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Seal of the Royal Command

Announcement
Promulgating the Use of the First Day of January as the New Year's Day

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In the name of Somdet Phra Chaoyuhua Ananda Mahidol^[1]
The Council of Regency
(According to the Announcement of the President of the House of
People's Representatives dated 4 August 2480 Buddhist Era)^[2]

Aditya Dibabha^[3]
Gen Phitchayenyothin^[4]

Whereas, according to the Thai customary practice since antiquity, the first day of the waning moon of the first month was [originally] observed as the New Year's Day, which was in line with the tradition of the holy religion of Buddhism that observes the season of winter as the beginning of a year, [but] this custom was later changed in accordance with the Brahman tradition which uses the first day of the waxing moon of the fifth month as the New Year's Day, [and] after

1. King Ananda Mahidol (1925–1946 CE), who was still a minor then. Somdet Phra Chaoyuhua (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่หัว), which literally translates "His Divine Majesty the Lord Over the Heads", is a title for a king not yet formally crowned.
2. On 4 August, the year 2480 BE corresponded to 1937 CE.
3. The signature of Prince Aditya Dibabha (1900–1946 CE), member of the Council of Regency.
4. The signature of General Chaophraya Phitchayenyothin (Um Phitchayenyothin) (1872–1942 CE), member of the Council of Regency.