Bangkok

Holidays and Festivals

JANUARY-FEBRUARY
Chinese New Year (a two-day holiday based on a lunar calendar)

FEBRUARY
Magha Puja (a Buddhist Holiday commemorating the day when 1,250 Buddhist disciples spontaneously heard Buddha preach the cardinal doctrine)

APRIL
Songkran (the Thai New Year, celebrated by setting birds and fish free)

MAY
Coronation Day

JULY-AUGUST
Visakha Puja (celebrated on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, commemorating Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death. Monk's lead candlelight processions around temples.)

AUGUST
Queen's Birthday (August 12)

NOVEMBER
Loi Krathong (a time of atonement, celebrated to honor water spirits. After sunset people make their way to a body of water and float candles on small lotus-shaped boats.)

DECEMBER
King's Birthday (December 5; Thailand's Royal Elite Guards lead a colorful procession.) Constitution Day