Tibetan Calendar 1988

1988 spans the Tibetan Fire Rabbit and Earth Dragon years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 18. 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 18 ThuMonth 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year)
March 3 ThuMonth 1 · Day 15Chotrul Düchen
March 4 FriMonth 1 · Day 16Penumbral lunar eclipse
March 18 FriMonth 1 · Day 30Total solar eclipse
May 22 SunMonth 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
May 31 TueMonth 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
July 18 MonMonth 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
July 29 FriMonth 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha
August 27 SatMonth 7 · Day 15Partial lunar eclipse
September 11 SunMonth 7 · Day 30Annular solar eclipse
October 31 MonMonth 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
December 3 SatMonth 10 · Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Month by month

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

1988 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

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Holy days this month

Jan 3 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
Jan 6 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Jan 10 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
Jan 14 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
Jan 19 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
Jan 20 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 1
Jan 26 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
Jan 28 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 12 · Day 10

1988 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

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Holy days this month

Feb 2 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 15
Feb 5 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18
Feb 8 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21
Feb 13 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
Feb 17 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 30
Feb 18 Thu
Losar (Tibetan New Year)Month 1 · Day 1
Feb 25 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8
Feb 27 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10

1988 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

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Holy days this month

Mar 3 Thu
Chotrul DüchenMonth 1 · Day 15
Mar 4 Fri
Penumbral lunar eclipseMonth 1 · Day 16
Mar 6 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
Mar 9 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21
Mar 13 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
Mar 18 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Samadhi King Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day) · Total solar eclipseMonth 1 · Day 30
Mar 25 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 8
Mar 27 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10

1988 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

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Holy days this month

Apr 2 Sat
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15
Apr 5 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
Apr 8 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21
Apr 11 Mon
Dakini tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 2 · Day 24
Apr 16 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 30
Apr 17 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 1
Apr 24 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
Apr 26 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10

1988 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Month 4

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

Holy days this month

May 1 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15
May 4 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18
May 7 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 21
May 11 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 3 · Day 25
May 15 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30
May 16 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1
May 22 Sun
Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7
May 24 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8
May 26 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10
May 31 Tue
Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15

1988 June

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

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Holy days this month

Jun 3 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18
Jun 6 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 21
Jun 9 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 4 · Day 25
Jun 14 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 30
Jun 15 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1
Jun 22 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8
Jun 24 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 5 · Day 10
Jun 29 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 15

1988 July

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6

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

Holy days this month

Jul 2 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 5 · Day 18
Jul 5 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
Jul 8 Fri
Dakini tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 5 · Day 24
Jul 13 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 30
Jul 14 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
Jul 18 Mon
Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4
Jul 22 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
Jul 24 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10
Jul 29 Fri
Conception of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 6 · Day 15
Jul 31 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)

1988 August

Tibetan Month 6 · Month 7

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Holy days this month

Aug 3 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 21
Aug 7 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25
Aug 12 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 30
Aug 13 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 1
Aug 20 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8
Aug 22 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10
Aug 27 Sat
Amitabha Buddha practice day · Partial lunar eclipseMonth 7 · Day 15
Aug 30 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18

1988 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

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Holy days this month

Sep 1 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21 (day 20 skipped)
Sep 5 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
Sep 10 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
Sep 11 Sun
Annular solar eclipseMonth 7 · Day 30 (repeated day)
Sep 12 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1
Sep 19 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8
Sep 21 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10
Sep 25 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 15
Sep 28 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18

1988 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

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

Holy days this month

Oct 1 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21
Oct 5 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25
Oct 10 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 30
Oct 11 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 1
Oct 18 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
Oct 20 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 9 · Day 10
Oct 25 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15
Oct 27 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 9 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)
Oct 30 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
Oct 31 Mon
Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22

1988 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

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Holy days this month

Nov 4 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25
Nov 9 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
Nov 10 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1
Nov 17 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
Nov 18 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 10 · Day 9
Nov 23 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 15
Nov 26 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 10 · Day 18
Nov 29 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 21

1988 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

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Holy days this month

Dec 3 Sat
Ganden NgamchöMonth 10 · Day 25
Dec 9 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 30
Dec 10 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 1
Dec 16 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 8
Dec 18 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10
Dec 23 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
Dec 26 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Dec 29 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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