Tibetan Calendar 1979

1979 spans the Tibetan Earth Horse and Earth Sheep years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 27. 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

February 27 TueMonth 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Total solar eclipse
March 13 TueMonth 1 · Day 15Chotrul Düchen
March 14 WedMonth 1 · Day 16Partial lunar eclipse
June 2 SatMonth 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
June 10 SunMonth 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
July 28 SatMonth 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
August 8 WedMonth 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha
August 23 ThuMonth 7 · Day 1Annular solar eclipse
September 6 ThuMonth 7 · Day 15Total lunar eclipse
November 11 SunMonth 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
December 13 ThuMonth 10 · Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Month by month

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

1979 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Jan 5 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 11 · Day 7
Jan 7 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10
Jan 13 Sat
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
Jan 16 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Jan 19 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
Jan 23 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
Jan 28 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
Jan 29 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 1

1979 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Feb 4 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
Feb 6 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 12 · Day 10
Feb 11 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 15
Feb 15 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18
Feb 18 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21
Feb 22 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
Feb 26 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 30
Feb 27 Tue
Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Total solar eclipseMonth 1 · Day 1

1979 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Mar 6 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8
Mar 8 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10
Mar 13 Tue
Chotrul DüchenMonth 1 · Day 15
Mar 14 Wed
Partial lunar eclipseMonth 1 · Day 16
Mar 16 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
Mar 19 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21
Mar 23 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
Mar 28 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Samadhi King Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 1 · Day 30

1979 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Apr 4 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 8
Apr 6 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10
Apr 12 Thu
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15
Apr 15 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
Apr 18 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21
Apr 21 Sat
Dakini tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 2 · Day 24
Apr 26 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 30
Apr 27 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 1

1979 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Month 4

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

May 4 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
May 6 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10
May 11 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15
May 14 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)
May 17 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 21
May 21 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 3 · Day 25
May 25 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30 (day 29 skipped)
May 26 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1

1979 June

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Jun 2 Sat
Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7
Jun 3 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8
Jun 5 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10
Jun 10 Sun
Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15
Jun 13 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18
Jun 15 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 4 · Day 20
Jun 19 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 4 · Day 25
Jun 24 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 30
Jun 25 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1

1979 July

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Jul 2 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8
Jul 4 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 5 · Day 10
Jul 9 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 15
Jul 12 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 5 · Day 18
Jul 15 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
Jul 18 Wed
Dakini tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 5 · Day 24
Jul 23 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 30
Jul 25 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
Jul 28 Sat
Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4

1979 August

Tibetan Month 6 · Month 7

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Aug 1 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
Aug 3 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10
Aug 8 Wed
Conception of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 6 · Day 15
Aug 10 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)
Aug 13 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 21
Aug 17 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25
Aug 22 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 30
Aug 23 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice day · Annular solar eclipseMonth 7 · Day 1
Aug 30 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8

1979 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Sep 1 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10
Sep 6 Thu
Amitabha Buddha practice day · Total lunar eclipseMonth 7 · Day 15
Sep 9 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18
Sep 11 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21 (day 20 skipped)
Sep 15 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
Sep 21 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
Sep 22 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1
Sep 29 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8

1979 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Oct 1 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10
Oct 5 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 15
Oct 8 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18
Oct 11 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21
Oct 15 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25
Oct 20 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 30
Oct 21 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 1
Oct 28 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
Oct 30 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 9 · Day 10

1979 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Nov 4 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15
Nov 6 Tue
Chenrezig practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 9 · Day 17
Nov 9 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
Nov 11 Sun
Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22
Nov 14 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25
Nov 19 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
Nov 20 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1
Nov 27 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
Nov 28 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 10 · Day 9

1979 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

Open in calendar

Holy days this month

Dec 3 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 15
Dec 6 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 10 · Day 18
Dec 9 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 21
Dec 13 Thu
Ganden NgamchöMonth 10 · Day 25
Dec 19 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 30
Dec 20 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 1
Dec 26 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 8
Dec 28 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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