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Songkran Festival

The Thai Government identifies 13–15 April 2026 as the traditional Songkran holidays, while the Tourism Authority of Thailand describes broader 2026 festival programming including events outside that core holiday window.

Date / rule13–15 April 2026 traditional holidays; festival programming may extend beyond those dates
ScopeThailand / 2026 Songkran observance and events
VerificationGovernment And Tourism Current Edition Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Songkran Festival?

The Thai Government identifies 13–15 April 2026 as the traditional Songkran holidays, while the Tourism Authority of Thailand describes broader 2026 festival programming including events outside that core holiday window.

Date and recurrence

13–15 April 2026 traditional holidays; festival programming may extend beyond those dates

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Thailand / 2026 Songkran observance and events. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Songkran Water Festival

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Royal Thai Government — Songkran 2026 holidaysThai Government
  2. Tourism Authority of Thailand — Songkran Festival 2026Thai Government Tourism
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Songkran Festival?

13–15 April 2026 traditional holidays; festival programming may extend beyond those dates The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 13–15 April 2026 traditional holidays; festival programming may extend beyond those dates.

Does Songkran Festival fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Songkran Festival an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Thailand / 2026 Songkran observance and events. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Songkran Festival?

The stored designation basis is: The Thai Government identifies 13–15 April 2026 as the traditional Songkran holidays, while the Tourism Authority of Thailand describes broader 2026 festival programming including events outside that core holiday window.. Supporting provenance includes Royal Thai Government — Songkran 2026 holidays. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Songkran Festival international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to Thailand. Its fuller verified scope is: Thailand / 2026 Songkran observance and events.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-08.

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