Tibetan Calendar 1999

1999 spans the Tibetan Earth Tiger and Earth Rabbit years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 17. 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 1 MonMonth 12 · Day 16Penumbral lunar eclipse
February 16 TueMonth 12 · Day 30Annular solar eclipse
February 17 WedMonth 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year)
March 2 TueMonth 1 · Day 15Chotrul Düchen
May 21 FriMonth 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
May 30 SunMonth 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
July 16 FriMonth 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
July 28 WedMonth 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha · Partial lunar eclipse
August 11 WedMonth 6 · Day 30Total solar eclipse
October 31 SunMonth 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
December 2 ThuMonth 10 · Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Month by month

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

1999 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

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Holy days this month

Jan 1 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 11 · Day 14
Jan 4 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Jan 7 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
Jan 12 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
Jan 17 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
Jan 18 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 1
Jan 25 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
Jan 26 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 12 · Day 10 (day 9 skipped)
Jan 31 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 15

1999 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

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Holy days this month

Feb 1 Mon
Penumbral lunar eclipseMonth 12 · Day 16
Feb 3 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18
Feb 6 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21
Feb 10 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
Feb 16 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Annular solar eclipseMonth 12 · Day 30
Feb 17 Wed
Losar (Tibetan New Year)Month 1 · Day 1
Feb 23 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8
Feb 25 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10

1999 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

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Holy days this month

Mar 2 Tue
Chotrul DüchenMonth 1 · Day 15
Mar 5 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
Mar 8 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21
Mar 12 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
Mar 17 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 30
Mar 18 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 1
Mar 24 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 2 · Day 7
Mar 26 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10
Mar 31 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15

1999 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

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Holy days this month

Apr 3 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
Apr 7 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21
Apr 11 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 2 · Day 25
Apr 16 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 30
Apr 17 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 1
Apr 23 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
Apr 25 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10
Apr 30 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15

1999 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Month 4

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Holy days this month

May 3 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18
May 6 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 21
May 10 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 3 · Day 25
May 15 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30
May 16 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1
May 21 Fri
Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7 (day 6 skipped)
May 22 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8
May 24 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10
May 30 Sun
Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15

1999 June

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

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Holy days this month

Jun 2 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18
Jun 5 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 21
Jun 9 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 4 · Day 25
Jun 13 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 30 (day 29 skipped)
Jun 14 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1
Jun 21 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8
Jun 23 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 5 · Day 10
Jun 28 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 15

1999 July

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6

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

Holy days this month

Jul 1 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 5 · Day 18
Jul 4 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
Jul 8 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 5 · Day 25
Jul 13 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 30
Jul 14 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
Jul 16 Fri
Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4
Jul 20 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
Jul 23 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10
Jul 28 Wed
Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha · Partial lunar eclipseMonth 6 · Day 15
Jul 31 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18

1999 August

Tibetan Month 6 · Month 7

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Holy days this month

Aug 3 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 21
Aug 6 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25 (day 24 skipped)
Aug 11 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Total solar eclipseMonth 6 · Day 30
Aug 12 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 1
Aug 19 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8
Aug 21 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10
Aug 26 Thu
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 15
Aug 29 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18

1999 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

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Holy days this month

Sep 1 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21
Sep 5 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
Sep 9 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
Sep 10 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1
Sep 18 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8
Sep 20 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10
Sep 25 Sat
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 15
Sep 28 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18
Sep 30 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21 (day 20 skipped)

1999 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

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Holy days this month

Oct 4 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25
Oct 9 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 30
Oct 10 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 1
Oct 17 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
Oct 19 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 9 · Day 10
Oct 24 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15
Oct 27 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 9 · Day 18
Oct 30 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
Oct 31 Sun
Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22

1999 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

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Holy days this month

Nov 2 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25 (day 24 skipped)
Nov 7 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
Nov 9 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1
Nov 16 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
Nov 18 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 10 · Day 10
Nov 23 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 15
Nov 25 Thu
Chenrezig practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 10 · Day 17
Nov 28 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 21

1999 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

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Holy days this month

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

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

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

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

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

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 24	9Day 25Dakini tsog	10Day 26	11Day 27	12Day 28
13Day 30−Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	14Month 5Samadhi King Buddha practice day	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 15Amitabha Buddha practice day	29Day 16	30Day 17

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

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 9Samadhi King Buddha practice day	11Day 2	12Day 3	13Day 4	14Day 5	15Day 6	16Day 7
17Day 8Medicine 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 22Lhabab Düchen

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

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