Table 1: Starting day of Khmer New Year from 2001 until 2050

 

Table 1: Starting day of Khmer New Year from 2001 until 2050

Gregorian	Date	Animals	Day of the week		Gregorian	Date	Animals	Day of the week
2001	13 April	Snake	Friday	2026	13 April	Horse	Tuesday
2002	13 April	Horse	Saturday	2027	13 April	Goat	Thursday
2003	13 April	Goat	Sunday	2028	13 April	Monkey	Saturday
2004	13 April	Monkey	Tuesday	2029	13 April	Rooster	Sunday
2005	13 April	Rooster	Wednesday	2030	13 April	Dog	Monday
2006	13 April	Dog	Thursday	2031	13 April	Pig	Tuesday
2007	13 April	Pig	Friday	2032	13 April	Rat	Thursday
2008	13 April	Rat	Sunday	2033	13 April	Ox	Friday
2009	13 April	Ox	Monday	2034	13 April	Tiger	Saturday
2010	13 April	Tiger	Tuesday	2035	13 April	Rabbit	Sunday
2011	13 April	Rabbit	Wednesday	2036	13 April	Dragon	Tuesday
2012	13 April	Dragon	Friday	2037	13 April	Snake	Wednesday
2013	13 April	Snake	Saturday	2038	13 April	Horse	Thursday
2014	13 April	Horse	Sunday	2039	13 April	Goat	Friday
2015	13 April	Goat	Monday	2040	13 April	Monkey	Sunday
2016	13 April	Monkey	Wednesday	2041	13 April	Rooster	Monday
2017	14 April	Rooster	Friday	2042	13 April	Dog	Tuesday
2018	14 April	Dog	Saturday	2043	13 April	Pig	Wednesday
2019	13 April	Pig	Saturday	2044	13 April	Rat	Friday
2020	13 April	Rat	Monday	2045	13 April	Ox	Saturday
2021	14 April	Ox	Tuesday	2046	13 April	Tiger	Sunday
2022	14 April	Tiger	Thursday	2047	13 April	Rabbit	Monday
2023	13 April	Rabbit	Friday	2048	13 April	Dragon	Wednesday
2024	13 April	Dragon	Sunday	2049	13 April	Snake	Thursday
2025	13 April	Snake	Monday	2050	13 April	Horse	Friday

Source: Dates in Khmer calendar (“Cambodian New Year,” 2004, para. 14).

The author

Sereyrath Em is a government teacher of English with a higher education degree working at Kith Meng Brasat high school, a visiting lecturer at Chea Sim University of Kamchaymear (CSUK), and an Associate Editor at the Cambodian Education Forum (CEF). Prior to this, he was a secondary school teacher of English and Khmer language working at Darakum lower-secondary school between 2012 and 2015. In 2017, he graduated with a Master’s Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA in TESOL) from Human Resource University (HRU), and in 2019, he graduated with a Master’ Degree in Educational Administration from National Institute of Education (NIE) with the support from Cambodia International Education Support Foundation (CIESF). He was also trained at Regional Language Center (RELC), Singapore, two times between early 2020 and early 2021 with regards to teaching listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Currently, he is a PhD student in Educational Sciences at the University of Szeged, Hungary.

Email: sereyrathem.edu@gmail.com

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