their merit can reach them.

how it is kept

before dawn people scatter bay ben, balls of sticky rice, around the vihear for spirits with no family to feed them. the monks chant in pāli, families give food to the monks and dedicate the merit to their dead, and many travel back to their home villages.

in the app

on the ring of your year
zenith calendar draws the year as an orbit round the sun. lit, theravada (cambodia) puts its days on their dates on that ring, in lilac, the colour every buddhist reckoning wears. its mark is ពុ, the first syllable of "buddha" in khmer script.
tap a day, read its story
each day carries three short paragraphs in its notes: what it is, where it comes from as its own tradition tells it, and how it is kept.
locked, so the dates stay as published
theravada (cambodia) arrives locked, so nothing in it changes by accident. the lock guards your hand, not your eye: you can still read it, shine it or eclipse it. one tap unlocks it, and then it is yours to rename, recolour or add to.
eclipse it, shine it
tap its chip in the legend to eclipse it (kept, but not drawn) and tap again to bring it back. nothing is deleted either way.
beside your own days, and free
theravada (cambodia) shares one sky with your own commitments. like every almanac that comes with the app, it never counts toward the almanacs you can make for free, and it lives on your phone: zenith calendar has no server of its own.

the film

the theravada (cambodia) almanac in zenith calendar — theravada (cambodia) on zenith calendar: the khmer buddhist days on the ring of the year, each one opening to its story.

✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it

and the sky those days live in is worth staying for.

theravada (cambodia) is a single layer. beneath it is a whole calendar drawn as the sky, your year an orbit round the sun, and every part of it answers your touch.

your year, an orbit

the sun stands at the centre and the year rings round it, with today's earth riding at today's place, its small moon beside it. tap the ring anywhere else and a faint ghost earth waits on that day.

run a finger round the year

drag along the ring and the days pass under your finger, the big date and the day's list following as you go. lift, and the day you stopped on stays picked.

a week under its moon

tap the small moon beside today's earth and you dive into the week. the moon above shows its phase, named underneath; swipe the dates and each week brings its own.

the sun and the moon are doors

tap the sun and the ring tips on its edge into a ladder of years. in the week, pull the moon firmly down and the month opens, the moon resting half off its foot.

it keeps to itself

zenith calendar has no server of its own. tap the gear and switch on "nothing comes in" or "nothing leaves this phone"; lift them, and every almanac is back exactly as it was.

theravada (cambodia) is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.

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theravada (cambodia) · buddhist reckonings ·

how to get it

on a new install, the first page is "your starting sky": which almanacs start lit.
under "faiths", tap "buddhist reckonings" to open that line.
switch on "theravada (cambodia)" (its mark is ពុ) and tap "· begin ·". it is lit from the start.
already past the first page? theravada (cambodia) waits, whole, in the archive. on the sky, hold the "almanacs" book in the bottom-right corner to open the binder.
tap "▣" in the binder's bottom-left corner to turn to the archive, and tap "theravada (cambodia)" once to choose it.
tap "unlock" (the padlock) at the foot, then "▥ put back".
it comes back eclipsed: tap the "almanacs" book on the sky and tap the "theravada (cambodia)" chip, or choose it in the binder and tap "● shine". you can lock it again whenever you like.

sibling almanacs

theravada (thailand)the buddhist holy days of thailand, by the thai lunar calendar
theravada (laos)the buddhist days of laos, by the lao lunar calendar

questions

When is Pchum Ben 2026?

In 2026 Pchum Ben falls from 10 to 12 October, as the government lists it. In Zenith Calendar it sits on the ring of your year in the theravada (cambodia) almanac.

What is Pchum Ben?

Pchum Ben, "the gathering of offerings", is the Khmer festival for the dead, when families honour their ancestors back through seven generations and bring food to the wat so their merit can reach them.

When was Visak Bochea in 2026?

Visak Bochea, the full moon of visak, fell on 1 May 2026. It honours the Buddha's birth, his awakening and his passing into final nibbāna.

Is there a calendar app with Cambodian Buddhist holidays?

Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called theravada (cambodia): the Buddhist days of Cambodia by the Khmer lunar calendar, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. Turning it on costs nothing.

What's the difference between theravada (cambodia) and theravada (thailand) in Zenith Calendar?

They keep the same full moons, each by its own lunar calendar and as its own government announces them, so a day can fall on a different date. They are separate almanacs, so you light the one you keep.

Where do the theravada (cambodia) almanac's dates come from?

Each day is copied as the government's published lists date it, not worked out on your phone. A year not yet announced shows nothing rather than a guessed day.