Events
Attention
Please!
Due to the
corona virus pandemic, most public activities at Wat Paknam are suspended.
Many tourist
attractions at Wat Paknam are also temporarily closed to visitors.
Any inquiry should be made to Wat Paknam’s staffs at facebook fanpage “watpaknam.bkk”.
Calendar of Events 2021
JANUARY
1 Jan
(Friday) – New Year’s Day
6 Jan
(Wednesday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
9 Jan
(Wednesday) – National Children’s Day
9 to 10 Jan
– The 177th Blood Donation Activity at Wat Paknam
13 Jan
(Wednesday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
16 Jan
(Saturday) – National Teacher’s Day
21 Jan (Thursday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
28 Jan (Thursday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
FEBRUARY
3 Feb (Wednesday) – The Annual Past Abbots Memorial Day and
the 62nd year of Luang Por Wat Paknam’s Passing Away
3 Feb (Wednesday) – The Annual Memorial Service for Past
Abbots and Annual Robes Offering Fund
Raising Ceremony
5 Feb (Friday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
11 Feb (Thursday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
12 Feb (Friday) – Chinese New Year’s Day
19 Feb (Friday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
26 Feb (Friday) – Holy Magha Puja Day / Full Moon Buddhist
Observance Day
MARCH
6 Mar (Saturday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
13 Mar (Saturday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
21 Mar (Sunday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
27 Mar (Saturday) – Master Guru Treetar Niamkham’s Birthday
Anniversary
28 Mar (Sunday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
APRIL
4 Apr (Sunday) – Ancestors Worshipping Day (Chinese
Tradition)
5 Apr (Monday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
6 Apr (Tuesday) – Royal Chakri Dynasty Day
10 to 11 Apr (Saturday to Sunday) – The 178th
Blood Donation Activity at Wat Paknam
11 Apr (Sunday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
13 to 15 Apr (Tuesday to Thursday) – Songkran Festival / Thai
New Year’s Days
19 Apr (Monday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
26 Apr (Monday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
MAY
1 May (Saturday) – Labour Day
4 May (Tuesday) – Royal Thai Coronation Day
4 May (Tuesday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
10 May (Monday) – Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day
11 May (Tuesday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
19 May (Wednesday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
26 May (Wednesday) – Holy Visakha Puja Day / Full Moon
Buddhist Observance Day
JUNE
3 Jun (Thursday) – Lord Buddha’s Cremation Anniversary (Moon
Calendar)
3 Jun (Thursday) – H.M. Queen Suthida’s Birthday Anniversary
3 Jun (Thursday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
9 Jun (Wednesday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
17 Jun (Thursday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
24 Jun (Thursday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
JULY
2 Jul (Friday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
9 Jul (Friday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
10 to 11 Jul (Saturday to Sunday) – The 179th
Blood Donation Activity at Wat Paknam
17 Jul (Saturday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
24 Jul (Saturday) – Holy Asalha Puja Day (Buddha’s First
Sermon) / Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
25 Jul (Sunday) – Annual Buddhist Rain Retreat Commencement
Day
26 Jul (Monday) – Thailand’s Substitution Holiday on the
occasion of Holy Asalha Puja Day
28 Jul (Wednesday) – H.M. King Rama X’s Birthday Anniversary
31 Jul (Saturday) – The First Day of Annual Merit Making
Ceremony of Buddhist Novice Monks at Wat Paknam, Bangkok.
AUGUST
1 Aug (Sunday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
1 Aug (Sunday) – The Second Day of Annual Merit Making
Ceremony of Buddhist Novice Monks at Wat Paknam, Bangkok.
1 Aug (Sunday) – The Gratitude Day of Luang Por Wat Paknam’s
Alumni Association.
8 Aug (Sunday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
12 Aug (Thursday) – H.M. Queen Mother Sirikit’s Birthday
Anniversary
12 Aug (Thursday) – National Mother’s Day
16 Aug (Monday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
23 Aug (Monday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
26 Aug (Thursday) – Birthday Anniversary of His Holiness
Somdet Phramaharatchamangkhalachariya, the present Lord Abbot of Wat Paknam,
Bangkok.
31 Aug (Tuesday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
SEPTEMBER
6 Sep (Monday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
14 Sep (Tuesday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
21 Sep (Tuesday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
21 Sep (Tuesday) – The 104th Anniversary of Luang
Por Wat Paknam’s Dhammakaya Attainment Day
29 Sep (Wednesday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
OCTOBER
5 to 6 (Tuesday to Wednesday) – The Great Jataka Preaching
Ceremony
6 Oct (Wednesday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
9 to 10 Oct (Saturday to Sunday) – The 180th Blood
Donation Activity at Wat Paknam
6 to 14 Oct – Thailand’s Annual Vegetarian Observance Days
13 Oct (Wednesday) – The Passing Away Anniversary of H.M.
King Rama IX.
14 Oct (Thursday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
21 Oct (Thursday) – The End Date of Annual Buddhist Rain
Retreat / Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
22 Oct (Friday) – The Annual Devorohana Alms Round Ceremony
Marking the End of Buddhist Rain Retreat
23 Oct (Saturday) – King Rama V Day
25 Oct (Monday) – Thailand’s National Substitute Holiday on
the Occasion of King Rama V Day
27 Oct (Wednesday) – Merit Making Ceremony on the Occasion of
The 137th Birthday Anniversary of Luang Por Wat Paknam
29 Oct (Friday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
NOVEMBER
4 Nov (Thursday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
12 Nov (Friday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
14 Nov (Sunday) – Royal Kathina Robes Offering Ceremony Day
19 Nov (Friday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
19 Nov (Friday) – Annual Loy Krathong Festival
27 Nov (Saturday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
DECEMBER
4 Dec (Saturday) – New Moon Buddhist Observance Day
5 Dec (Sunday) – H.M. King Rama IX’s Birthday Anniversary
5 Dec (Sunday) – Thailand’s National Father’s Day
6 Dec (Monday) – Thailand’s National Substitute Holiday on
the Occasion of Father’s Day
ุ6 Dec (Monday) – Dhammakaya Memorial Day
10 Dec (Friday) – Thailand’s Constitution Day
12 Dec (Sunday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
19 Dec (Sunday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
25 Dec (Saturday) – The Western Annual Family Day
27 Dec (Monday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
31 Dec (Friday) – New Year’s Eve
Meditation Practice Sessions
At Wat Paknam, Bangkok, Thailand
Charoen Vipassana Hall
(Hor Vipassana)
Saturday, Sunday
and Official Holidays:
At 08.00 –
09:30 a.m.
At 10:00 – 11:30
a.m.
At 01:00 – 02:00
p.m.
At 06:30 – 07:30
p.m.
Everyday:
At 08:30 – 09:30
a.m. (Except Buddhist Holy Day.)
At 06:30 – 07:30
p.m.
Sungvechanee Mongkol Niramitr Hall
(Hor Luang Por Wat Paknam)
Every Thursday:
At 02:00 – 03:00
p.m. (Pledging to be students of Dhammakaya Meditation)
Note: To attend the meditation sessions, please dress politely. Women are required to wear long skirt. Please turn off your mobile phone(s) and electronic device(s) before joining the meditation session(s). Meditation session is conducted in Thai language only, please learn meditation method from this website prior to attending meditation sessions.
