Tibetan Calendar – December 2022

1 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Green Tara and Medicine Buddha’s Day
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

2 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

3 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• Lama Tsong Khapa and Padmasambhava’s Day
• Ganachakra (Tsog) Day

4 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

5 Monday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair increases vitality

6 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

7 Wednesday

• Full Moon
• 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

8 Thursday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

9 Friday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

10 Saturday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

11 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

12 Monday

• Waning Moon
• Not a good day to hang prayer flags
• No surgical operations

13 Tuesday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

14 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

15 Thursday

• Waning Moon

16 Friday

• Waning Moon (last quarter)
• Cutting hair brings fortune

17 Saturday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

18 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Anniversary of Lama Tsong Khapa (1357-1419)
• Dakini Day
• Ganachakra (Tsog) Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

19 Monday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting Hair brings peace of mind

20 Tuesday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting hair brings fortune

21 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• Winter Solstice
• Avoid Haircutting

22 Thursday

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

23 Friday

• New Moon at 10:18 am GMT
• Buddha Shakiamuni Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

24 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• Christmas Eve
• Avoid Haircutting

25 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• Christmas
• Anniversary of Kiabje Ling Rinpoche Parinirvana

26 Monday

• Waxing Moon
• White Tara Day
• No surgical operations

27 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon
• Good for haircutting

28 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon
• Ngenpa Gu Dzom – Nine bad omens occurring together – from 9:30 pm GMT on dec 28th until 8 pm GMT on dec 29th
• Avoid Haircutting

29 Thursday

• Waxing Moon

30 Friday

• Waxing Moon (first quarter)
• Sangpo Chu Dzom – ten auspicious omen occurring together

31 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• New year eve