Public Holidays The Thai Calendar 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 2003 AD is
BE 2546 and 2004 is BE 2547.
National public holidays 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, check
http://www.thailandgrandfestival.com
The
following are national public holidays in Thailand