Ordinary individual ordination (mostly monk ordination) In this kind of ordination, there are mini-scale boisterous celebrations. The period for arranging the ceremony is before the Rains-Retreat Entry Day* or Khao Phansa. The relatives of the monks-to-be will be informed about the ordination and will participate in the ceremony. Those who enter the monkhood at this time will usually stay as monks for a phansa or a three-month period.
*Rain-Retreat Entry is a very old tradition for Buddhist monks to stay in their respective monasteries during the three-month rainy season (from the day after the full moon of the 8th lunar month to the full-moon day of the 11th lunar month, which roughly corresponds to August to October).