The&nbsp;<b>Cambodian New Year</b>&nbsp;(<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_language">Khmer</a>:&nbsp;បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរ), also called&nbsp;<b>Choul Chnam Thmey or Moha Sankranti</b>&nbsp;(Khmer:&nbsp;ចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី មហាសង្ក្រាន្តឆ្នាំថ្មី; 'Enter the New Year') or&nbsp;<b>Khmer New Year</b>, is the traditional celebration of the solar new year in&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia">Cambodia</a>.<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_New_Year#cite_note-1">[1]</a>&nbsp;A three-day&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Cambodia">public holiday in the country</a>, the observance begins on New Year's Day, which usually falls on 13 April or 14 April, which is the end of the harvesting season, when farmers enjoy the fruits of their labor before the rainy season begins. Khmers living abroad may choose to celebrate during a weekend rather than just specifically 13 April through 16 April. The Khmer New Year coincides with the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_and_Southeast_Asian_solar_New_Year">traditional solar new year</a>&nbsp;in several parts of&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">India</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal">Nepal</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar">Myanmar</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos">Laos</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand">Thailand</a>.