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Important Public Holidays |
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Public Holiday
The Thai Calendar Thailand has adopted the western
calendar to divided the year into days, weeks and
months, using Thai names for these units. Years
are numbered according to the Buddhist era (BE)
which commenced 543 years before the Christian era.
Therefore 2003 AD is BE 2546 and 2004 is BE 2547.
National public holidays Thailand's national public
holidays are linked to religious or agricultural
traditions and follow the lunar calendar, therefore
the dates for some of the holidays change each year.
For the precise dates of the lunar holidays and
festival locations.
The following are national public
holidays in Thailand :
New Year's Day : Jan 1
Makha Bucha Day : late January to early March
Chakri Day : April 6
Songkran Day : April 13
National Labour Day : May 1
Coronation Day : May 5
Visakha Bucha Day : May
Asanha Bucha Day : July
Khao Phansa (Buddhist Lent) : July
HM the Queen's Birthday : August 12
Chulalongkorn Day : October 23
HM the King's Birthday : December 5
Constitution Day : December 10
New Year's Eve : December 31
*Note: All the company,banks
and government services organizations will be closed
on that day.
Source: Tourism
Authority of Thailand
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