Tibetan Calendar – May 2022

1 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• May day – Labour day
• Avoid Haircutting

2 Monday

• Waxing Moon
• Good day to hang prayer flags
• Avoid Haircutting

3 Tuesday

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

4 Wednesday

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

5 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Fire heart pulse predominates for 72 days in the Tibetan medical system
• Cutting hair brings fortune

6 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• Good day to hang prayer flags

7 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

8 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

9 Monday

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

10 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

11 Wednesday

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

12 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair increases intelligence

13 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

14 Saturday

• Waxing Moon

15 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

16 Monday

• Full Moon
• Total Lunar eclipse from 2:30 am GMT to 5:30 am GMT
• Vesak – Buddha Jayanti: celebration of Buddha’ s 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

17 Tuesday

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

18 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

19 Thursday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations

20 Friday

• Waning Moon
• Good day for naga puja
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

21 Saturday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

22 Sunday

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

23 Monday

• Waning Moon
• Cutting hair brings fortune

24 Tuesday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

25 Wednesday

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

26 Thursday

• Waning Moon
• Good for haircutting

27 Friday

• Waning Moon
• Good for haircutting

28 Saturday

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

29 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Dharmapala Day
• No surgical operations
• Cutting hair brings fortune

30 Monday

• New Moon at 12:31 am GMT
• Buddha Shakiamuni Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

31 Tuesday

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