Festival List in Tibetan Calendar

Note: The Tibetan lunar calendar lags approximately four to six weeks behind the solar calendar. For example, the Tibetan Sixth Month usually falls in July, and the Ninth Month in October.

Festival Day Lunar Month

New Year Festival 1-7 1st Month
Special ceremonies performed by the Dalai Lama and preparations 
for the Great Prayer.
Great Prayer Festival 4-25
Begun by Tsong Khapa. Hordes of pilgrims at Lhasa's Jokhang, 
carnivals, horse racing, archery.
Festival of the Great Miracle 15
Fires on roof-tops and lamps in windows commemorate the 
Buddha's miracle at Sravasti.
The Gallop Behind the Fort 26
The Great Assembly of Worship 19 2nd Month
The Demon-Ransom King 29
Festival to drive out evil and expel scapegoat.
The Golden Procession of the Assembly of Worship 30
Monks encircle Lhasa and giat banners hung on the Potala's 
South face.
The Great Procession 3 4th Month
Vast, colorful ceremony during which the Dalai Lama moves from 
the Potala to Norbulingka for six months.
Full Moon Day of the Saga Constellation 15
Celebration of the Buddha's enlightenment and entry to nirvana.
The Birthday Festival 5 5th Month
The Comparison of the Gods at Nechung 8
Gathering at Nechung Monastery of numerous oracles in a state 
of trance.
The Universal Incense-offering. 15
Fourth of the Six Month 4 6th Month
Feast of Buddha's first sermon. Pilgrims climb holy mountain.
Start of the Xodoin Festival 29
Xodoin Festival at Sera and Drepung Monastery. 30
Hanging of giant banners.
Xodoin Festival at Lhasa 1-5 7th Month
The Circumambulation of the Fields. 1-15
Ceremonies to ensuregood crops.
The Bathing Festival. 8th Month
Ritual bathing in rivers; picnics.
The Divine Descent. 22 9th Month
Celebration of the Buddha's descent from heaven after preaching 
to his mother. Pilgrims to monasteries.
Procession to the Potala 10th Month
The Offerings on the Twenty-fifth Day at Ganden. 25
Memorial festival of Tsong Khapa's death lamps, fires.
The Conjunction of Nine Evils. 4-5 11th Month
On this most inauspicious day shops close and people don't travel.
The Votive Offering of the Twenty-ninth Day 29 12th Month
Culmination of the Old Year. Day-long pageantry and ritual 
Dances at the Potala's Inner Courtyard.