The full moon of Ashadha, in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and Southeast Asia. The Buddha's first sermon, at Sarnath, setting the wheel of the Dharma turning. Āsāḷha Pūjā is a Theravada Buddhist festival which typically takes place in July, on the full moon of the Āsādha month. It is celebrated in Indonesia, Cambodia (Khmer: ពិធីបុណ្យអាសាឡ្ហបូជា), Thailand (Thai: อาสาฬหบูชา), Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar (Burmese: ဓမ္မစကြာအခါတော်နေ့, lit. 'Auspicious Day of Dhammacakrā') and in other countries with Theravada Buddhist populations. In Indonesia, the festival is centered at Mendut Temple and Borobudur Temple, Central Java. Wiki link Dates computed: Theravada full moons on the South Asian lunar calendar (New Delhi), East Asian days on the Chinese calendar (China's time), Japan's on fixed dates. Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).