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Calendar

The Tibetan lunar calendar as the monastery keeps it: the day of the month and its element, the sojong and tsog days, the great Dharma anniversaries and the eclipses.

August 2024

Today Tibetan months 6 previous·6 later
MO TU WE TH FR SA SU
1 27 sa-lung 2 28 sa-lung 3 29 sa-chu 4 ○ 30 me-lung Sojong
5 1leap month 6 later me-chu 6 2leap me-chu 7 3leap me-chu 8 4leap me-lung 9 5leap sa-lung 10 6leap sa-lung 11 7leap me-lung
12 ◐ 8leap chu-lung 13 9leap me-me 14 10leap sa-chu Tsog 15 11leap sa-lung 16 12leap sa-sa 17 13leap sa-chu 18 14leap me-chu
19 ● 15leap sa-chu Sojong 20 16leap me-chu 21 17leap sa-chu 22 18leap me-lung 23 19leap sa-chu 24 20leap sa-chu 25 21leap me-lung
26 22leap me-chu 27 24leap me-me skip 28 25leap sa-chu Tsog 29 26leap lung-lung 30 27leap sa-chu 31 28leap sa-lung
  • Tsog the 10th and the 25th — Guru Puja
  • Sojong confession day
  • Tibetan a Tibetan day
  • Holiday a civil holiday
  • ×2 a doubled or skipped lunar day
  • full moon
  • new moon
  • eighth day
  • eclipse
  • earth
  • water
  • fire
  • wind

Tibetan lunar days follow no rule a calendar can derive — a day is occasionally doubled, and occasionally skipped. These are the days as the monastery's own table records them, from 20 December 1999 to 27 February 2101.