THAILAND
| Date 2009 |
Occasion |
| January 1 |
New Year's Day |
|
February/March* |
Magha Bucha Day |
|
April 6 |
Chakri Day |
|
April 13-15 |
Songkran (Thai New Year) |
|
May 1 |
Labour Day |
|
May 5 |
Coronation Day |
|
May/June* |
Visakha Buch |
|
July 1 |
Mid Year Bank Holiday |
|
July* |
Khao Phansa Day (Buddhist Lent) |
|
August 12 |
HM The Queen's Birthday |
|
October 23 |
Chulalongkorn Day |
|
December 5 |
HM The King's Birthday |
|
December 10 |
Constitution Day |
|
December 31 |
New Year's Eve |
|
* Dates not confirmed
You Should know:
Holidays falling on a Saturday or Sunday
are observed on the Monday following by
banks, but not by the Government. This
includes the moveable holidays below.
Apparently many offices also follow the
same rule as banks.
The solilunar calendar in use is not
completely understood. There is an
intercalary 8th month every few years
but how it is predicted is not known. It
is therefore at present impossible to
make projections. Most years, Vaisakh
Buddha in Thailand falls 2 days before
the Indian Buddha Purnima but in 1996,
it fell a full lunar month later. This
implies a different set of rules for
observing or predicting the lunisolar
New Year.
Weekends-
Saturday,Sunday |
