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Thai Days and Months
Thai Days and Months
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Although the names of the days of the week in Thai are very different from in English, they are derived from the
names of planets in the same way. In a similar fashion, the names of the months in Thai are named after signs of
the Zodiac.
The names of the days of the week have a similar celestial origin, being named after the planets.
If you have trouble remembering all these, there is something of a clue in the last syllable of each one. Months
with 31 days all in -คม kom , months with 30 days all end in -ยน ( yon ) and only February with its 28 or 29 days
has the different ending of -พันธ์ pan. In normal speech, this last syllable of the month's name is sometimes
dropped.