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IMPORTANT DATES FROM THE TIBETAN CALENDAR Snow Lion Publications Home Page
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ABOUT THE CALENDAR
The information provided is taken from the Rigpa Tibetan Calendar, 2010-2011. This calendar is published through the efforts of Sogyal Rinpoche and the Rigpa Shedra Centers. Purchase of the calendar supports the important Tibetan cultural tradition of calendar computation and astrological forecasting, which continues to be used in Tibetan communities around the world.
To better understand this calendar, note the following:
- In this timeline the western days of the month are listed first, then the Tibetan days (in
parentheses).
- In the Tibetan calendar some days are doubled or omitted. Special days which fall
on double days are usually celebrated on the second day, but may be celebrated on the first day
if it is more convenient for the practitioner. Special days which fall on missing days are usually
celebrated on the preceding day.
In addition to special days, a number of other days are listed in the Tibetan calendar, such as:
- Dakini Day—celebration and tsok feast
- Guru Rinpoche Day—celebration and tsok feast
- Full Moon
- New Moon
- Drubjor (Attainment of Success)
- Inauspicious days to raise new prayer flags (generally Monday is not a good day and Friday is very good)
~ 2010 ~
January, 2010
1 (16)
* New Year's Day (Aus, Can, Ch, EU, Ind,J, NZ,US)
* Inauspicious day to hang new prayer flags
2 (17)
* New Year's Holiday (Ch, Scot, Slo)
3 (18)
* Parinirvana and Anniversary of Dudjom Rinpoche
* Anniversary of the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyu Nyima
4 (19)
* Anniversary of Taklung Thangpa
5 (20)
* Birth of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh) (Ind)
6 (21)
* Epiphany (Christian) (A,Cy,parts of D,E,Fin,Gr,It,S,Sk)
7 (22)
* Anniversary of Drogon Chogyal Pakpa
9 (25)
* Dakini Day
10 (26)
* Anniversary of the First Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
* National Unity Day (Np)
11 (27)
* Coming of Age Day (J)
12 (28)
* Holocaust Memorial Day (UN)
* Inauspicious day to hang new prayer flags
14 (29)
* Dharmapala Day
* Sojong
15 (30)
* Annular Solar Eclipse (actions multiplied by 10,000)
* Night when the fates of those to die in the coming year are decided
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* New Moon
(Month 12)
(17th day is missing this month)
16 (1)
* Inauspicious day to hang new prayer flags
18 (3)
* Anniversary of the First Chetsang Rinpoche, Drikung Konchok Ratna
* Martin Luther King's Birthday (US)
20 (5)
* Vasant Panchami (Hindu) (Ind, Np)
23 (8)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
25 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Pema Gyalpo
26 (11)
* Anniversary of Kangyur Rinpoche
* Australia Day (Aus)
* Republic Day (Ind)
28 (13)
* Inauspicious day to hang new prayer flags
29 (14)
* Sojong
* Nyi Nak
30 (15)
* Amitabha Buddha Day
* Full Moon
February, 2010
1 (18)
* Anniversary of Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjam
* Anniversary of the First Chungtsang Rinpoche, Drikung Rigdzin Chokyi Drakpa
2 (19)
* Anniversary of Neten Chokling Pema Gyurme
* Groundhog Day (US)
4 (21)
* National Day (Sri Lanka)
6 (23)
* Waitangi Day (NZ)
7 (24)
* Anniversary of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
8 (25)
* Dakini Day
* Preseren Day (Slo)
* Inauspicious day to hang new prayer flags
10 (27)
* St. Paul's Shipwreck (M)
11 (28)
* National Foundation Day (Jp)
12 (29)
* Gutor, averting the negativity of the old year
* Maha Shivararatri (Hindu) (Ind, Np)
* Dharmapala Day
* Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (US)
13 (30)
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* House cleaning day, according to Tibetan custom
* Sojong
* New Moon
~ Losar—Year of the Iron Tiger, Tibetan Year 2137 ~
(Month 1, Bumjur Dawa, 2137)
(2nd day is doubled and 11th day is missing this month)
14 (1)
* Losar--Tibetan New Year 2137, Year of the Iron Tiger
* Anniversary of the sixth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Jikdral Changchub Dorje
