Today is May 5, the fifth day of the fifth month. Starting from zero on New Year’s Day, today is the 125th (5x5x5) day of the year. This lunar month is the fifth lunar month in the Chinese calendar.
Today also marks the fifth full moon of the year. The year 2012 is 2555 in the Thai calendar.
Today is a major holiday in Thailand, being the anniversary of the Coronation of the present Monarch, who descends in the fifth generation from his Dynasty’s founder.