Tibetan Calendar 1953

1953 spans the Tibetan Water Dragon and Water Snake years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 14. Each month below has a Gregorian–Tibetan calendar with its holy days and eclipses listed alongside; hair-cutting days, prayer-flag days, repeated days and skipped days are marked in the calendar cells.

Major observances and eclipses

January 30 FriMonth 12 · Day 16Total lunar eclipse
February 14 SatMonth 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Partial solar eclipse
February 28 SatMonth 1 · Day 15Chotrul Düchen
May 20 WedMonth 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
May 28 ThuMonth 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
July 11 SatMonth 5 · Day 30Partial solar eclipse
July 15 WedMonth 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
July 26 SunMonth 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha · Total lunar eclipse
August 9 SunMonth 6 · Day 30Partial solar eclipse
October 29 ThuMonth 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
November 30 MonMonth 10 · Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Month by month

ObservancesMultiplier daysEclipsesHair-cutting dayNo prayer flags+repeated day−previous day skipped

1953 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

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Holy days this month

Jan 3 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Jan 6 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
Jan 10 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
Jan 15 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
Jan 16 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 1
Jan 22 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
Jan 24 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 12 · Day 10
Jan 29 Thu
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 15
Jan 30 Fri
Total lunar eclipseMonth 12 · Day 16

1953 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

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Holy days this month

Feb 1 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18
Feb 5 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21
Feb 9 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
Feb 13 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 12 · Day 29
Feb 14 Sat
Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Partial solar eclipseMonth 1 · Day 1
Feb 21 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8
Feb 23 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10
Feb 28 Sat
Chotrul DüchenMonth 1 · Day 15

1953 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

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Holy days this month

Mar 3 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
Mar 6 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21
Mar 10 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
Mar 15 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 30
Mar 16 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 1
Mar 22 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 8
Mar 24 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10
Mar 30 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15

1953 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

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Holy days this month

Apr 2 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
Apr 5 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21
Apr 9 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 2 · Day 25
Apr 13 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 30
Apr 14 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 1
Apr 21 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
Apr 23 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10
Apr 28 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15

1953 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Month 4

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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1Day 17	2Day 18Chenrezig practice day
3Day 19	4Day 20	5Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	6Day 23−	7Day 24	8Day 25Dakini tsog	9Day 26
10Day 27	11Day 28	12Day 29	13Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	14Month 4Samadhi King Buddha practice day	15Day 2	16Day 3
17Day 4	18Day 5	19Day 6	20Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha	21Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	22Day 9	23Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog
24Day 11	25Day 12	26Day 13	27Day 14	28Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen	29Day 16	30Day 17
31Day 18Chenrezig practice day

Holy days this month

May 2 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18
May 5 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 21
May 8 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 3 · Day 25
May 13 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30
May 14 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1
May 20 Wed
Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7
May 21 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8
May 23 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10
May 28 Thu
Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15
May 31 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18

1953 June

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

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Holy days this month

Jun 3 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 21
Jun 6 Sat
Dakini tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 4 · Day 24
Jun 11 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 30
Jun 12 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1
Jun 19 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8
Jun 21 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 5 · Day 10
Jun 27 Sat
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 15
Jun 29 Mon
Chenrezig practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 5 · Day 17

1953 July

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6

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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1Day 20	2Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	3Day 22	4Day 23
5Day 24	6Day 25Dakini tsog	7Day 26	8Day 27	9Day 28	10Day 29	11Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day
12Month 6Samadhi King Buddha practice day	13Day 2	14Day 3	15Day 4Chökhor Düchen	16Day 5	17Day 6	18Day 7
19Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	20Day 9	21Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	22Day 11	23Day 12	24Day 13	25Day 14
26Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha	27Day 16	28Day 17	29Day 18Chenrezig practice day	30Day 19	31Day 20Kshitigarbha practice day

Holy days this month

Jul 2 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
Jul 6 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 5 · Day 25
Jul 11 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 5 · Day 30
Jul 12 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
Jul 15 Wed
Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4
Jul 19 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
Jul 21 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10
Jul 26 Sun
Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha · Total lunar eclipseMonth 6 · Day 15
Jul 29 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18
Jul 31 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 6 · Day 20

1953 August

Tibetan Month 6 · Month 7

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Holy days this month

Aug 4 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25
Aug 9 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 6 · Day 30
Aug 10 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 1
Aug 18 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8
Aug 20 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10
Aug 24 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 15
Aug 27 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18
Aug 30 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21

1953 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

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Holy days this month

Sep 3 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
Sep 8 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
Sep 9 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1
Sep 16 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8
Sep 18 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10
Sep 23 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 15
Sep 25 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)
Sep 28 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21

1953 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

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Holy days this month

Oct 2 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25
Oct 7 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 30
Oct 8 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 1
Oct 16 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
Oct 17 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 9 · Day 9
Oct 22 Thu
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15
Oct 25 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 9 · Day 18
Oct 28 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
Oct 29 Thu
Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22

1953 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

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Holy days this month

Nov 1 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25
Nov 6 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
Nov 7 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1
Nov 14 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
Nov 16 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 10 · Day 10
Nov 20 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 15 (day 14 skipped)
Nov 23 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 10 · Day 18
Nov 26 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 21
Nov 30 Mon
Ganden NgamchöMonth 10 · Day 25

1953 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

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Holy days this month

Dec 6 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 30
Dec 7 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 1
Dec 13 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 11 · Day 7
Dec 15 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10
Dec 20 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
Dec 23 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Dec 26 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
Dec 30 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25

Source and method

Dates follow the published Tibetan, Gregorian and Chinese Lunar Calendar Comparison (1951–2050). Dates can differ across monasteries, traditions and published calendars. Observances follow the actual Tibetan month and day: annual observances never fall in a leap month, a repeated day carries its observance on the first occurrence, and an observance on a skipped day moves one day earlier. Hair-cutting and prayer-flag days follow the Tibetan date and are not moved for skipped days. Eclipses are filed by Beijing date.

