The Great Songkran Day this year is falling on Sunday 13 April 2008, corresponding the Year of Mouse. Its symbolic is a Deva of water element nature, before B.E. 1370, intercalary month in Lunar Calendar and the extra day added in February every four years.
Songkran Queen is name Tungsatevee, wearing bangle and pomegranate flower, red dress, preferred wild fruit, the right hand holding Chakra and the left hand is holding a shell, sitting on the back of garuda.
The Great Songkran Day this year is falling on Sunday 13 April 2008 at 18.24hours. Changed from before B.E. 1370 on 14 April 2008 at 22.53.24 hours.
In this year, Wednesday is the “Thongchai or Lucky Day”, Tuesday is “Athibordi Day”, Tuesday is “Ubat or Bad Luck Day”, Thursday is “Lokawinat or Destructive Day”. Songkran in this year is falling on Sunday, it shall inspire raining 400 ha (the word to call the shower of the rain) as divided as 40 ha in human world; 80 ha in the oceans; 120 ha in Himmabhan Forest; 160 ha in Chakkrawan Mountain. There were 4 Naga spraying water, the prediction about food is called “Wibat” the rice paddy in the farm shall be half part productive and half part destroyed and there shall have little water.
From the above announcement of Songkran if we compare with ancient prediction, it is noticeable that Songkran in this year is falling on Sunday, it is said that there shall have little grain, several sickness, and, as the first day of Aries is falling on Tuesday, it is the prediction that all civil shall be happy and over come the enemies. In Lanna concept it is predicted that there shall expensive goods, several sickness, the plant shall be seriously destroy by insects, all are more worse than good things. For Songkran Queen name Tungsatevee is sound not only terrible, she has also garuda as vehicle, and discus in the right, shell in the left hand. Garuda is the vehicle of Narayana, and discus and shell is his weapon also. Thus Songkran Queen, Tungsatevee is representatives of Narayana as to get rid of troublesome of the world.
Link: http://www.songkran.net/en/announce.php