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IMPORTANT DATES FROM THE TIBETAN CALENDAR
2008:
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec ||
2009:
Jan |
Feb
Year 2134:
Mo.11 |
Mo.12
Year 2135:
Mo.1 |
Mo.2 |
Mo.3 |
Mo.3 (Second) |
Mo.4 |
Mo.5 |
Mo.6 |
Mo.7 |
Mo.8 |
Mo.9 |
Mo.10 |
Mo.11 |
Mo.12
ABOUT THE CALENDAR
The information provided is taken from the Rigpa Tibetan Calendar, 2008-2009">. 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, the following days are listed in the Tibetan calendar:
- 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)
~ 2008 ~
(Year 2134)
January (Month 11)
1 (24)
* New Year's Day (Aus,Can,Ch,EU,Ind,J,NZ,US)
2 (25)
* Dakini Day
3 (26)
* Anniversary of the 1st Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
6 (28)
* Epiphany (Christian) (A, parts of D,E,Fin,Gr,It,S,Sk,US)
* Sojong
7 (29)
* Dharmapala Day
8 (30)
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* Night when the fates of those to die in the coming year are decided
* New Moon
(Month 12)
(9th day is missing this month)
9 (1)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
10 (2)
* Al-Hijira (Islamic New Year 1429) (Islamic) (Ind)
11 (3)
* Anniversary of the 1st Chetsang Rinpoche, Drikung Konchok Ratna
14 (6)
* Coming of Age Day (J)
16 (8)
* Medicine Buddha Day
17 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Pema Gyalpo
* Naga Puja Day
18 (11)
* Anniversary of Kangyur Rinpoche
19 (12)
* Ashura (Islamic)
20 (13)
* * Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
21 (14)
* Martin Luther King's Birthday (US)
* Nyi Nak
* Sojong
22 (15)
* Amitabha Buddha Day
* Full Moon
25 (18)
* Anniversary of Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjam
* Anniversary of 1st Chungtsang Rinpoche, Drikung Rigdzin Chokyi Drakpa
26 (19)
* Anniversary of Neten Chokling Pema Gyurme
* Australia Day (Aus)
* Republic Day (Ind)
28 (21)
* Australia Day Observed (Aus)
31 (24)
* Anniversary of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
February
1 (25)
* Dakini Day
2 (26)
* Groundhog Day (US)
5 (29)
* Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
* Gutor, averting the negativity of the old year
* Dharmapala Day
* Sojong
6 (30)
* Ash Wednesday, Lent begins (Christian)
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* Waitangi Day (NZ)
* House cleaning day according to Tibetan custom
* New Moon
Losar—Year of the Earth Rat, Tibetan Year 2135
(Month 1, Bumjur Dawa)
(15th day is omitted and the 18th day is doubled this month)
7 (1)
* Anniversary of the 6th Dzogchen Rinpoche, Jikdral Changchub Dorje
* Losar, Tibetan New Year (Bt)
* Chinese New Year
* Annular Solar Eclipse (actions multiplied by 10,000)
8 (2)
* Preseren Day (Slo)
10 (4)
* St. Paul's Shipwreck (M)
11 (5)
* Anniversary of the 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche, Pema Rigdzin
* Anniversary of Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab
* Punakha Dromche (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Vasant Panchami (Hindu) (Ind)
* National Foundation Day (Jp)
12 (6)
* Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (US)
* Punakha Dromche (Buddhist) (Bt)
13 (7)
* Punakha Dromche (Buddhist) (Bt)
14 (8)
* Valentine's Day (US)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
* Punakha Dromche (Buddhist) (Bt)
16 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Shantarakshita
* Anniversary of Terton Sogyal, Lerab Lingpa
* Birthday of the 12th Gyalwang Drukchen
* Punakha Dromche (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Independence Day (Lt)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
18 (12)
* President's Day (US)
19 (13)
* Anniversary of the 1st Dodrupchen, Jikme Trinle Ozer
* National Democracy Day (Np)
20 (14)
* Anniversary of Jetsun Milarepa
21 (16)
