Tibetan Calendar – May 2024

1  Wednesday

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

2 Thursday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

3 Friday

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

4 Saturday

• Waning Moon

5 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• Orthodox easter
• Fire-heart pulse predominates for 72 days according to the Tibetan medical tradition
• Good for haircutting

6 Monday

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

7 Tuesday

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

8 Wednesday

• New Moon at 3.23 am GMT
• Buddha Shakiamuni Day
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

9 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Beginning of Saga Dawa month
• Not a good day to hang prayer flags
• Avoid Haircutting

10 Friday

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

11 Saturday

• Waxing Moon
• No surgical operations

12 Sunday

• Waxing Moon
• Good day for naga puja
• Good for haircutting

13 Monday

• Waxing Moon

14 Tuesday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

15 Wednesday

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

16 Thursday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

17 Friday

• Waxing Moon
• Cutting hair brings power of attraction

18 Saturday

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

19 Sunday

• Waxing Moon

20 Monday

• Waxing Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

21 Tuesday

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

22 Wednesday

• Waxing Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

23 Thursday

• New Moon
• VESAK
• BUDDHA JAYANTI
• Saga Dawa Duchen, Buddha Shakyamuni birth, 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

24 Friday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

25 Saturday

• Waning Moon

26 Sunday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations
• Avoid Haircutting

27 Monday

• Waning Moon
• No surgical operations

28 Tuesday

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

29 Wednesday

• Waning Moon
• Avoid Haircutting

30 Thursday

• Waning Moon (last quarter)

31 Friday

• Waning Moon
• Good for haircutting