Events
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Note: Many events of Wat Paknam Temple are based on lunar calendar, so they do not fall on the same dates as in solar calendar. Please access the following website to verify date and time of moon phases in each country.
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/?year=2023
Wat Paknam Temple's Calendar of Events 2023
JANUARY 2023
1 Jan (Sunday) – New Year’s Day
2 Jan (Monday) – Thailand’s Substituted Holiday
6 Jan (Friday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
8 Jan (Sunday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of H.R.H. Princess
Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya
14 Jan (Saturday) – National Children’s Day
14 Jan (Saturday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
14 to 15 Jan (Saturday to Sunday) – The 185th Blood
Donation Activity at Wat Paknam Temple
16 Jan (Monday) – National Teacher’s Day
21 Jan (Saturday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
22 Jan (Sunday) – Chinese New Year’s Day
29 Jan (Sunday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
FEBRUARY 2023
3 Feb (Friday) – The Annual Past Abbots Memorial Day and the
64th year Commemoration of Luang Phor Wat Paknam’s Passing Away
3 Feb (Friday) – The Annual Memorial Service for Past Abbots
and Annual Robes Offering Fund Raising Ceremony
5 Feb (Sunday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
12 Feb (Sunday) – Annual Conference of Luang Phor Wat
Paknam’s Alumni Association
13 Feb (Monday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
19 Feb (Sunday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
27 Feb (Monday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
MARCH 2023
6 Mar (Monday) – Holy Magha Puja Day (Maghamas) / The Sangha
Day
6 Mar (Monday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
14 Mar (Tuesday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
21 Mar (Tuesday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
29 Mar (Wednesday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance
Day
APRIL 2023
2 Apr (Sunday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of H.R.H.
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
4 Apr (Tuesday) – Master Guru Treetar Niamkham’s Birthday Anniversary
According to Moon Calendar
5 Apr (Wednesday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
5 Apr (Wednesday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of Princess Ubol Ratana
5 Apr (Wednesday) – Ancestors Worshipping Day (Chinese
Tradition)
6 Apr (Thursday) – Royal Chakri Dynasty Day
13 Apr (Thursday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
13 to 15 Apr (Thursday to Saturday) – Songkran Festival /
Thai New Year’s Days
15 to 16 Apr (Saturday to Sunday) – The 186th Blood
Donation Activity at Wat Paknam Temple
19 Apr (Wednesday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
27 Apr (Thursday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
29 Apr
(Saturday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of H.R.H. Prince Dipangkorn
Rasmijoti Sirivibulyarajakumar
MAY 2023
1 May (Monday) – Labour Day
4 May (Thursday) – Royal Thai Coronation Day
4 May (Thursday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
12 May (Friday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
17 May (Wednesday) – Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day
19 May (Friday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
27 May (Saturday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
JUNE 2023
3 Jun (Saturday) – Holy Visakha Puja Day (Visakhamas) / The
Buddha Day
3 Jun (Saturday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
3 Jun (Saturday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of H.M.
Queen Suthida
5 Jun (Monday) – Thailand’s Substituted Holiday
11 Jun (Sunday) – Commemoration of Lord Buddha’s Cremation
11 Jun (Sunday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
17 Jun (Saturday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
25 Jun (Sunday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
JULY 2023
2 Jul (Sunday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
4 Jul (Tuesday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of H.R.H.
Princess Chulabhorn, the Princess Srisavangavadhana
10 Jul (Monday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
15 to 16 Jul (Saturday to Sunday) – The 187th Blood
Donation Activity at Wat Paknam Temple
17 Jul (Monday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
25 Jul (Tuesday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
28 Jul (Friday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of H.M. King
Rama X
AUGUST 2023
1 Aug (Tuesday) – Holy Asalha Puja Day (Asalhamas) / The
Dhamma Day
1 Aug (Tuesday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
1 Aug (Tuesday) – Annual Shower Robe Offering Ceremony
2 Aug (Wednesday) – Annual Buddhist Rain Retreat
Commencement Day
5 to 6 Aug (Saturday to Sunday) – The Gratitude Day of Luang
Phor Wat Paknam’s Alumni Association.
