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Rh third year admits an intercalar month of thirty days. The names of the months are as follows:—

တံကူး consists of twenty-nine days, က&#8203;ဆုန် of thirty, and so on. In leap-year, the month ဝါ&#8203;ဆို is repeated, under the name of ဒု&#8203;တိ&#8203;ယ&#8203;ဝါ&#8203;ဆို, second July.

A month is distinguished into two parts, the waxing, လ&#8203;ဆန်း, and the wane, လ&#8203;ပြည့်&#8203;ကျော်. The full moon, လ&#8203;ပြည့်, falls on the fifteenth of the waxing, after which a new count of days begins, and the change or disappearing of the moon, လ&#8203;ကွယ်, 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