Tibetan Calendar 2029

2029 spans the Tibetan Earth Monkey and Earth Bird years; Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on February 14. 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

  1. Month 11 · Day 16Total lunar eclipse
  2. Month 12 · Day 1Partial solar eclipse
  3. Month 1 · Day 1Losar (Tibetan New Year)
  4. Month 1 · Day 15Chotrul Düchen
  5. Month 4 · Day 7Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
  6. Month 4 · Day 15Saka Dawa Düchen
  7. Month 4 · Day 30Partial solar eclipse
  8. Month 5 · Day 15Total lunar eclipse
  9. Month 5 · Day 30Partial solar eclipse
  10. Month 6 · Day 4Chökhor Düchen
  11. Month 6 · Day 15Conception of Shakyamuni Buddha
  12. Month 9 · Day 22Lhabab Düchen
  13. Month 10 · Day 24Ganden Ngamchö
  14. Month 10 · Day 30Partial solar eclipse
  15. Month 11 · Day 16Total lunar eclipse

Month by month

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

2029 January

Tibetan Month 11 · Month 12

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Holy days this month

  1. Total lunar eclipseMonth 11 · Day 16
  2. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
  3. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
  4. Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25
  5. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 30
  6. Samadhi King Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 12 · Day 1
  7. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 8
  8. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 12 · Day 10
  9. Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 15

2029 February

Tibetan Month 12 · Month 1

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Holy days this month

  1. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 12 · Day 18 (day 17 skipped)
  2. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 21
  3. Dakini tsogMonth 12 · Day 25
  4. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 12 · Day 30
  5. Losar (Tibetan New Year)Month 1 · Day 1
  6. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 8
  7. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 1 · Day 10
  8. Chotrul DüchenMonth 1 · Day 15

2029 March

Tibetan Month 1 · Month 2

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Holy days this month

  1. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 1 · Day 18
  2. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 21
  3. Dakini tsogMonth 1 · Day 25
  4. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 1 · Day 30
  5. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 1
  6. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 8
  7. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 2 · Day 10
  8. Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 15

2029 April

Tibetan Month 2 · Month 3

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Holy days this month

  1. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 2 · Day 18
  2. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 21
  3. Dakini tsogMonth 2 · Day 25
  4. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 2 · Day 30
  5. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 1
  6. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 8
  7. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 3 · Day 10 (day 9 skipped)
  8. Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 15

2029 May

Tibetan Month 3 · Month 4

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Holy days this month

  1. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 3 · Day 18
  2. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 21
  3. Dakini tsogMonth 3 · Day 25
  4. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 3 · Day 30
  5. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 1
  6. Birth of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 4 · Day 7
  7. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 8
  8. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 4 · Day 10
  9. Saka Dawa DüchenMonth 4 · Day 15
  10. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 4 · Day 18

2029 June

Tibetan Month 4 · Month 5

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Holy days this month

  1. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 4 · Day 21
  2. Dakini tsogMonth 4 · Day 25
  3. Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 4 · Day 30
  4. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 1
  5. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 8
  6. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 5 · Day 10
  7. Amitabha Buddha practice day · Total lunar eclipseMonth 5 · Day 15
  8. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 5 · Day 18

2029 July

Tibetan Month 5 · Month 6

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Holy days this month

  1. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 5 · Day 21
  2. Dakini tsogMonth 5 · Day 25
  3. Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 5 · Day 30
  4. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 1
  5. Chökhor DüchenMonth 6 · Day 4
  6. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 8
  7. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 6 · Day 10 (day 9 skipped)
  8. Conception of Shakyamuni BuddhaMonth 6 · Day 15
  9. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 6 · Day 18
  10. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 21

2029 August

Tibetan Month 6 · Month 7

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Holy days this month

  1. Dakini tsogMonth 6 · Day 25
  2. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 6 · Day 30
  3. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 1
  4. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 8
  5. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 7 · Day 10
  6. Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 15
  7. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 7 · Day 18
  8. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 21

2029 September

Tibetan Month 7 · Month 8

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Holy days this month

  1. Dakini tsogMonth 7 · Day 25
  2. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 7 · Day 30
  3. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 1
  4. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 8
  5. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 8 · Day 10
  6. Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 15
  7. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 8 · Day 18
  8. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 21

2029 October

Tibetan Month 8 · Month 9

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Holy days this month

  1. Dakini tsogMonth 8 · Day 25
  2. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 8 · Day 30
  3. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 1
  4. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 8
  5. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 9 · Day 10
  6. Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 15
  7. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 9 · Day 18
  8. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 21
  9. Lhabab DüchenMonth 9 · Day 22

2029 November

Tibetan Month 9 · Month 10

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Holy days this month

  1. Dakini tsogMonth 9 · Day 25
  2. Shakyamuni Buddha practice dayMonth 9 · Day 30
  3. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 1
  4. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 8
  5. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 10 · Day 10
  6. Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 15
  7. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 10 · Day 18
  8. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 10 · Day 21
  9. Ganden Ngamchö (moved for a skipped day)Month 10 · Day 24

2029 December

Tibetan Month 10 · Month 11

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Holy days this month

  1. Shakyamuni Buddha practice day · Partial solar eclipseMonth 10 · Day 30
  2. Samadhi King Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 1
  3. Medicine Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 8
  4. Guru Rinpoche tsogMonth 11 · Day 10
  5. Amitabha Buddha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 15
  6. Total lunar eclipseMonth 11 · Day 16
  7. Chenrezig practice dayMonth 11 · Day 18
  8. Kshitigarbha practice dayMonth 11 · Day 21
  9. Dakini tsogMonth 11 · Day 25

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.