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  pang kahntang phra prajam wan

 

Malaysia

Pang kahntang phra prajam wan is a plan used in the Hindu Phra prajam wan system. In the picture on the left, from a Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, the arrangement follows the navagraha or nine planets and is slightly different from the one below, used in Thailand.

 

Thailand

The arrangement reading left to right is: top row (fig.): Wed. (facing East), Fri. (facing East), and Mon. (facing West); middle row: Thu. (facing North), Sun. (facing East), and Tue. (facing South); bottom row: Ketu (facing South), Sat. (facing West), and Rahu (facing South). The top of the sign points East.

 

  pang kahntang phra prajam wan