Please find below the Thai calendar and it's list of events and festivals throughout the year.

JANUARY

01: NEW YEARS DAY
Since several decades, the Westerner New Year's Day is also a Public holiday in Thailand. But the popular New Year's Day for Thai people happens in April. It is called "SONGKRAN".
This year is 2548 in Thailand. The reference point is Lord Buddha's birth 543, before Jesus Christ.


08: THAI CHILDRENS DAY
During this day, feasts organised by by children happen. Children are highly respected in Thailand. In a bus an adult often gives his seat to a child, but not to an elderly person.
This day always happens on the second Saturday in January.


15: TEACHERS DAY
This day is an occasion for pupils to make merit for their teachers.Teachers are highly worshiped in Thailand for their knowledge. Pupils do not dare to embarrass their teachers.


25: THAI ARMY DAY
During this day, Thai King Rama IX visits the army and watches a military parade.

FEBRUARY

09: CHINESE NEW YEAR'S DAY
Thailand has more than 60 million inhabitants. Around 6 million of them have Chinese ancestors that immigrated to Thailand in the last century. So Chinese New Year's day is an important public holiday.


23: MAKABUCHA DAY
This day is a religious public holiday. It came from the day when 1250 disciples from the Lord Buddha gathered to listen for the Dharma speech after Buddha's enlightenment. Merit making ceremonies take place at temples while at night candlelit processions walk three times around the temple.

one time for the Lord Buddha.
one time for the Sangha, ie; Buddhist monk community.
one time for the Dharma, ie; Buddist teachings.

MARCH

No public holidays during this month.

APRIL

06: CHAKRI DAY
This day commemorates the Chakri Dynasty. The current King is the ninth King of the Chakri Dynasty. A royal ceremony is performed by the King to pay respects to King Rama I the great, the founder of the Chakri Dynasty.

13-14-15: SONGKRAN
The Songkran festival happens in the hot season in the first half of April. The festival happens in all Buddhist "Therevada" countries like Thailand, Loas, Cambodia and Burma.Songkran is the ancient New Year's Day. Now the official New Year's Day happens on the 1st January. But the most popular festival is still Songkran.

May - October