When is Loy Krathong 2026?
Loy Krathong 2026 falls on Tuesday 24 November 2026, the fifteenth day of the waxing moon in the twelfth month of the Thai lunar calendar, a full-moon night. It is not a public holiday.
Where to float a krathong in Phetchaburi town
In recent years the town has celebrated along the Phetchaburi River, on the riverside behind the Phetchaburi Governor's Residence on Khlong Krachaeng Road, down to the Sunthorn Phu Monument square at the Wat Phlap Phla Chai pier.
- 2025: “Loy Krathong, the Phrip Phri Way” (สืบสานประเพณีลอยกระทง วิถีพริบพรี), 4–5 November 2025, at the Sunthorn Phu Monument square by the Wat Phlap Phla Chai pier, with demonstrations of “ruea krachaeng” krathongs made from banana sheaths, local Phetchaburi food, and more than 3,000 krathongs floated.
- 2023: Phetchaburi Municipality held “Loy Krathong Long Wan Wan” on the riverside next to the Governor's Residence, with more than 200 stalls, a krathong slide as well as the traditional way of floating, and a boom that stopped krathongs drifting downstream.
- 2022: Phetchaburi Municipality ran a culture street for Loy Krathong on 7–8 November 2022, from the riverside behind the Governor's Residence along Khlong Krachaeng Road to the Sunthorn Phu square at Wat Phlap Phla Chai.
Phetchaburi Municipality and the Phetchaburi Provincial Public Relations Office post news of the town's festival (in Thai).
Keep the river clean
Choose a krathong made from natural materials such as banana trunk, banana sheath and banana leaf rather than foam or plastic, and float one per family so the river can be cleared after the night.
Sources
- Thai PBS: Loy Krathong on 24 November 2026
- Phetchaburi Provincial Public Relations Office: the 2025 festival
- MGR Online: the 2023 festival
- Phetchaburi Municipality: the 2022 festival
Image
Illustration by Phetcha: Khao Wang (Phra Nakhon Khiri) by the river on a full-moon night.