Alcohol sales ban for end of Buddhist Lent Day on Monday, October 10th

[webfact]

 

By Adam Judd

 

The end of Buddhist Lent this year will be on Monday, October 10th when alcohol sales will be banned.
 

The end of Buddhist Lent falls on the 15th day of the 11th waxing moon. This year will be on Monday the 10th. The day marks the end of the rainy season for monks who will end their three-month retreats.

 

Alcohol sales will be banned for 24 hours nationwide at the end of Buddhist Lent as the day is one of the five major Buddhist Days, except at duty-free shops at international airports according to the Alcohol Control Act.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/10/01/alcohol-sales-ban-for-end-of-buddhist-lent-day-on-monday-october-10th/

 

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[2baht]

Well this will upset the p... tanks again, but of course you all bought yesterday, did'nt you! ????????

[Thaiwrath]

29 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Well this will upset the p... tanks again, but of course you all bought yesterday, did'nt you! ????????

Monday, October 10th

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[2baht]

5 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

Monday, October 10th

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Be sure to get your stocks in on the 9th! ????

[Skeptic7]

More ridiculous, antiquated religious, mumbo-jumbo nonsense. Oh wait...TIT so just another day and standard operating procedures. LOSR... Land Of Silly Rules. 

[Bim Smith]

I don't mind religious observance and I don't drink anyway but it's the no alcohol before an election that makes me laugh.

[vandeventer]

You can always grab some weed to help you get through these hard times.

[AhFarangJa]

It will be business as usual in our village. Our local shop is owned by the Wife's Uncle who once told me that when the Government pays for his family to live they can tell him what to sell, and when to sell it.....

[RichardColeman]

I have always thought Thailand is like 60 years behind the rest of the modern world. Laundrettes, department stores, and limiting alcohol sales. Give it another 60 years you may be able to buy a beer on a bank holiday !

[jacko45k]

Just now, RichardColeman said:

I have always thought Thailand is like 60 years behind the rest of the modern world. Laundrettes, department stores, and limiting alcohol sales. Give it another 60 years you may be able to buy a beer on a bank holiday !

If one wants to see archaic and confused alcohol sales you need to visit the USA. 

[loong]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The day marks the end of the rainy season

Can we really hope that this rainy season will ever end?

[SymS]

I like how duty-free shops at international airports get a pass...

[shackleton]

As has been mentioned here on Thai visa many times buy alcohol before the Buddhist lent holiday or any other non alcohol day 

It's  not to difficult ????

[Dr B]

53 minutes ago, SymS said:

I like how duty-free shops at international airports get a pass...

Duty free shops at international airports are basically for departing passengers, and not for immediate consumption. Is that so hard to understand?

[arithai12]

Do we really need these Thai-bashing posts at every Buddhist holiday?

Especially from people who talk about "the rest of the world" without having any clue.

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The end of Buddhist Lent this year will be on Monday, October 10th when alcohol sales will be banned.

My lovely friendly neighbourhood Mom & Pop shop will provide with a smile.

[mikeymike100]

7 minutes ago, Dr B said:

Duty free shops at international airports are basically for departing passengers, and not for immediate consumption. Is that so hard to understand?

I came into Suvarnabhumi 3 days ago and incoming passengers can also buy alcohol. So its not just for departing passengers, is it?

[overherebc]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I have always thought Thailand is like 60 years behind the rest of the modern world. Laundrettes, department stores, and limiting alcohol sales. Give it another 60 years you may be able to buy a beer on a bank holiday !

Or,  the way things are going buy a bank on a beer holiday.

[Jiggo]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I have always thought Thailand is like 60 years behind the rest of the modern world. Laundrettes, department stores, and limiting alcohol sales. Give it another 60 years you may be able to buy a beer on a bank holiday !

Well you can always go to the "Rest of the Modern World".....

[Ralf001]

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I have always thought Thailand is like 60 years behind the rest of the modern world. Laundrettes, department stores, and limiting alcohol sales. Give it another 60 years you may be able to buy a beer on a bank holiday !

Which bank holidays are alcohol free ?

[BonMot]

2 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

I came into Suvarnabhumi 3 days ago and incoming passengers can also buy alcohol. So its not just for departing passengers, is it?

But they won't be consuming in the airport (unless Russian) and the bottle will be opened in another country. Too lol

[Ralf001]

3 hours ago, shackleton said:

As has been mentioned here on Thai visa many times buy alcohol before the Buddhist lent holiday or any other non alcohol day 

It's  not to difficult ????

Having beer at home in the fridge is no good to me, the 10th is not a public holiday so won't be able to stop at the 7 and buy a coupla cans for the drive home.

[mikeymike100]

14 minutes ago, BonMot said:

But they won't be consuming in the airport (unless Russian) and the bottle will be opened in another country. Too lol

Once you have cleared customs, the alcohol/bottles can be consumed anywhere, in the airport, in a taxi, or even wait until you get to your hotel room! My point is it invalidates the fact you cannot buy alcohol on 10th October!

[khunPer]

Hmm, according to the ASEAN NOW calendar Buddhist Lent is the 21st October - I've already planned my alcohol storage after that date...???? - whom to believe...

[zzaa09]

10 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

It will be business as usual in our village. Our local shop is owned by the Wife's Uncle who once told me that when the Government pays for his family to live they can tell him what to sell, and when to sell it.....

.....and this is usually the practice locally. These ridiculous restrictions are ignored. 

Even when the government and abiding media are terribly conscious in the promotion and references to these occasional bans, it's almost always the unknowledgeable that take it literally and the proverbial debate and critique ensue. It's the magical and twisted Thai rhetoric that throws 'em off kilter......which is almost always the case regarding most everything. 

[kickstart]

6 hours ago, khunPer said:

Hmm, according to the ASEAN NOW calendar Buddhist Lent is the 21st October - I've already planned my alcohol storage after that date...???? - whom to believe...

Try looking at a Thai calendar, it is 10th October,as the OP said 15 day, when the moon is full, of the 11th waxing moon. or month on the calendar.

But where we are, people will go to the Tempel on the 11th to celebrate the end of the Thai lent.  

[superal]

I would think that the no alcohol rules were made many years ago when there where not many tourists , if any , so why should the rules apply to non- Buddhists . Tourists should be allowed a drink in their hotel . Finally do the powers that be not realise that alcohol is drank at home ? so in reality it only a ban on selling alcohol not the consumption . There is no ban on your daily tipple , you may have to make different arrangements rather than visiting regular haunts .

It is a law that needs reviewing and consideration given to tourists .

[khunPer]

16 hours ago, kickstart said:

Try looking at a Thai calendar, it is 10th October,as the OP said 15 day, when the moon is full, of the 11th waxing moon. or month on the calendar.

But where we are, people will go to the Tempel on the 11th to celebrate the end of the Thai lent.  

Try to look at the ASEAN NOW calendar - it's wrong - and that's what I'm saying, Lent is ending the 10th October...

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

Well that's odd, my Asean Now calendar says it is the 21st and my wall 7/eleven 2565 calendar says the 13th.

I have put some extra in the cupboard for what ever day it turns out to be. 

[djayz]

On 10/3/2022 at 5:55 AM, 2baht said:

Be sure to get your stocks in on the 9th! ????

I got 3 bottles in yesterday, 7th, but drank it all the same evening. LOL. Now I have to go out again this evening and stock up - again! Hope I don't down all 3 bottles of beer again tonight. LOL