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1Day 16	2Day 17	3Day 18Chenrezig practice day
4Day 19	5Day 20	6Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	7Day 22	8Day 23	9Day 24	10Day 25Dakini tsog
11Day 26	12Day 27	13Day 28	14Day 29	15Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	16Month 12Samadhi King Buddha practice day	17Day 2
18Day 3	19Day 4	20Day 5	21Day 7−	22Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	23Day 9	24Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog
25Day 11	26Day 12	27Day 13	28Day 14	29Day 15Amitabha Buddha practice day	30Day 16Total lunar eclipse	31Day 17

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1Day 16	2Day 17	3Day 18Chenrezig practice day	4Day 19	5Day 20	6Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	7Day 22
8Day 23	9Day 24	10Day 25Dakini tsog	11Day 26	12Day 27	13Day 28	14Day 29
15Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	16Month 2Samadhi King Buddha practice day	17Day 2	18Day 3	19Day 4	20Day 6−	21Day 7
22Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	23Day 9	24Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	25Day 11	26Day 11+	27Day 12	28Day 13
29Day 14	30Day 15Amitabha Buddha practice day	31Day 16

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1Day 22−
2Day 23	3Day 24	4Day 25Dakini tsog	5Day 26	6Day 27	7Day 28	8Day 29
9Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	10Month 7Samadhi King Buddha practice day	11Day 2	12Day 3	13Day 4	14Day 5	15Day 6
16Day 7	17Day 7+	18Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	19Day 9	20Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	21Day 11	22Day 12
23Day 14−	24Day 15Amitabha Buddha practice day	25Day 16	26Day 17	27Day 18Chenrezig practice day	28Day 19	29Day 20
30Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	31Day 22

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1Day 23	2Day 24	3Day 25Dakini tsog	4Day 26	5Day 27
6Day 28	7Day 29	8Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	9Month 8Samadhi King Buddha practice day	10Day 2	11Day 3	12Day 4
13Day 5	14Day 6	15Day 7	16Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	17Day 9	18Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	19Day 11
20Day 12	21Day 13	22Day 14	23Day 15Amitabha Buddha practice day	24Day 16	25Day 18−Chenrezig practice day	26Day 19
27Day 20	28Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	29Day 22	30Day 23

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1Day 24	2Day 25Dakini tsog	3Day 26
4Day 27	5Day 28	6Day 29	7Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	8Month 9Samadhi King Buddha practice day	9Day 2	10Day 3
11Day 3+	12Day 4	13Day 5	14Day 6	15Day 7	16Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	17Day 9Guru Rinpoche tsog
18Day 11−	19Day 12	20Day 13	21Day 14	22Day 15Amitabha Buddha practice day	23Day 16	24Day 17
25Day 18Chenrezig practice day	26Day 19	27Day 20	28Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	29Day 22Lhabab Düchen	30Day 23	31Day 24

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1Day 18Chenrezig practice day	2Day 19	3Day 19+	4Day 20	5Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	6Day 22	7Day 23
8Day 24	9Day 25Dakini tsog	10Day 26	11Day 27	12Day 28	13Day 29Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	14Month 1Losar (Tibetan New Year)
15Day 2	16Day 3	17Day 4	18Day 5	19Day 6	20Day 7	21Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day
22Day 9	23Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	24Day 11	25Day 12	26Day 13	27Day 14	28Day 15Chotrul Düchen

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1Day 19	2Day 20	3Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	4Day 22	5Day 23	6Day 24Dakini tsog
7Day 26−	8Day 27	9Day 28	10Day 29	11Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	12Month 5Samadhi King Buddha practice day	13Day 2
14Day 3	15Day 4	16Day 5	17Day 6	18Day 7	19Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	20Day 9
21Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	22Day 10+	23Day 11	24Day 12	25Day 13	26Day 14	27Day 15Amitabha Buddha practice day
28Day 16	29Day 17Chenrezig practice day	30Day 19−

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1Day 25Dakini tsog	2Day 26	3Day 27	4Day 28	5Day 29	6Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	7Month 10Samadhi King Buddha practice day
8Day 2	9Day 3	10Day 4	11Day 5	12Day 6	13Day 7	14Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day
15Day 9	16Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	17Day 11	18Day 12	19Day 13	20Day 15−Amitabha Buddha practice day	21Day 16
22Day 17	23Day 18Chenrezig practice day	24Day 19	25Day 20	26Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	27Day 22	28Day 23
29Day 24	30Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1Day 26	2Day 26+	3Day 27	4Day 28	5Day 29
6Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	7Month 11Samadhi King Buddha practice day	8Day 2	9Day 3	10Day 4	11Day 5	12Day 6
13Day 7Medicine Buddha practice day	14Day 9−	15Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	16Day 11	17Day 12	18Day 13	19Day 14
20Day 15Amitabha Buddha practice day	21Day 16	22Day 17	23Day 18Chenrezig practice day	24Day 19	25Day 20	26Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day
27Day 22	28Day 23	29Day 24	30Day 25Dakini tsog	31Day 26