Thai New Year or Songkran in Thailand
Thai New Year or Songkran in Thailand is held on April 13. This event in the second decade of the month April is annual. Help us
The word "Songkran" (เทศกาล สงกรานต์) comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti, literally "astrological passage", meaning transformation or change.
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Hindi New Year on March 30 (date for 2025);
Mahl New Year or Alathu Aharudhuvas on April 14 (Maldives and India's Lakshadweep and Kerala state);
Nepali New Year, or Navabarsha / Vaishak Ek on April 14 (South and Southeast Asian New Year);