Tibetan Calendar 2004

2004 spans the Tibetan Water Sheep and Wood Monkey years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 21. 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 21 SatMonth 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year)
March 6 SatMonth 1 · Day 15Chotrul Düchen
April 19 MonMonth 2 · Day 30Partial solar eclipse
May 5 WedMonth 3 · Day 16Total lunar eclipse
May 26 WedMonth 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
June 3 ThuMonth 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
July 21 WedMonth 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
July 31 SatMonth 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha
October 14 ThuMonth 8 · Day 30Partial solar eclipse
October 28 ThuMonth 9 · Day 16Total lunar eclipse
November 4 ThuMonth 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
December 7 TueMonth 10 · Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Month by month

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

2004 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

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Holy days this month

Jan 1 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10
Jan 7 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
Jan 10 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Jan 13 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
Jan 17 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
Jan 21 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
Jan 22 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 1
Jan 29 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
Jan 31 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 12 · Day 10

2004 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

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Holy days this month

Feb 6 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 15
Feb 9 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18
Feb 12 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21
Feb 15 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
Feb 20 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 30
Feb 21 Sat
Losar (Tibetan New Year)Month 1 · Day 1
Feb 28 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8

2004 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

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Holy days this month

Mar 1 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10
Mar 6 Sat
Chotrul DüchenMonth 1 · Day 15
Mar 9 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
Mar 12 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21
Mar 16 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
Mar 20 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 30
Mar 21 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 1
Mar 29 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 8
Mar 31 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10

2004 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

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Holy days this month

Apr 5 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15
Apr 8 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
Apr 10 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21 (day 20 skipped)
Apr 14 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 2 · Day 25
Apr 19 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 2 · Day 30
Apr 20 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 1
Apr 27 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
Apr 29 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10

2004 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Month 4

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

Holy days this month

May 4 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15
May 5 Wed
Total lunar eclipseMonth 3 · Day 16
May 7 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18
May 10 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 21
May 13 Thu
Dakini tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 3 · Day 24
May 19 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30
May 20 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1
May 26 Wed
Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7
May 27 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8
May 29 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10

2004 June

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

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Holy days this month

Jun 3 Thu
Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15
Jun 5 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)
Jun 8 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 21
Jun 12 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 4 · Day 25
Jun 17 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 30
Jun 18 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1
Jun 26 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8
Jun 27 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 5 · Day 9

2004 July

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6

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

Holy days this month

Jul 2 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 15
Jul 5 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 5 · Day 18
Jul 8 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
Jul 12 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 5 · Day 25
Jul 17 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 30
Jul 18 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
Jul 21 Wed
Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4
Jul 25 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
Jul 27 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10
Jul 31 Sat
Conception of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 6 · Day 15

2004 August

Tibetan Month 6 · Month 7

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Holy days this month

Aug 3 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18
Aug 6 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 21
Aug 10 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25
Aug 15 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 30
Aug 16 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 1
Aug 23 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8
Aug 25 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10
Aug 30 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 15

2004 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

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Holy days this month

Sep 1 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18
Sep 4 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21
Sep 9 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
Sep 14 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
Sep 15 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1
Sep 22 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8
Sep 23 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10 (day 9 skipped)
Sep 28 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 15

2004 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

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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 27+	12Day 28	13Day 29	14Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Samadhi King Buddha practice day	15Month 9−	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 15−Amitabha Buddha practice day	28Day 16Total lunar eclipse	29Day 16+	30Day 17
31Day 18Chenrezig practice day

Holy days this month

Oct 1 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18
Oct 4 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21
Oct 8 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25
Oct 14 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Samadhi King Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day) · Partial solar eclipseMonth 8 · Day 30
Oct 21 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
Oct 23 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 9 · Day 10
Oct 27 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15 (day 14 skipped)
Oct 28 Thu
Total lunar eclipseMonth 9 · Day 16
Oct 31 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 9 · Day 18

2004 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

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Holy days this month

Nov 3 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
Nov 4 Thu
Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22
Nov 7 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25
Nov 12 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
Nov 13 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1
Nov 19 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
Nov 21 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 10 · Day 10
Nov 26 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 15
Nov 29 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 10 · Day 18

2004 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

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Holy days this month

Dec 2 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 21
Dec 7 Tue
Ganden NgamchöMonth 10 · Day 25
Dec 11 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 10 · Day 29
Dec 12 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 1
Dec 19 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 8
Dec 21 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10
Dec 26 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
Dec 29 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18

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

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

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

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 7Samadhi King Buddha practice day	17Day 2	18Day 2+	19Day 3	20Day 4	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	31Day 17−

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

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

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1Day 20	2Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	3Day 21+	4Day 22
5Day 23	6Day 24	7Day 25Ganden Ngamchö	8Day 26	9Day 27	10Day 28	11Day 29Shakyamuni Buddha practice day
12Month 11Samadhi 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