Khao Pansa (Buddhist Lent)

Date 2009	July 7
Date 2010	June 26
Date 2011	July 15
Significance	Khao Pansa marks the beginning of the three month Buddhist 'Lent'.Laypeople provide monasteries with stacks of new robes for Lent monks, since during the Lent period monks are restricted to their monasteries for a prolonged period of spiritual retreat. Ordinary people are also expected to be rather more religious during this time - marriages do not take place and it is inauspicious to move house. This is a good time for young men to temporarily enter the monastery.
Comments	because it is based on a lunisolar calendar the dates here are estimates, and are subject to change by a day or two