* Valentine's Day
15 (2)
* Carnival Day (Lux)
* Washington's Birthday (US)
16 (2)
* Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
* Carnival (Pr)
* Independence Day (Lt)
17 (3)
* Anniversary of 11th Minling Trichen, Gyurme Kunzang Wangyal
* Ash Wednesday, Lent begins (Christian)
18 (4)
* Punakha Dromcho (Buddhist) (Bt)
19 (5)
* Anniversary of the 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche, Pema Rigdzin
* Anniversary of Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab
* Anniversary of Khenpo Shenga
* National Democracy Day (Np)
* Punakha Dromcho (Buddhist) (Bt)
20 (6)
* Punakha Dromcho (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Traditional day of Offering (Bt)
21 (7)
* Anniversary of the birth of 5th Druk Gyalpo (Bt)
* Punakha Dromcho (Buddhist) (Bt)
22 (8)
* Punakha Dromcho (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
23 (9)
* Punakha Tsechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
24 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Shantarakshita
* Anniversary of Terton Sogyal, Lerab Lingpa
* Birthday of the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa
* Punakha Tsechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Independence Day (Est)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
25 (12)
* Punakha Tsechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
26 (13)
* Anniversary of the 1st Dodrupchen, Jikme Trinle Ozer
* Mawlid al-Nabi (Islamic) (Muhammad's Birthday-Sunni)
27 (14)
* Anniversary of Jetsun Milarepa
28 (15)
* Chotrul Duchen, The Display of Miracles, one of the 4 Great Festivals
* Anniversary of the birth of Garab Dorje
* Anniversary of Marpa Lotsawa
* Magha Puja (Buddhist) (Theravada)
* Purim (Jewish)
* Chorten Kora (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Amitabha Buddha Day
* Sojong
* Full Moon
March 2010
1 (16)
* Holi (Hindu)
* Hola Mohalla (Sikh) (Ind, Np)
3 (18)
* Mawlid al-Nabi (Islamic) (Muhammad's Birthday-Shia)
* National Day (Bg)
6 (21)
* Anniversary of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
* Nyi nak
7 (22)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
8 (23)
* International Women's Day, Women's Day (Np)
10 (25)
* Anniversary of Khenchen Pema Tsewang
* 51st Anniversary of the Lhasa Uprising
* Dakini Day
11 (26)
* Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood (Lt)
13 (28)
* Birthday of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Western Calendar)
14 (29)
* Nanakshahi (Sikh New Year) (Ind)
* Mothering Sunday (UK)
* North American daylight saving begins
* Sojong
15 (30)
* Amitabha Buddha Day
* National Day (H)
* Chorten Kora (Buddhist) (Bt)
* New Moon
(Month 2)
(16th day is missing and 25th day is doubled this month)
16 (1)
* Anniversary of Penor Rinpoche
* Bikram Samvat--Hindu New Year (Hindu) (Ind)
17 (2)
* Anniversary of Orgyen Terdak Lingpa
* St. Patrick's Day (Christian) (Irl, NIrl)
19 (4)
* Father's Day, St Joseph's Day (San Jose) (Christian) (parts of B,E,It,M,Pr)
20 (5)
* Anniversary of Jamyang Shyepe Dorje, Ngawang Tsondru
* Vernal Equinox
21 (6)
* Vernal Equinox in the Tibetan calendar
22 (7)
* Spring Equinox day (Jp)
* Inauspicious day to hang new prayer flags
23 (8)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
* Gomkora Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Naga Puja Day
* Nyi nak
24 (9)
* Gomkora Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Ramanavami (Hindu) (Ind)
25 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Shakya Senge and Guru Loden Chokse
* Gomkora Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Annunciation (Christian)
* Independence Day (Gr,Cy)
26 (11)
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
27 (12)
* Anniversary of Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
28 (13)
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Chhukha Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Mahavir Jayanti (Jain) (Ind)
* Palm Sunday (Christian)
* European Summer Time begins
29 (14)
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Chhukha Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Sojong
30 (15)
