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Date            Time                       Program                                  Place                   Dress Code


                                16.00        His Majesty proceeds to worship the Triple Gems
                                             via  a land procession to declare his patronage of       The ubosot of Wat Phra Si Rattana   Full Dress Uniform,
                                             Buddhism                                                                          Order of Chakri
                                             80 monks chant the Prayer of Benediction, Paying                                    and Chula
                                             Homage to the royal relics and relics and offering       The Dusit Throne Hall    Chom Klao Collar
                                             robes to monks

                                18.00        Officials perform a Circumambulation         The Maha Monthira Group              Official Uniform
                                             Ceremony to celebrate the Maha Monthira Group


                             6                    6. The Assumption of the Royal Residence

                                19.54 -         His Majesty the King formally lies  down    The Chakrabhadi Throne Hall        Official Uniform
                                22.02.          on the royal bed

                             7 11.00         Diplomatic Corps pay homage. General Public pays  The Chakri Throne Hall             Full Dress
                                             homage.                                                                         Uniform, Chakri Order

                                16.30        The inner courtiers present sets of flowers, incense   In front of the Suddhaisavarya Prasad Hall  Proper Attire,
                                             and candles to pay homage. Appointment and                                       in Customary Taste
                                             Designation of the title of the Supreme Patriarch  Baisal Throne Hall

                                17.00        Government officials pay homage and monks chant                                  Full Dress Uniform,
                                             prayers together in one prayer: the Mangala Sutra,        Amarindra Throne Hall    White Elephant
                                             Rattana Sutra, and Metta Sutra.                                                       Order


                             8 16.30         The inner courtiers present sets of flowers,    Baisal Throne Hall
                                             incense and candles to pay homage
                                             Installation of Ranks to royal family
                                             The inner courtiers present sets of flowers,                                     Full Dress Uniform,
                                             incense and candles to pay homage                 Amarindra Throne Hall           Order of the Nine
                                             Monks chant the Ten Virtues,                                                          Gems
                                             the duty of Kings and the deifying virtues
                                             as found in oneself, all in one prayer













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