Holidays and festivals in Thailand
(There is a 543 years difference between the Buddhist calendar and the Gregorian calendar we use in the western world) Example year 2000 = 2543 (Thai year)
1st January - New Year’s Day (According to the western calendar)
16th January – Teacher's Day
Jan/Feb - Chinese New Year (The 1st day of the 1st lunar month according to Chinese lunar calendar) “Not a national holiday”
Feb/March Makha Bucha (On the full moon of the 3th lunar month according to Chinese lunar calendar)
6th April - Chakri Memorial Day
13th April - Songkran Festival
1st May - Thailand Labor Day
5th May - Coronation Day (Commemorates the coronation of King Bhumibol Adulyadej)
May - Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Dates may change)
May - Visakha Bucha Day (On the full moon of the 6th lunar month)
Jul/Aug - Asanha Bucha (On the full moon of the 8th Thai lunar month)
12th August - HM The Queen’s Birthday (And mother’s day in Thailand)
23rd October - Chulalongkorn Memorial Day (Commemorates the passing of King Chulalongkorn in 1910)
November - Loy Kratong (On the 15th day of the waxing moon of the 12th lunar month of the Thai calendar)
5th December - HM The King’s Birthday (And father’s day in Thailand)
10th December - Thai Constitution Day (Celebrates the proclamation of the first permanent constitution in 1932)
31st December - New Year’s Eve
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