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What day is the Thai Chinese New Year?

The Thai New Year is celebrated from April 13th to 16th in the Gregorian calendar. Thailand's traditional New Year's Day, Songkran ("Songkran" is the translation of Sanskrit), also known as the "Water Festival", is celebrated from April 13th to 16th in the Gregorian calendar. Thailand is y influenced by Buddhism, so many festivals are related to Buddhism. Thailand's national holidays are usually counted on the Western calendar, but some religious and traditional festivals are counted on the Thai or Lunar calendar. The Kingdom of Thailand (English: the Kingdom of Thailand), commonly known as Thailand, is a constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It is located in the south-central part of the Central and Southern Peninsula, bordering Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Malaysia, with the Gulf of Thailand (Pacific Ocean) in the southeast and the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) in the southwest.