Tibetan Calendar 2009

2009 spans the Tibetan Earth Mouse and Earth Ox years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 25. 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

January 26 MonMonth 11 · Day 30Annular solar eclipse
February 9 MonMonth 12 · Day 15Penumbral lunar eclipse
February 25 WedMonth 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year)
March 10 TueMonth 1 · Day 14Chotrul Düchen
May 30 SatMonth 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
June 7 SunMonth 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
July 7 TueMonth 5 · Day 15Penumbral lunar eclipse
July 22 WedMonth 5 · Day 30Total solar eclipse
July 25 SatMonth 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
August 5 WedMonth 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha
August 6 ThuMonth 6 · Day 16Penumbral lunar eclipse
November 9 MonMonth 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
December 11 FriMonth 10 · Day 25Ganden Ngamchö

Month by month

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

2009 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

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Holy days this month

Jan 4 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 8
Jan 6 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10
Jan 11 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
Jan 13 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
Jan 16 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
Jan 20 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
Jan 25 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
Jan 26 Mon
Annular solar eclipseMonth 11 · Day 30 (repeated day)
Jan 27 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 1

2009 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

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Holy days this month

Feb 3 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
Feb 4 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsog (moved for a skipped day)Month 12 · Day 9
Feb 9 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice day · Penumbral lunar eclipseMonth 12 · Day 15
Feb 12 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18
Feb 15 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21
Feb 19 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
Feb 24 Tue
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 30
Feb 25 Wed
Losar (Tibetan New Year)Month 1 · Day 1

2009 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

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Holy days this month

Mar 4 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8
Mar 6 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10
Mar 10 Tue
Chotrul Düchen (moved for a skipped day)Month 1 · Day 14
Mar 13 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
Mar 16 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21
Mar 21 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
Mar 26 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 30
Mar 27 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 1

2009 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

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Holy days this month

Apr 3 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 8
Apr 4 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10 (day 9 skipped)
Apr 9 Thu
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15
Apr 12 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
Apr 15 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21
Apr 19 Sun
Dakini tsogMonth 2 · Day 25
Apr 25 Sat
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 30
Apr 26 Sun
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 1

2009 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Month 4

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

Holy days this month

May 2 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
May 4 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10
May 9 Sat
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15
May 12 Tue
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18
May 15 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 21
May 19 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 3 · Day 25
May 24 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30
May 25 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1
May 30 Sat
Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7 (day 6 skipped)
May 31 Sun
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8

2009 June

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

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Holy days this month

Jun 2 Tue
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10
Jun 7 Sun
Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15
Jun 10 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18
Jun 14 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 21
Jun 18 Thu
Dakini tsogMonth 4 · Day 25
Jun 22 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 30 (day 29 skipped)
Jun 23 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1
Jun 30 Tue
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8

2009 July

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6

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Holy days this month

Jul 2 Thu
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 5 · Day 10
Jul 7 Tue
Amitabha Buddha practice day · Penumbral lunar eclipseMonth 5 · Day 15
Jul 10 Fri
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 5 · Day 18
Jul 13 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
Jul 17 Fri
Dakini tsogMonth 5 · Day 25
Jul 22 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Total solar eclipseMonth 5 · Day 30
Jul 23 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
Jul 25 Sat
Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4
Jul 29 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
Jul 31 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10

2009 August

Tibetan Month 6 · Month 7

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Holy days this month

Aug 5 Wed
Conception of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 6 · Day 15
Aug 6 Thu
Penumbral lunar eclipseMonth 6 · Day 16
Aug 9 Sun
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18
Aug 12 Wed
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 21
Aug 15 Sat
Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25 (day 24 skipped)
Aug 20 Thu
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 30
Aug 21 Fri
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 1
Aug 28 Fri
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8
Aug 30 Sun
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10

2009 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

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Holy days this month

Sep 4 Fri
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 15
Sep 7 Mon
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18
Sep 10 Thu
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21
Sep 14 Mon
Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
Sep 18 Fri
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
Sep 19 Sat
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1
Sep 26 Sat
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8
Sep 28 Mon
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10

2009 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

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Holy days this month

Oct 4 Sun
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 15
Oct 7 Wed
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18
Oct 9 Fri
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21 (day 20 skipped)
Oct 13 Tue
Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25
Oct 18 Sun
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 30
Oct 19 Mon
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 1
Oct 26 Mon
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
Oct 28 Wed
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 9 · Day 10

2009 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

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Holy days this month

Nov 2 Mon
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15
Nov 5 Thu
Chenrezig practice dayMonth 9 · Day 18
Nov 8 Sun
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
Nov 9 Mon
Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22
Nov 11 Wed
Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25 (day 24 skipped)
Nov 16 Mon
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
Nov 17 Tue
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1
Nov 25 Wed
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
Nov 27 Fri
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 10 · Day 10

2009 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

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Holy days this month

Dec 2 Wed
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 15
Dec 4 Fri
Chenrezig practice day (moved for a skipped day)Month 10 · Day 17
Dec 7 Mon
Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 21
Dec 11 Fri
Ganden NgamchöMonth 10 · Day 25
Dec 16 Wed
Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 30
Dec 17 Thu
Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 1
Dec 24 Thu
Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 8
Dec 26 Sat
Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10
Dec 31 Thu
Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15

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

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

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

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

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

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 28−	17Day 29	18Day 30Shakyamuni Buddha practice day	19Month 8Samadhi King Buddha practice day
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	30Day 12

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