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A SEASON FOR MINDFULNESS
Buddhist Calendar
One calendar, many traditions. Explore Buddhist observances and Chinese seasonal festivals.
Calendar conventions & sources
The grid uses Gregorian dates. The site’s Chinese Buddhist year is Gregorian + 1027; modern Thai Buddhist year is Gregorian + 543. Phugpa uses Tibetan royal year (lunar year + 127), a different era.
Offline calculations cover 1901–2100. Chinese lunar dates and solar terms use Beijing time. Thai and Tibetan civil calendar dates map directly to Gregorian dates. Future dates are calculated, not annual official temple announcements.
Annual observances do not repeat in leap months. Thai festivals follow intercalary-eighth-month rules; substitute public holidays are excluded. Tibetan annual observances use the second repeated day. The site provisionally places an omitted date on the preceding civil day, with a notice; Losar uses the first civil day of the month. Temple calendars may differ.
Little New Year is shown on lunar 12/23 and 12/24 for northern and southern customs. Chinese traditions include traditional festivals and all 24 solar terms. Select all or clear all categories with one click. The Today card uses the browser’s local date and time and updates every second. Filters affect this page only; the shared site header retains Chinese Buddhist dates in Beijing time.
Chinese fasting-day conventions
The calendar’s Today card uses the browser’s local date and time, including seconds. The shared temple header still uses Beijing time (UTC+8). Supported Gregorian dates run from 1901 through 2100. Both calendars are shown, with leap lunar months explicitly identified.
Annual commemorations occur in regular lunar months by default, without repeating in the corresponding leap month. The six and ten observance days apply in every lunar month. Short-month handling for Kshitigarbha and Medicine Buddha Day is described in their notes.
Temple traditions can differ. These entries are for learning and observance, and do not announce scheduled ceremonies. Overlapping commemorations and observance days are listed separately.