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The Tibetan calendar (Tibetan: ལོ་ཐོ, Wylie: lo-tho), or the Phukpa calendar, known as the Tibetan lunar calendar, is a lunisolar calendar composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a new moon. A thirteenth month is added every two or three years, so that an average Tibetan year is equal to the solar year ...
Bhutan has sixteen public holidays. [1] Bhutanese holidays are rooted in the Drukpa Lineage of Kagyu Buddhism, the House of Wangchuck and the Tibetan calendar.Even secular holidays, however, have a measure of religious overtone, as religious choreography and blessings mark these auspicious days.
Tibetan astrology (Tibetan: དཀར་རྩིས, Wylie: dkar rtsis) is a traditional discipline of the Tibetan peoples that has influence from both Chinese astrology and Hindu astrology. Tibetan astrology is one of the 'Ten Sciences' (Wylie: rig-pa'i gnas bcu; Sanskrit: daśavidyā) in the enumeration honoured by this cultural tradition. [1]
Blessed Rainy Day (Dzongkha: ཁྲུས་འབབས་ཀྱི་ཉིནམ།) is the holiday marking the end of the monsoon season in Bhutan, observed on the autumn equinox. [1] On this day all natural water resources in the country are considered to be sanctifying and citizens are encouraged to take an outdoor bath to be cleansed of ...
Chotrul Düchen closely follows Losar, the Tibetan New Year. It takes place on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Tibetan calendar during the full moon (Bumgyur Dawa). The first fifteen days of the year celebrate the fifteen days during which the Buddha displayed miracles for his disciples so as to increase their devotion. [2]
Here are the luckiest days to get married in 2025: January 2, 10 and 25. February 1, 2, 9 and 26. May 2, 8 and 28. June 1, 6, 20 and 22. July 2, 3 and 10. August 12 and 15. September 2, 20 and 24.
Losar is celebrated for 15 days, with the main celebrations on the first three days. On the first day of Losar, a beverage called changkol is made from chhaang (a Tibetan-Nepali equivalent of beer). The second day of Losar is known as King's Losar (gyalpo losar). Losar is traditionally preceded by the five-day practice of Vajrakilaya.
This is a category for observances set by the Tibetan calendar. Pages in category "Observances set by the Tibetan calendar" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.