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Public Holidays in Thailand


Thailand has adopted the western calendar to divide 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 2007 AD is BE 2550 and 2008 is BE 2551.

The National public holidays in Thailand

Public Holiday Descriptions
1 January 2008New Year's Day
8 February 2008Chinese New Year
21 February 2008Makha Bucha
6 April 2008Chakri Day
13-15 April 2008Songkran
1 May 2008Labor Day
5 May 2008Coronation Day
19 May 2008Visakha Bucha
12 August 2008Queen's Birthday
16 August 2008Buddhist Lent
23 October 2008Chulalongkorn Day
24 November 2008Loy Kratong
5 December 2008King's Birthday
10 December 2008Constitution Day
31 December 2008New Years Eve
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