Abhidhamma Day ( my, အဘိဓမ္မာနေ့) is a

Theravada ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

tradition celebrated primarily in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

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Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations
' J. Gordon Melton (editor), page 4 Abhidhamma Day celebrates Gautama Buddha's descent from ''Tāvatiṃsa'' heaven after teaching his mother the '' Abhidhamma''. It is celebrated on the full moon of the seventh month of the Burmese lunar year which starts in April, and coincides with the end of the (first) Rains Retreat and the Pavāraṇa festival. The seventh month corresponds to October. The 2018 date for this event is October 24th.

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Buddhist festivals in Myanmar October observances Observances set by the Burmese calendar Observances held on the full moon {{Theravada-stub

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