All services / Buddhist merit & blessings
Spirit house (small shrine) installed
ตั้งศาลพระภูมิ
People set up a spirit house when they move into a new home or open a shop. A ceremony, usually led by a Brahman priest, invites the spirits to live in it.
Today's price ฿3,000
What you get
- Spirit house (small shrine) installed฿3,000For a new home or shop: we choose the spirit house (a small shrine) with you and book the maker and the person who leads the ceremony. We arrange the day.
How it goes
- We choose the spirit house with you.Hongdam and you · Before the day
- We book the spirit house maker and the officiant, the person who leads the ceremony.Hongdam · Before the day
- We arrange the day.Hongdam · Before the day
- The spirit house is placed and blessed. The house and the ceremony are paid at cost.The officiant · On the day
- We choose the spirit house with you.Hongdam and you · Before the day
- We book the spirit house maker and the officiant, the person who leads the ceremony.Hongdam · Before the day
- We arrange the day.Hongdam · Before the day
- The spirit house is placed and blessed. The house and the ceremony are paid at cost.The officiant · On the day
Useful facts
- A Shopee Thailand blog puts north-east first for a spirit house, then east, then south-east, and names west and south as forbidden. The house stands on the ground, not inside the home, and on the roof if there is no ground. It is away from a toilet, does not face the front door and does not sit under the eaves. shopee.co.th
- The same blog gives a time window for each weekday: Sunday 06:09–08:19, Monday 08:29–10:39, Tuesday 06:39–08:09, Wednesday 08:39–10:19, Thursday 10:49–11:39, Friday 06:19–08:09, Saturday 08:49–10:49. It bars some weekdays in some lunar months. It does not bar Sunday, which it calls a strong day. shopee.co.th
- Thaiger says a religious ceremony, usually led by a Brahman priest, invites the spirits to live in the house, after the house is positioned and decorated. It lists places that rule a spot out: the shadow of the building, the left side of a door, facing a toilet and facing a road. Ideally the house faces north or north-east. thethaiger.com
- Shopee's blog lists a standard offering of 25 items, among them a pig's head, a boiled chicken, a duck, a steamed fish, five kinds of sweets in pairs of plates, two pineapples, two hands of bananas, a bottle of liquor and a pair of bai si trays topped with an egg. It also lists a vegetarian set of 20 items. shopee.co.th
What others charge
| Spirit house set with two tables in front, from one seller's Yellow Pages listings | ฿10,900 (เสามังกร, dragon pillar) · ฿12,900 (เสาพญานาค, naga pillar) · ฿17,900 (medium) yellowpages.co.th |
|---|---|
| Set-up of a medium spirit house and a grandparents' shrine (ศาลตายาย), officiant included and travel not, a Fastwork listing | ฿15,999 fastwork.co |
| Moving a spirit house in Chiang Mai, ceremony and move, a classified listing posted about a year ago | ฿5,000 to start; the listing says it depends on the number of monks and the arrangement ennxo.com |
| Hongdam · Spirit house (small shrine) installed | ฿3,000 |
What people ask
Which way should a spirit house face?
A Shopee Thailand blog puts north-east first, then east, then south-east. It names west and south as forbidden. shopee.co.th
Which day and time suit a spirit house?
The blog gives a time window for each weekday, for example Sunday 06:09–08:19 and Saturday 08:49–10:49. It bars Thursday and Saturday in lunar months 1, 5 and 9, Wednesday and Friday in months 2, 6 and 10, Tuesday in months 3, 7 and 11, and Monday in months 4 and 8. shopee.co.th
How much does a spirit house cost?
On Yellow Pages one seller lists a dragon-pillar set with two front tables at ฿10,900, a naga-pillar set at ฿12,900 and a medium set at ฿17,900. These are listings for the shrine and its tables. yellowpages.co.th
How many incense sticks go to a spirit house?
Thairath's article of 9 September 2024 gives 9 incense sticks for a spirit house. For a grandparents' shrine (ศาลตายาย) it gives 5 sticks and 2 candles. thairath.co.th
Who performs the ceremony?
Shopee's blog says a Brahman priest is invited to inspect the site and set the shrine up. It says a Brahman priest also holds the rite when a spirit house is removed. shopee.co.th
Also from Hongdam
House or shop blessing
฿8,000
Nine monks invited, the Thai Buddhist ceremony arranged, a translator for you.
Auspicious (lucky) date
from ฿2,000
Two lucky dates for a wedding, a house move, a shop opening or a new car.
Su khwan ceremony (spirit blessing)
฿3,000
A mo khwan (the person who leads the rite) found and the ceremony arranged, with a translator.
Merit (Buddhist good deeds) made for you
from ฿300
At a wat (Thai Buddhist temple) in your name, with photos or video and the date.
House or land checked before you buy
฿8,000
Thai land office record, the asking price compared with the official value, a written report.
Lanna (northern Thai) wedding ceremony
฿25,000
Monks, a khwan rite (a spirit blessing), Lanna dress and the schedule.
Elsewhere
Small print
Prices here move with demand: when most of a month's places are taken, the price goes up a step; when few are, it comes down a step.
Sources read 2026-11-04.