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Pchum Ben Festival

Cambodia’s official 2026 holiday calendar lists the Pchum Ben Festival on 10, 11 and 12 October 2026.

Date / rule10–12 October in Cambodia’s 2026 official holiday calendar
ScopeCambodia; Buddhist religious and public-holiday period
VerificationNational Government Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

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

Authority summary

What is Pchum Ben Festival?

Cambodia’s official 2026 holiday calendar lists the Pchum Ben Festival on 10, 11 and 12 October 2026.

Date and recurrence

10–12 October in Cambodia’s 2026 official holiday calendar

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Cambodia; Buddhist religious and public-holiday period. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Pchum Ben

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. Cambodia Legal Research Council — Annual Holiday Calendar 2026National Government
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Pchum Ben Festival?

10–12 October in Cambodia’s 2026 official holiday calendar The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 10–12 October in Cambodia’s 2026 official holiday calendar.

Does Pchum Ben Festival fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Pchum Ben Festival an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Cambodia; Buddhist religious and public-holiday period. 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 Pchum Ben Festival?

The stored designation basis is: Cambodia’s official 2026 holiday calendar lists the Pchum Ben Festival on 10, 11 and 12 October 2026.. Supporting provenance includes Cambodia Legal Research Council — Annual Holiday Calendar 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Pchum Ben Festival international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Cambodia; Buddhist religious and public-holiday period. 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 2026-09-07.

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