Thai Cultural Norms
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calendar expressions
Today
recognize six major observances
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Thai polite endings depend on the speaker: use ครับ if you’re male, ค่ะ (or คะ in a question) if you’re female. We show both.
Three Buddhist lunar observances
มาฆบูชา
Makha Bucha
วิสาขบูชา
Visakha Bucha
อาสาฬหบูชา
Asalha Bucha
Three widely visible festival periods
สงกรานต์
Songkran, traditional Thai New Year period
เข้าพรรษา
beginning of the Buddhist rains retreat (often called Buddhist Lent)
ลอยกระทง
Loy Krathong
Worked payoff — ask what day it is
วันนี้วันอะไรครับ
วันนี้วันอะไรคะ
What day is today?
This is a general day question, not a holiday-specific question. Several dates follow a lunar calendar and vary by year; confirm the current calendar rather than memorising a fixed Western date.
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