* Chotrul Duchen, last of 15 days of miracles
* Anniversary of the birth of Garab Dorje
* Anniversary of Marpa Lotsawa
* Magha Puja (Theravada) Sangha Day (Buddhist)
* Chorten Kora (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Magha Puja (Buddhist) (Thai)
* Amitabha Buddha day
* Sojong
* Total lunar eclipse, actions multiplied by 1,000
24 (18)
* Independence Day (Est)
27 (21)
* Anniversary of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
* Nyi Nak
28 (22)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
29 (23)
* Leap Year Day
March
1 (24)
* Naga Puja Day
2 (25)
* Anniversary of Khenchen Pema Tsewang
* Dakini Day
* Mothers' Day (UK)
3 (26)
* National Day (Bg)
* Labour Day (Aus,WA only)
6 (29)
* Maha Shivarati(Hindu) (Ind, Np)
* Dharmapala Day
* Sojong
7 (30)
* Chorten Kora (Theravada) (Bt)
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* New Moon
(Month 2)
(8th day is missing and 22nd day is doubled this month)
8 (1)
* International Women's Day - Women's Day (Np)
9 (2)
* Anniversary of Orgyen Terdak Lingpa
* North American Daylight Savings begins
10 (3)
* 49th Anniversary of the Lhasa Uprising
* Commonwealth Day (Can)
* Canberra Day (Aus: ACT)
* Great Lent Begins (Cy,Gr)
* Labour Day (Aus: ACT,SA,Vic)
11 (4)
* Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood (Lt)
12 (5)
* Anniversary of Jamyang Shepe Dorje Ngawang Tsondru
13 (6)
* Birthday of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Western Calendar)
14 (7)
* Gomkora Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
* Inauspicious Day to raise new prayer flags
15 (9)
* Gomkora Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* St Joseph's Day (Christian) (San Jose)
* Father's Day (parts of B,Ch,It,E,M,P)
* National Day (H)
16 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Shakya Senge and Guru Loden Chokse
* Gomkora Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Palm Sunday (Christian)
17 (11)
* St. Patrick's Day (Christian) (Irl, NIrl)
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
18 (12)
* Anniversary of Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
19 (13)
* Chhukha Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
20 (14)
* Chhukha Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Mawlid al-Nabi, Muhammad's birthday (Islamic) (Ind)
* Maundy Thursday (Christian)
* Vernal Equinox day (J)
* Vernal Equinox
21 (15)
* Anniversary of Gyalton Rinpoche
* Paro Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Chhukha Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Purim (Jewish)
* Good Friday (Christian) (Aus,Bg,Can,Ch,D,Dk,E,Est,Fin,UK,Lv,M,NL,P,Ro,S,Sk,Ind,Nor,NZ,US)
* Amitabha Buddha Day
* Naga Puja Day
* Full Moon
22 (16)
* Hola Mohalla (Sikh)
* Holi (Hindu) (Ind,Np)
* Holy Saturday (Christian)
23 (17)
* Easter Sunday (Christian)
24 (18)
* Easter Monday (Christian) (Aus,Can,Ch,EU(except E,Est,P,Scot),Nor,NZ)
25 (19)
* Anniversary of Chakdzo Tsewang Paljor
* Independence Day (Gr,Cy)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
26 (20)
* Anniversary of Do Khyentse
30 (23)
* European Summer Time begins
* Australian Daylight saving ends (ACT,NSW,SA,Vic,WA)
31 (24)
* Anniversary of the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
* Annunciation (Christian)
* Freedom Day (M)
April
1 (25)
* Dakini Day
* National Day (Cy)
2 (26)
* Anniversary of Jetsun Taranatha
4 (28)
* Anniversary of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Western calendar)
5 (29)
* Dharmapala Day
* Sojong
6 (30)
* Anniversary of Jamyang Loter Wangpo
* Hindu New Year (Hindu) (Ind)
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* Australian and New Zealand Daylight Savings ends (ACT,NSW,SA,Vic)
* New Moon
(Month 3)
(This year, the 3rd month is repeated--anniversaries are usually celebrated in the second repetition.)
