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End of Buddhist Lent

The Embassy of Japan in Laos lists End of Buddhist Lent as a Lao public holiday/festival on October 26 in its 2026 schedule and October 7 in 2025, demonstrating that the Gregorian date moves by year.

Date / ruleLunar/festival date set by the Lao calendar; 26 October in the cited 2026 schedule (7 October in 2025)
ScopeLaos / Buddhist festival and Lao public-holiday calendar observance
VerificationOfficial Diplomatic Target Year Calendar Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is End of Buddhist Lent?

The Embassy of Japan in Laos lists End of Buddhist Lent as a Lao public holiday/festival on October 26 in its 2026 schedule and October 7 in 2025, demonstrating that the Gregorian date moves by year.

Date and recurrence

Lunar/festival date set by the Lao calendar; 26 October in the cited 2026 schedule (7 October in 2025)

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Laos / Buddhist festival and Lao public-holiday calendar observance. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Lao: End of Buddhist Lent Day

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Embassy of Japan in the Lao PDR — Official Holidays 2026/2025Official Diplomatic Calendar
  2. U.S. Department of State archive — Laos religious observance contextOfficial Government Archive
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is End of Buddhist Lent?

Lunar/festival date set by the Lao calendar; 26 October in the cited 2026 schedule (7 October in 2025) The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve the target-year date from the Lao government/public-holiday or official diplomatic calendar.

Does End of Buddhist Lent fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is End of Buddhist Lent an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Laos / Buddhist festival and Lao public-holiday calendar observance. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes End of Buddhist Lent?

The stored designation basis is: The Embassy of Japan in Laos lists End of Buddhist Lent as a Lao public holiday/festival on October 26 in its 2026 schedule and October 7 in 2025, demonstrating that the Gregorian date moves by year.. Supporting provenance includes Embassy of Japan in the Lao PDR — Official Holidays 2026/2025. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is End of Buddhist Lent international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Laos / Buddhist festival and Lao public-holiday calendar observance. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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