Lantern Festival 2025 Thailand Dates. The celebration of loi krathong coincides with the lanna (or northern thailand) festival, yi peng, or the 'lantern festival'. Chiang mai is the most popular place for loy krathong festival celebration in thailand.
Celebrated annually during the full moon of the 12th month in the thai lunar calendar, this year’s festival falls on friday, 15 november. Welcome to loy krathong, which literally means float a water lantern, a festival that turns water bodies into flickering fields of dreams.