Chakri Dynasty Day
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Saturday april 6, 2024
Secular holiday : Also honours King Rama I, the first king of the dynasty who established Bangkok as the capital in 1782
Chakri Dynasty Day
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Monday april 8, 2024
Secular holiday : Also honours King Rama I, the first king of the dynasty who established Bangkok as the capital in 1782
Maha Songkran
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Friday april 12, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : leap towards renewal . 3-day festival involving water-splashing, the freeing of fish, fighting kites, dancing, etc. Songkran, as usual, falls on 13, 14 and 15 April with an extra public holiday on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 as the first two Songkran days fall on a weekend. Water throwing can start as early as the 11th (as it does in Chiang Mai) and will usually end on the 15th, with the exception of Pattaya where it drags on and reaches it peak on the 19th. In the south, anywhere from Hua Hin downwards, Songkran is only celebrated for a day, on the 13th
Maha Songkran
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Saturday april 13, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : leap towards renewal . 3-day festival involving water-splashing, the freeing of fish, fighting kites, dancing, etc. Songkran, as usual, falls on 13, 14 and 15 April with an extra public holiday on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 as the first two Songkran days fall on a weekend. Water throwing can start as early as the 11th (as it does in Chiang Mai) and will usually end on the 15th, with the exception of Pattaya where it drags on and reaches it peak on the 19th. In the south, anywhere from Hua Hin downwards, Songkran is only celebrated for a day, on the 13th
Nao Day
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Sunday april 14, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : second day [of Songkran]. 3-day festival involving water-splashing, the freeing of fish, fighting kites, dancing, etc. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Taleung Sok
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Monday april 15, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : New Year - 3-day festival involving water-splashing, the freeing of fish, fighting kites, dancing, etc. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Maha Songkran
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Monday april 15, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : leap towards renewal . 3-day festival involving water-splashing, the freeing of fish, fighting kites, dancing, etc.
Maha Songkran
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Tuesday april 16, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : leap towards renewal . 3-day festival involving water-splashing, the freeing of fish, fighting kites, dancing, etc.
Coronation Day
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Saturday may 4, 2024
Secular holiday : The coronation is more than two years after Vajiralongkorn succeeded his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died at age 88 after reigning for seven decades.
Coronation Day
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Monday may 6, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the coronation of King Rama IX (5 May, 1950), world's longest-serving Head of State. Often considered a semi-divine figure by Thais.
Visakha Bucha
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Wednesday may 22, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) :
Queen's Birthday
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Monday june 3, 2024
Secular holiday : Her Majesty Queen Suthida, married to King Vajiralongkorn
Dry day (no alcohol)
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Sunday july 21, 2024
Secular holiday :
Asalha Bucha Day
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Sunday july 21, 2024
Secular holiday : This celebrates the first day of the rains retreat when monks must return to their temples. It is held on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
Asalha Bucha Day
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Monday july 22, 2024
Secular holiday : This celebrates the first day of the rains retreat when monks must return to their temples. It is held on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
Civil Servants holiday
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Tuesday july 23, 2024
Secular holiday :
King's Birthday
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Sunday july 28, 2024
Secular holiday : Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand, since 2016. As the tenth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, he is also styled as Rama X. At the age of 64, Vajiralongkorn is the oldest Thai monarch to ascend to the throne. (from 2017) Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
[Wikipedia]
King's Birthday
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Monday july 29, 2024
Secular holiday : Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand, since 2016. As the tenth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, he is also styled as Rama X. At the age of 64, Vajiralongkorn is the oldest Thai monarch to ascend to the throne. (from 2017) Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
[Wikipedia]
Queen Dowager's birthday
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Monday august 12, 2024
Secular holiday : In tribute to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit Not a paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Prince Mahidol Day
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Tuesday september 24, 2024
Secular holiday : The King's grandfather, is praised as the father of modern medicine in Thailand from 2021