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There is always a festival happening somewhere and at any given time 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.
Thailand's national public holidays are linked to religious or agricultural traditions and follow the lunar calendar, therefore the dates for some of the holidays change each year. For the precise dates of the lunar holidays and festival locations, please click on www.tourismthailand.org.
| 1 January | New Year's Day |
| Late January to early March | Makha Bucha Day |
| 6 April | Chakri Day |
| 13-15 April | Songkran Festival Day |
| 1 May | National Labour Day |
| 5 May | Coronation Day |
| May | Visakha Bucha Day |
| July | Asanha Bucha Day |
| July | Khao Phansa (Buddhist Lent) |
| 12 August | H.M. the Queen's Birthday |
| 23 October | Chulalongkorn Day |
| 5 December | H.M. the King's Birthday |
| 10 December | Constitution Day |
| 31 December | New Year's Eve |
