ཚེས་༩ཟླ་བ་དགུ་པ།Tue 20 Oct
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Tibetan calendar · key dates
Every date below comes from the same Phugpa arithmetic that runs the calendar above, the system followed by the Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamsala. Tibetan days run from dawn to dawn, so a date belongs to the day that starts at sunrise.
Tibetan New Year: families and communities celebrate for several days; the preceding days are for cleaning, offerings and preparing khapse.
Day of Miracles: marks the miracles of the Buddha at Shravasti; the last day of the Losar season.
Remembering the 1959 uprising in Lhasa.
Commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing into parinirvana; the holiest day of the year, in the holy month of Saka Dawa.
Born 1935.
Marks the Buddha’s first teaching at Sarnath, the first “turning of the wheel of Dharma”.
Marking the first Tibetan parliament-in-exile in 1960.
Marks the Buddha’s descent from the heaven of the Thirty-Three, where he had taught his mother.
Anniversary of the passing of Je Tsongkhapa; butter lamps are lit on rooftops and windows.
Tibetan New Year: families and communities celebrate for several days; the preceding days are for cleaning, offerings and preparing khapse.
Day of Miracles: marks the miracles of the Buddha at Shravasti; the last day of the Losar season.
Remembering the 1959 uprising in Lhasa.
Commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing into parinirvana; the holiest day of the year, in the holy month of Saka Dawa.
Born 1935.
Marks the Buddha’s first teaching at Sarnath, the first “turning of the wheel of Dharma”.
Marking the first Tibetan parliament-in-exile in 1960.
Marks the Buddha’s descent from the heaven of the Thirty-Three, where he had taught his mother.
Anniversary of the passing of Je Tsongkhapa; butter lamps are lit on rooftops and windows.
A day for prayers and practices for health and healing.
Honours Padmasambhava, who helped establish Buddhism in Tibet in the 8th century.
A day for prayer and virtuous actions.
A day for tsok offerings and practice.
A day for prayer and reflection.
Losar 2026 falls on Wednesday 18 February 2026, the 1st Tibetan month, day 1. Tibetan New Year: families and communities celebrate for several days; the preceding days are for cleaning, offerings and preparing khapse.
Saka Dawa Düchen 2026 falls on Sunday 31 May 2026, the 4th Tibetan month, day 15. Commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing into parinirvana; the holiest day of the year, in the holy month of Saka Dawa.
Chökhor Düchen 2026 falls on Saturday 18 July 2026, the 6th Tibetan month, day 4. Marks the Buddha’s first teaching at Sarnath, the first “turning of the wheel of Dharma”.
Lhabab Düchen 2026 falls on Sunday 1 November 2026, the 9th Tibetan month, day 22. Marks the Buddha’s descent from the heaven of the Thirty-Three, where he had taught his mother.
Losar 2027 falls on Sunday 7 February 2027, the 1st Tibetan month, day 1. Tibetan New Year: families and communities celebrate for several days; the preceding days are for cleaning, offerings and preparing khapse.
Saka Dawa Düchen 2027 falls on Friday 18 June 2027, the 4th Tibetan month, day 15. Commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing into parinirvana; the holiest day of the year, in the holy month of Saka Dawa.
Chökhor Düchen 2027 falls on Friday 6 August 2027, the 6th Tibetan month, day 4. Marks the Buddha’s first teaching at Sarnath, the first “turning of the wheel of Dharma”.
Lhabab Düchen 2027 falls on Saturday 20 November 2027, the 9th Tibetan month, day 22. Marks the Buddha’s descent from the heaven of the Thirty-Three, where he had taught his mother.
The Phugpa system, the calendar of the Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamsala. The page runs its arithmetic live in your browser, so today's Tibetan date, the moon and the next holy day are always current.
