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Public holidays in Thailand

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Wan Khun Pee Mai
February	Magha Puja	Mahka Bucha	Based on Thai lunar calendar (the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the third lunar month), Theravada Buddhist holiday
April 6	Chakri Memorial Day		Commemorates King Rama I, founder of the Chakri dynasty
April 13-April 15	Thai New Year	Songkran
May	Vesak	Visakha Bucha	Based on Thai lunar calendar (the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the sixth lunar month), Theravada Buddhist holiday
May	Royal Ploughing Ceremony		Government only
May 1	Labour Day		Bank holiday only
May 5	Coronation Day		Commemorates the coronation of the reigning king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, in 1950
July	Asalha Puja	Asanha Bucha	Based on Thai lunar calendar (the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the eighth lunar month), government only, Theravada Buddhist holiday
July	Vassa	Khao Phansa	Based on Thai lunar calendar (the first day after the waxing moon of lunar month 8 or 8/8), Theravada Buddhist holiday
July 1	Mid-year Day		Bank holiday only
August 12	Mother's Day		Commemorates birthday of the current queen
October 23	Chulalongkorn Day	Wan Piyamaharat	Commemorates King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), the anniversary of his death
December 5	National Day and Father's Day		Commemorates birthday of the current king Bhumibol Adulyadej
December 10	Constitution Day		Commemorates the change to constitutional monarchy in 1932
December 31	New Year's Eve