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Public holidays in Thailand are regulated by the government, and most are observed by both the public and private sectors. There are usually nineteen public holidays in a year, but more may be declared by the cabinet. Other observances, both official and non-official, local and international, are observed to varying degrees throughout the country.
Thai (left) and Chinese (right) holy days. Red numerals mark Sundays and public holidays in Thailand.; Buddha images mark Buddhist Sabbaths, Wan Phra (วันพระ).; Red tablets with white Chinese characters mark the New and Full Moons of the Chinese calendar, which typically differ by one day from those of the Thai.
A train going from Bangkok to Chiang Mai collides with truck carrying a backhoe at a crossing near Chum Saeng district, Nakhon Sawan province, killing the train driver and injuring five people. [12] 23 January – Sa Kaeo province introduces a 10 pm curfew for minors aged under 15 following the murder of a 47-year old on 11 January by five ...
On 9 February 2017, Prayut announced 5 December to be a public holiday from that year on. [ 10 ] On 21 May 2019, King Vajiralongkorn issued a royal proclamation, without a countersignature , to repeat Prayut's 2017 announcement, ordering the nation to observe 5 December as the National Day, the Father's Day, and the Day Commemorating the Birth ...
24 January – 352 schools in Bangkok are forced to close as a result of the city's poor air quality. [14] 28 January – The Paetongtarn cabinet approves ฿620 million to combat PM 2.5 dust pollution, forest fires and haze. [15] 30 January –
A panel from a typical calendar, showing the month of August 2004 (B.E. 2547). Lunar dates are also provided. The Thai solar calendar (Thai: ปฏิทินสุริยคติไทย, RTGS: patithin suriyakhati thai, "solar calendar") was adopted by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1888 CE as the Siamese version of the Gregorian calendar, replacing the Thai lunar calendar as the legal ...
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Theravāda New Year, also known as Songkran, is the water-splashing festival celebration in the traditional new year for the Theravada Buddhist calendar widely celebrated across South and Southeast Asia in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, parts of northeast India, parts of Vietnam, and Xishuangbanna, China [2] [3] begins on 13 April of the year.