9 Aug (Wednesday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
12 Aug (Saturday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of H.M.
Queen Mother Sirikit
12 Aug (Saturday) – National Mother’s Day
14 Aug (Monday) – Thailand’s Substituted Holiday
16 Aug (Wednesday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
24 Aug (Thursday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
26 Aug (Saturday) – Birthday Anniversary of His Holiness
Somdet Phramaharatchamangkhalachariya, the late Lord Abbot of Wat Paknam Temple,
Bangkok.
31 Aug (Thursday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
SEPTEMBER 2023
8 Sept (Friday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
14 Sept (Thursday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
22 Sept (Friday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
29 Sept (Friday) – The 106th Anniversary of
Luang Phor Wat Paknam’s Dhammakaya Attainment Day (1917 to 2023)
29 Sept (Friday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
29 Sept (Friday) – Moon Festival
OCTOBER 2023
7 Oct (Saturday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
13 Oct (Friday) – Commemoration of H.M. King Rama IX’s Passing
Away
14 Oct (Saturday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
13 to 14 Oct (Friday to Saturday) – The Great Jataka
Preaching Ceremony
14 to 15 Oct (Saturday to Sunday) – The 188th Blood
Donation Activity at Wat Paknam Temple
15 to 23 Oct – Thailand’s Annual Vegetarian Observance Days
22 Oct (Sunday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
23 Oct (Monday) – King Rama V Day
23 Oct (Monday) – Birthday Anniversary of the Most Venerable
Phra
Phrom Moli (Suchart
Dhammaratano Mahathera), the Current Lord Abbot of Wat Paknam Temple, Bangkok
27 to 28 Oct (Friday to Saturday) – Merit Making Activities
of Newly Ordained Monks (Navaka)
29 Oct (Sunday) – The End Date of Annual Buddhist Rain
Retreat
29 Oct (Sunday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
30 Oct (Monday) – The Annual Devorohana Alms Round Ceremony
Marking the End of Buddhist Rain Retreat and Beginning of Kathina Robes
Offering Season
NOVEMBER 2023
4 Nov (Saturday) – Merit Making Ceremony on the Occasion of
The 139th Birthday Anniversary of Luang Phor Wat Paknam
6 Nov (Monday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
12 Nov (Sunday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
20 Nov (Monday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance Day
26 Nov (Sunday) – Royal Kathina Robes Offering Ceremony Day
at Wat Paknam Temple, Bangkok
27 Nov (Monday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
27 Nov (Monday) – Annual Floral Raft Floating Festival (Loy
Krathong)
27 Nov (Monday) – The Last Day of Annual Kathina Robes
Offering Season
DECEMBER 2023
5 Dec (Tuesday) – Half Waning Moon Buddhist Observance Day
5 Dec (Tuesday) – H.M. King Rama IX’s Birthday Anniversary
5 Dec (Tuesday) – Thailand’s National Father’s Day
6 Dec (Wednesday) – Dhammakaya Memorial Day
7 Dec
(Thursday) – The Royal Birthday Anniversary of Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Narendira Debyavati, the Princess Rajasarini Siribajra
9 Dec (Saturday) – Memorial Service Marking the 2nd
Consecutive Year Since the Passing Away of H.H. Somdet Phramaharatchamangkhalachariya,
the late Lord Abbot of Wat Paknam Temple, Bangkok.
10 Dec (Sunday) – Constitution Day
11 Dec (Monday) – Thailand’s Substituted Holiday
12 Dec (Tuesday) – Darkened Moon Buddhist Observance Day
20 Dec (Wednesday) – Half Waxing Moon Buddhist Observance
Day
25 Dec (Monday) – The Westerner’s Annual Family Day
27 Dec (Wednesday) – Full Moon Buddhist Observance Day
31 Dec (Sunday) – New Year’s Eve
Meditation Practice
Sessions
At Wat Paknam Temple,
Bangkok, Thailand
Charoen Vipassana Hall
(Hor Vipassana or the White Building)
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 Days)
At 06:30 – 07:30 p.m.
Sungvechanee Mongkol Niramitr Hall
(Hall of Ven. Master Luang Phor 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.