(2nd day is missing this month)
7 (1)
* Kalachakra New Year
9 (4)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
13 (8)
* Vaisakhi, solar New Year (Sikh) (Ind)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
14 (9)
* Ramanavami (Hindu) (Ind)
* Navarbarsha - New Year's Day (Np)
15 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Chime Pemajungne, the Immortal Lotus Born
16 (11)
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
17 (12)
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
18 (13)
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Store Bededag - Day of Prayer (Dk)
19 (14)
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
20 (15)
* Ura Tshechu (Buddhist) (Bt)
* Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu) (Ind)
* Buddha Taught the Kalachakra
* Pesach, 1st Day of Passover (Jewish)
* Sojong
* Amitabha Buddha Day
* Full Moon
21 (16)
* Nyi Nak
* Inauspicious day to raise prayer flags
25 (20)
* Good Friday (Orthodox Christian) (Cy,Gr)
* Anzac Day (Aus,NZ)
* Liberation Day (It)
* Liberty Day (P)
* Naga Puja Day
27 (22)
* Pascha - Easter (Orthodox Christian) (Cy,Gr)
* Day of uprising against occupation (Slo)
* Naga Puja Day
29 (24)
* Showa Day (Jp)
30 (25)
* Queen's Birthday (NL)
* Dakini Day
May
1 (26)
* Ascension (Christian) (A,B,Ch,D,Dk,F,Fin,Lux,NL,Po,S)
* May Day - Labour Day (EU (except Dk,UK,Irl,NL,Ro), Ch, Ind)
3 (28)
* Constitution Day (Po)
* Constitution Memorial Day (Jp)
4 (29)
* Greenery Day (Jp)
* Independence Day (Lv)
* Dharmapala Day
* Sojong
5 (30)
* Childrens' Day (Jp)
* Liberation Day (NL)
* Early May bank holiday (Irl, UK)
* Shakyamuni Buddha Day
* New Moon
(Month 3, Second Repetition)
(16th day is doubled, 6th and 29th day are missing this month)
8 (3)
* Victory Day 1945 (F, Cz)
* Liberation Day (Sk)
9 (4)
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
11 (7)
* Mother's Day (Can, US)
* Pentecost - Whitsunday (Christian)
12 (8)
* Anniversary of Kalu Rinpoche
* Buddha Jayanti (Buddhist) (Np)
* Whit Monday (Christian) (A,B,Ch,Cy,D,Dk,F,Gk,H,Irl,Lux,NL,Nor)
* Medicine Buddha and Tara Day
14 (10)
* Guru Rinpoche Day, Guru Chime Pemajungne, the Immortal Lotus Born
17 (13)
* Constitution Day (Nor)
18 (14)
* Trinity Sunday (Christian)
19 (15)
* Visakha Puja (Vesak) (Theravada, Buddhist)
* Vesak (Buddhist) (Thai, Sri Lanka)
* Buddha Purnima (Buddhist) (Ind,Np)
* Victoria Day (Can)
* Amitabha Buddha day
* Sojong
* Full Moon
20 (16)
* Nyi Nak
* Inauspicious day to raise new prayer flags
21 (16)
* Anniversary of Terton Mingyur Dorje
* Inauspicious day to raise prayer flags
22 (17)
* Corpus Christi (Christian) (A, pts of Ch&D,E,P,Po)
23 (18)
* Anniversary of Dezhung Rinpoche
* Anniversary of founding of Chagpori Tibetan Medical Institute (1696)
24 (19)
* Feasts of St. Cyril and St. Methodius - Day of Culture and Literacy (Bg)
25 (20)
* Naga Puja Day
26 (21)
* Memorial Day (US)
* Spring bank holiday (UK)
27 (22)
* Naga Puja Day
30 (25)
* Anniversary of the Great 5th Dalai Lama
* Dakini Day
June
2 (28)
* Anniversary of Jamgon Ngawang Legpa
* Republic Day (It)
* Queen's Birthday (NZ)
* June Bank Holiday (Irl)
* Coronation Anniversary (Bt)
* Dharmapala Day
* Sojong
3 (30)
* Anniversary of Terton Sangye Lingpa
* Shakyamuni Buddha day
* New Moon
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