Buddhist calendar
The wings are high, and this is also the radius of the base of the monument, marking the fact that the 1932 coup took place on 24 June. The central turret is high, representing the month of June, which is the third month of the traditional Thai calendar. There were originally 75 small cannon around the outer ring of the monument, representing the year of the coup, 2475 in the Buddhist calendar. The six gates of the turret represent the six proclaimed policies of the Phibun regime: "independence, internal peace, equality, freedom, economy, and education."