* Anniversary of Gyalton Rinpoche
* Passover Pesach (Jewish)
* Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu) (Ind)
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Chhukha Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* Naga Puja Day
* Full Moon
31 (17)
* Freedom Day (M)
April 2010
1 (18)
* Maunday Thursday (Christian)
* National Day (Cy)
2 (19)
* Anniversary of Chakdzo Tsewang Paljor
* Good Friday (Christian, Orthodox Christian)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
3 (20)
* Anniversary of Do Khyentse
* Holy Saturday, Easter Saturday (Christian)
4 (21)
* Anniversary of Chogyam Trungpa (Western calendar)
* Easter Sunday (Christian), Pascha (Orthodox Christian)
* Daylight Saving ends--Australia (except WA), New Zealand
5 (22)
* Easter Monday (Christian, Orthodox Christian) (Aus, Ch, EU [except E, Est, M, Pr, Sk] NZ)
7 (24)
* Anniversary of the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
8 (25)
* Dakini Day
10 (26)
* Anniversary of Jetsun Taranatha
11 (27)
* Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Rememberance Day (Jewish)
13 (29)
* Dharmapala
* Sojong
14 (30)
* Anniversary of Jamyang Loter Wangpo
* Birthday of Garchen Rinpoche
* Vaisakhi, solar new year (Sikh) (Ind)
* New Moon
(Month 3)
(10th day is missing this month)
15 (1)
* Kalachakra New Year
18 (4)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
19 (5)
*Anniversary of Kalu Rinpoche
22 (8)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
24 (11)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Chime Pemajungne, the Immortal Lotus Born
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Republic Day (Np)
25 (12)
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Anzac Day (Aus, NZ)
* Liberation Day (It)
* Liberty Day (Pr)
26 (13)
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Zhabdrung Kuchoe (Bt)
* Anzac Day holiday (Aus, NZ)
27 (14)
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Day of Uprising Against Occupation (Slo)
28 (15)
* Buddha taught Kalachakra
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Sojong
* Full Moon
29 (16)
* Anniversary of Terton Mingyur Dorje
* Showa Day (Jp)
* Nyi Nak
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
30 (17)
* Queen's Birthday (NL)
* Store Bededag-Day of Prayer (Dk)
May 2010
1 (18)
* Anniversary of Dezhung Rinpoche
* Anniversary of the founding of the Chagpori Tibetan Medical Institute
* May Day - Labour Day (EU [except Dk, UK, Irl, NL] Ch, Ind)
2 (19)
* Anniversary of the Birth of 3rd Druk Gyalpo (Bt)
* Mothers' Day (A E, H NL, P)
3 (20)
* Early May Bank Holiday (UK)
* Constitution Day (PI)
* Constitution Memorial Day (Jp)
* Naga Puja Day
4 (21)
* In-between Day Holiday (Jp)
* Independence Day (Lv)
5 (22)
* Children's Day (Jp)
* Liberation Day (NL)
* Naga Puja Day
6 (23)
* St George's Day (Bg)
8 (25)
* Anniversary of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama
* Dakini Day
* Victory Day 1945 (F,Cz,Sk)
9 (26)
* Europe Day
* Mothers' Day (Aus, B, Can, D, Dk, Fin, Gr, It, Jp, NZ, US)
11 (28)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
12 (29)
* Anniversary of Jamgon Ngawang Lekpa
* Dharmapala Day
* Sojong
13 (30)
* Anniversary of Terton Sangye Lingpa
* Ascension (Christian) (A, B, Ch, D, Dk,F, Fin, Lux, NL, S, US)
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* New Moon
(Month 4, Saga Dawa)
(14th day is missing, 19th day is doubled this month)
14 (1)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
18 (5)
* Naga Puja Day
19 (6)
* Shavuot (Jewish)
20 (7)
* The Birth of the Buddha
21 (8)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
23 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Pema Dorje Tsal
* Pentecost (Whitsunday) (Christian)
24 (11)
* Sts. Cyril & Methodius (Bg)
* Victoria Day (Can)
* Whit Monday (Christian) (A, B, Dk, F, D, Gr, H, Lux, NL, Ch)
26 (13)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
27 (15)
* Saga Dawa Duchen, one of the Four Great Festivals
* Anniversary of Buddha's Parinirvana
* Buddha Purnima (Buddhist) (Ind, Np)
* Amitabha Buddha Day
* Sojong
* Full Moon
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