Tibetan Calendar – October 2022

1 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

2 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

3 Monday

• Waxing Moon (first quarter)
• Green Tara and Medicine Buddha’s Day
• Good day for naga puja
• No surgical operations
• Cutting hair increases vitality

4 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

5 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon
• Lama Tsong Khapa and Padmasambhava’s Day
• Ganachakra (Tsog) Day
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

6 Thursday

• Waxing Moon

7 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• Not a good day to hang prayer flags
• Cutting hair increases vitality

8 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

9 Sunday

• Full moon at 9 pm GMT
• Buddha Amitabha Day
• This day is favorable for positive activities since the karmic results of both negatives and positive actions is greatly increased
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

10 Monday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

11 Tuesday

• Waning Moon

12 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• Good day for naga puja
• No surgical operations
• Good for haircutting

13 Thursday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations

14 Friday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

15 Saturday

• Waning Moon
• Birthday of Choktrul Trijang Rinpoche
• Avoid Haircutting

16 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Good for haircutting

17 Monday

• Waning Moon (last quarter)

18 Tuesday

• Waning Moon

19 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

20 Thursday

• Waning Moon
• Dakini Day
• Ganachakra (Tsog) Day
• Earth spleen pulse dominates for 18 days according to the Tibetan Medical system
• Not a good day to hang prayer flags
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

21 Friday

• Waning Moon
• Good for haircutting

22 Saturday

• Waning Moon

23 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

24 Monday

• Waning Moon
• Dharmapala Day
• Not a good day to start important activities
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

25 Tuesday

• New Moon
• Partial sun eclipse from 9am GMT to 1pm GMT
• Buddha Shakiamuni Day
• Diwali, festival of lights in India and Nepal
• This day is favorable for positive activities since the karmic results of both negatives and positive actions is greatly increased
• Not a good day to start important activities
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

26 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

27 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

28 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• White Tara Day
• Cutting hair brings fortune

29 Saturday

• Waxing Moon

30 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• European Summer time ends. Clocks go back 1 hour

31 Monday

• Waxing Moon
• Good day for naga puja
• Avoid Haircutting