Tibetan Calendar – May 2021

1 Saturday

• Waning Moon
• Labour day

2 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Orthodox Easter
• Avoid Haircutting

3 Monday

• Waning Moon (last quarter)
• Good day for naga puja

4 Tuesday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting hair brings fortune

5 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

6 Thursday

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

7 Friday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting Hair brings peace of mind

8 Saturday

• Waning Moon

9 Sunday

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

10 Monday

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

11 Tuesday

• New Moon at 7 pM GMT
• Buddha Shakiamuni Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

12 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

13 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

14 Friday

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

15 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

16 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• Good day for naga puja
• Cutting hair brings fortune

17 Monday

• Waxing Moon
• Good day to hang prayer flags

18 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon

19 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon (first quarter)
• Birth of Buddha Shakyamuni in the Tibetan calendar
• Ganachakra (Tsog) Day
• Avoid Haircutting

20 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Green Tara and Medicine Buddha’s Day
• No surgical operations

21 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• Lama Tsong Khapa and Padmasambhava’s Day

22 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair increases intelligence

23 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

24 Monday

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

25 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon
• No surgical operations

26 Wednesday

• Full Moon at 12:13
• Total Moon Eclipse from 12:30 to 1 pM
• Saga Dawa Duchen, Buddha Jayanti – Buddha Enlightenment and Parinirvana
• 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

27 Thursday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

28 Friday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations

29 Saturday

• Waning Moon

30 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

31 Monday

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