Tibetan Calendar 1996

1996 spans the Tibetan Wood Pig and Fire Mouse years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 19. 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 19 MonMonth 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year)
March 5 TueMonth 1 · Day 15Chotrul Düchen
April 4 ThuMonth 2 · Day 16Total lunar eclipse
April 18 ThuMonth 3 · Day 1Partial solar eclipse
May 24 FriMonth 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
June 1 SatMonth 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
July 19 FriMonth 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
July 30 TueMonth 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha
September 27 FriMonth 8 · Day 15Total lunar eclipse
October 12 SatMonth 8 · Day 30Partial solar eclipse
November 2 SatMonth 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
December 5 ThuMonth 10 · Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Month by month

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

1996 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

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Holy days this month

Jan 5 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
Jan 8 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Jan 11 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
Jan 15 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
Jan 20 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
Jan 21 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 1
Jan 27 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
Jan 30 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 12 · Day 10

1996 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

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Holy days this month

Feb 4 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 15
Feb 7 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18
Feb 10 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21
Feb 14 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
Feb 18 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 30 (day 29 skipped)
Feb 19 Mon
Losar (Tibetan New Year)Month 1 · Day 1
Feb 26 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8
Feb 28 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10

1996 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

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Holy days this month

Mar 5 Tue
Chotrul DüchenMonth 1 · Day 15
Mar 8 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
Mar 11 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21
Mar 14 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
Mar 19 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 30
Mar 20 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 1
Mar 27 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 8
Mar 29 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10

1996 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

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Holy days this month

Apr 3 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15
Apr 4 Thu
Total lunar eclipseMonth 2 · Day 16
Apr 6 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
Apr 9 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21
Apr 13 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 2 · Day 25
Apr 17 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 30
Apr 18 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 3 · Day 1
Apr 26 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
Apr 28 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10

1996 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Month 4

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Holy days this month

May 3 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15
May 6 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18
May 8 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 3 · Day 20
May 12 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 3 · Day 25
May 17 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30
May 18 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1
May 24 Fri
Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7
May 25 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8
May 27 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10

1996 June

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

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Holy days this month

Jun 1 Sat
Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15
Jun 4 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18
Jun 7 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 21
Jun 10 Mon
Dakini tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 4 · Day 24
Jun 15 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 30
Jun 16 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1
Jun 24 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8
Jun 26 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 5 · Day 10

1996 July

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6

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

Holy days this month

Jul 1 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 15
Jul 3 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 5 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)
Jul 6 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
Jul 10 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 5 · Day 25
Jul 15 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 30
Jul 16 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
Jul 19 Fri
Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4
Jul 23 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
Jul 25 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10
Jul 30 Tue
Conception of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 6 · Day 15

1996 August

Tibetan Month 6 · Month 7

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Holy days this month

Aug 2 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18
Aug 4 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 21 (day 20 skipped)
Aug 8 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25
Aug 14 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 30
Aug 15 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 1
Aug 22 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8
Aug 24 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10
Aug 28 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 15
Aug 31 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18

1996 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

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Holy days this month

Sep 3 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21
Sep 7 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
Sep 12 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
Sep 13 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1
Sep 20 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8
Sep 22 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10
Sep 27 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice day · Total lunar eclipseMonth 8 · Day 15
Sep 29 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18

1996 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

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Holy days this month

Oct 2 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21
Oct 7 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25
Oct 12 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 8 · Day 30
Oct 13 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 1
Oct 20 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
Oct 21 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 9 · Day 10 (day 9 skipped)
Oct 26 Sat
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15
Oct 29 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 9 · Day 18

1996 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

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Holy days this month

Nov 1 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
Nov 2 Sat
Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22
Nov 5 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25
Nov 11 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
Nov 12 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1
Nov 18 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
Nov 20 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 10 · Day 10
Nov 24 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 10 · Day 14
Nov 28 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 10 · Day 18

1996 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

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Holy days this month

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

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

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

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

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

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 8Samadhi 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 17−
29Day 18Chenrezig practice day	30Day 19

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

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

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