Visakha Bucha Day

[phuketrichard]

can anyone tell me if this is friday the 28th!! and is that the night they circle the wat ( wat Chalong) in Phuket

I have seen everyting from 26th ( on the calander here) to the 27th.

Thanks

[Spoonman]

Visakha Bucha Day is indeed on the 28th, the 28th of April that is, bout 12 days ago according to the website I just looked at, but then I look at another website and it says its the 26th of May and then another and it says the 28th of May ..... how confusing, might be best if I have a look at the public holiday calendar at work tomorrow !!!!

[luangtom]

It is May 28th...........

[lannaman]

If you download the excellent Thaivisa calendar it will show you all the Thai holidays:

www.thaivisa.com/calendar2010

[toptuan]

If you download the excellent Thaivisa calendar it will show you all the Thai holidays:

www.thaivisa.com/calendar2010

Link redirects then breaks...

[SeanMoran]

Bank of Ayudhya Calendar marks Wisakha Bucha Day as May 28th.

aka Merry Christmas!

[Chaimai]

School calendars show Friday 28th.

[toptuan]

Not our school calendar.

[SeanMoran]

Not our school calendar.

No doubt!

[Kan Win]

Visakha Puja Day marks the three important incidents in the life of Lord Buddha on the same day - the full moon of the sixth lunar month. The three significant separate event are :

1. The Buddha's Birth - the Buddha was born into a royal warrior clan in the Lumbini Garden (in an area of Northern India known today as Nepal) In the morning of the Vesak full moon day, 80 years before the Buddhist Era. He was named Siddhattha five days after his birth.

2. "The Enlightenment of Buddha - While sitting under the Bodhi tree, he found his answer and attained the enlightenment at the age of 35 years at Uruvelasenanigama subdistrict, Magadha state, (nowadays, located in the area of Buddha Kaya, Bihar State, India), on Wednesday, the Vesak full moon day, the zodiac of the cock, forty five years before the Buddhist Era.

3. The Nibbana - The Buddha passed away on Tuesday, the Vesak full moon day in the zodiac year of the small snake under the two Sal trees in the Sala Grove of the Mallas in Kusinara, the capital of the Malla state, (nowadays located in Kusinagara of Uttrarapradesa, India) at the age of eighty years (around 2547 years ago).

[toptuan]

Not our school calendar.

No doubt!

Cute

I have asked the moderators to correct the ThaiVisa 2010 Holidays pinned thread, and to post a confirmation here.

[Mario2008]

Coming Friday is Visakha Bucha day and a public holiday, schools and government will be closed.

[toptuan]

Khop kuhn khrub!