Hora – Thai Names & Prayers

Hora brings together what Thai families look for most: Thai baby names and nicknames, Buddhist holy days on your home screen, chants with recorded chanting and a tap counter, and a passport for visiting well-known temples. All content is in Thai. Choose a name • Enter the birth day and see only names that suit it under the Thai naming tradition (no unlucky letters for that day) • Swipe through names one at a time, as many as you like, by first letter • Send your liked names to your partner and see the ones you both like • Every name has its reading, meaning and English spelling • Spell a given name with a surname in English letters by the Royal Institute's rules • Filter by first letter and syllables; find names that start with, end with or contain a word • Nicknames, and nicknames that go with a given name • Compare up to three names and share them as an image with family • Make a name announcement card with nickname, birth date and photo, and send it on LINE • Guides to registering a birth and changing a name or surname, citing the law Buddhist holy days (Wan Phra) • Home-screen widget: days to the next holy day, its lunar date, and a chant for the day • A calendar of upcoming holy days, small and full, with the lunar date • A reminder on the evening before each holy day (off until you turn it on) • Add holy days to your phone's calendar Chants • Common Thai Buddhist chants, such as Itipiso, Bahum, Chinabanchon and the chant of loving-kindness • Chant along with the monks of Wat Marp Jan, on with the screen off, on repeat, with a sleep timer • Large, easy-to-read text with the meaning on or off, and where each chant comes from • A tap counter: tap anywhere to count, toward 1, 3, 9 or 108 rounds • A knock for each round and a bell at your goal, with a light vibration (can be turned off) • Chanting stats, days in a row and the last 7 days, kept on your phone • A daily chant reminder at the time you choose Temples • Temple passport: routes by region, a stamp for each temple you visit, notes, and a page to share • Well-known temples and shrines in Thailand and abroad, with history, chants, address and map • Visit guides: the steps, offerings, opening hours and how to get there More • Daily and special-day greeting cards to send on LINE • Same content as hora.in.th, updated continually by our team • Works on iPhone and iPad Free to use, with ads.