Tibetan Calendar 2008

2008 spans the Tibetan Fire Pig and Earth Mouse years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 7. 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 7 ThuMonth 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Annular solar eclipse
February 20 WedMonth 1 · Day 14Chotrul Düchen
February 21 ThuMonth 1 · Day 16Total lunar eclipse
June 10 TueMonth 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
June 18 WedMonth 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
August 1 FriMonth 5 · Day 30Total solar eclipse
August 5 TueMonth 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
August 16 SatMonth 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha
August 17 SunMonth 6 · Day 16Partial lunar eclipse
November 19 WedMonth 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
December 21 SunMonth 10 · Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Month by month

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

2008 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

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Holy days this month

Jan 2 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
Jan 8 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
Jan 9 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 1
Jan 16 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
Jan 17 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 12 · Day 10 (day 9 skipped)
Jan 22 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 15
Jan 25 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18
Jan 28 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21

2008 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

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Holy days this month

Feb 1 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
Feb 6 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 30
Feb 7 Thu
Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Annular solar eclipseMonth 1 · Day 1
Feb 14 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8
Feb 16 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10
Feb 20 Wed
Chotrul Düchen (moved for a skipped day)Month 1 · Day 14
Feb 21 Thu
Total lunar eclipseMonth 1 · Day 16 (day 15 skipped)
Feb 23 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
Feb 27 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21

2008 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

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Holy days this month

Mar 2 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
Mar 7 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 30
Mar 8 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 1
Mar 14 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 2 · Day 7
Mar 16 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10
Mar 21 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15
Mar 24 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
Mar 27 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21

2008 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

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Holy days this month

Apr 1 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 2 · Day 25
Apr 6 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 30
Apr 7 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 1
Apr 13 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
Apr 15 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10
Apr 20 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15
Apr 23 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18
Apr 26 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 21
Apr 30 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 3 · Day 25

2008 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Leap Month 3

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Holy days this month

May 5 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30
May 6 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayLeap Month 3 · Day 1
May 12 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayLeap Month 3 · Day 8
May 14 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogLeap Month 3 · Day 10
May 19 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayLeap Month 3 · Day 15
May 23 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayLeap Month 3 · Day 18
May 26 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayLeap Month 3 · Day 21
May 30 Fri
Dakini tsogLeap Month 3 · Day 25

2008 June

Tibetan Leap Month 3 · Month 4

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Holy days this month

Jun 3 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayLeap Month 3 · Day 30 (day 29 skipped)
Jun 4 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1
Jun 10 Tue
Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7
Jun 11 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8
Jun 13 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10
Jun 18 Wed
Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15
Jun 21 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18
Jun 24 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 21
Jun 28 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 4 · Day 25

2008 July

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

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Holy days this month

Jul 3 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 30
Jul 4 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1
Jul 10 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8
Jul 12 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 5 · Day 10
Jul 18 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 15
Jul 21 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 5 · Day 18
Jul 24 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
Jul 27 Sun
Dakini tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 5 · Day 24

2008 August

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6 · Month 7

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

Holy days this month

Aug 1 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Total solar eclipseMonth 5 · Day 30
Aug 2 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
Aug 5 Tue
Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4
Aug 9 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
Aug 11 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10
Aug 16 Sat
Conception of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 6 · Day 15
Aug 17 Sun
Partial lunar eclipseMonth 6 · Day 16
Aug 19 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18
Aug 22 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 21
Aug 26 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25
Aug 30 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 30
Aug 31 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 1

2008 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

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Holy days this month

Sep 7 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8
Sep 10 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10
Sep 15 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 15
Sep 18 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18
Sep 20 Sat
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21 (day 20 skipped)
Sep 24 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
Sep 29 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
Sep 30 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1

2008 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

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Holy days this month

Oct 7 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8
Oct 9 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10
Oct 14 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 15
Oct 17 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18
Oct 20 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21
Oct 23 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25 (day 24 skipped)
Oct 28 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 30
Oct 29 Wed
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 1

2008 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

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Holy days this month

Nov 6 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
Nov 8 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 9 · Day 10
Nov 13 Thu
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15
Nov 15 Sat
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 9 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)
Nov 18 Tue
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
Nov 19 Wed
Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22
Nov 22 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25
Nov 27 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
Nov 28 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1

2008 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

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Holy days this month

Dec 5 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
Dec 7 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 10 · Day 10
Dec 12 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 15
Dec 15 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 10 · Day 18
Dec 18 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 21
Dec 21 Sun
Ganden NgamchöMonth 10 · Day 25
Dec 27 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 30
Dec 28 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 15Amitabha Buddha practice day	14Day 16	15Day 18−Chenrezig practice day
16Day 19	17Day 20	18Day 21Kshitigarbha practice day	19Day 22Lhabab Düchen	20Day 23	21Day 24	22Day 25Dakini tsog
23Day 26	24Day 27	25Day 28	26Day 29	27Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	28Month 10Samadhi King Buddha practice day	29Day 2
30Day 3

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1Day 4	2Day 5	3Day 6	4Day 7	5Day 8Medicine Buddha practice day	6Day 9
7Day 10Guru Rinpoche tsog	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 24−
21Day 25Ganden Ngamchö	22Day 26	23Day 26+	24Day 27	25Day 28	26Day 29	27Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day
28Month 11Samadhi King Buddha practice day	29Day 2	30Day 3	31Day 4