Tibetan Festivals

Tibetan Festivals

In Tibet, the Tibetan calendar lags approximately four to six weeks behind the solar calendar. For example the Tibetan First Month usually falls in February, the Fifth Month June or early July and the Eight Month in September.

Losar

The Tibetan calendar is a lunisolar calendar. Losar is celebrated on the first days of the first lunar month.


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