Tibetan Calendar – January 2020

1 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon
• Happy new year 2020
• Ngengpa Gu Dzom annual day of nine bad omens occurring together
  From 11:45 am GMT of January 1st to 1:20 pm GMT of Jan 2nd

2 Thursday

• Waxing Moon (first quarter)
• Sangpo Chu Dzom ten auspicious omens occurring together from 2 Jan afternoon to 3 Jan morning
• Avoid Haircutting

3 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• Green Tara and Medicine Buddha’s Day
• Good day to hang prayer flags
• No surgical operations
• Cutting hair increases vitality

4 Saturday

• Waxing Moon

5 Sunday

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

6 Monday

• Waxing Moon
• Epiphany
• Cutting hair increases intelligence

7 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon
• Orthodox Christmas Day
• Avoid Haircutting

8 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair increases vitality

9 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Anniversary of Sakya Pandita (1182-1251)
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

10 Friday

• Full Moon at 19h21 GMT
• Penumbral Eclipse at 19:11 GMT
• Buddha Amitabha Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

11 Saturday

• Waning Moon
• Not a good day to hang prayer flags
• Avoid Haircutting

12 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

13 Monday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

14 Tuesday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations

15 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting hair brings the power of attraction

16 Thursday

• Waning Moon

17 Friday

• Waning Moon (last quarter)
• Earth spleen pulse predominates for 18 days according to the Tibetan medical system

18 Saturday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

19 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Dakini Day
• Ganachakra (Tsog) Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

20 Monday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting Hair brings peace of mind

21 Tuesday

• Waning Moon

22 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• Not a good day to hang prayer flags
• Avoid Haircutting

23 Thursday

• Waning Moon
• Dharmapala Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

24 Friday

• New Moon at 21:42 GMT
• Buddha Shakyamuni Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

25 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• Not a good day to hang prayer flags
• Avoid Haircutting

26 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

27 Monday

• Waxing Moon
• White Tara Day
• Good day to hang prayer flags
• Cutting hair brings fortune

28 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

29 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair brings fortune

30 Thursday

• Waxing Moon

31 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• Good day to hang prayer flags