Updated 2026-08-28

Tibetan Calendar 2026 — Printable

The full Tibetan-Mongolian lunar calendar for 2026 — every day's lunar day, its element and animal, and the moon phases and holy days — laid out to print on paper or save as a PDF from your browser.

Use the button to print the whole year, or in the print dialog choose “Save as PDF” to keep an offline copy. Free and ad-free.

2026 festivals & holy days

Losar — February 18, 2026
Chotrul Duchen — March 3, 2026
Saka Dawa Duchen — May 31, 2026
Chokhor Duchen — July 18, 2026
Lhabab Duchen — November 1, 2026

The full year, day by day

January 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Thu	13	Wood Pig	Purification day in some traditions
2 Fri	14	Fire Rat	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
3 Sat	15	Fire Ox	Full moon
4 Sun	16	Earth Tiger
5 Mon	17	Earth Rabbit
6 Tue	18	Metal Dragon
7 Wed	19	Metal Snake
8 Thu	20	Water Horse
9 Fri	21	Water Sheep
10 Sat	22	Wood Monkey
11 Sun	23	Wood Rooster	A Tara / healing day
12 Mon	24	Fire Dog
13 Tue	25	Fire Pig	Dakini day
14 Wed	26	Earth Rat
15 Thu	27	Earth Ox
16 Fri	28	Metal Tiger
17 Sat	29	Metal Rabbit	Dharma Protector day
18 Sun	30	Water Dragon	New moon
19 Mon	1	Water Snake	Start of the lunar month
20 Tue	2	Wood Horse
21 Wed	3	Wood Sheep
22 Thu	4	Fire Monkey
23 Fri	5	Fire Rooster
24 Sat	6	Earth Dog
25 Sun	7	Earth Pig
26 Mon	8	Metal Rat	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
27 Tue	9	Metal Ox
28 Wed	10	Water Tiger	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
29 Thu	11	Water Rabbit
30 Fri	12	Wood Dragon
31 Sat	14	Wood Snake	One of the Six Holy Days of the month

February 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Sun	15	Fire Horse	Full moon
2 Mon	16	Fire Sheep
3 Tue	17	Earth Monkey
4 Wed	18	Earth Rooster
5 Thu	19	Metal Dog
6 Fri	20	Metal Pig
7 Sat	21	Water Rat
8 Sun	22	Water Ox
9 Mon	23	Wood Tiger	A Tara / healing day
10 Tue	24	Wood Rabbit
11 Wed	25	Fire Dragon	Dakini day
12 Thu	25	Fire Snake	Dakini day
13 Fri	26	Earth Horse
14 Sat	27	Earth Sheep
15 Sun	28	Metal Monkey
16 Mon	29	Metal Rooster	Dharma Protector day
17 Tue	30	Water Dog	New moon
18 Wed	1	Water Pig	Start of the lunar month
19 Thu	2	Wood Rat
20 Fri	3	Wood Ox
21 Sat	4	Fire Tiger
22 Sun	5	Fire Rabbit
23 Mon	6	Earth Dragon
24 Tue	8	Earth Snake	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
25 Wed	9	Metal Horse
26 Thu	10	Metal Sheep	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
27 Fri	11	Water Monkey
28 Sat	12	Water Rooster

March 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Sun	13	Wood Dog	Purification day in some traditions
2 Mon	14	Wood Pig	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
3 Tue	15	Fire Rat	Full moon
4 Wed	16	Fire Ox
5 Thu	17	Earth Tiger
6 Fri	18	Earth Rabbit
7 Sat	19	Metal Dragon
8 Sun	20	Metal Snake
9 Mon	21	Water Horse
10 Tue	22	Water Sheep
11 Wed	23	Wood Monkey	A Tara / healing day
12 Thu	24	Wood Rooster
13 Fri	25	Fire Dog	Dakini day
14 Sat	26	Fire Pig
15 Sun	27	Earth Rat
16 Mon	28	Earth Ox
17 Tue	29	Metal Tiger	Dharma Protector day
18 Wed	30	Metal Rabbit	New moon
19 Thu	1	Water Dragon	Start of the lunar month
20 Fri	2	Water Snake
21 Sat	3	Wood Horse
22 Sun	4	Wood Sheep
23 Mon	5	Fire Monkey
24 Tue	6	Fire Rooster
25 Wed	7	Earth Dog
26 Thu	8	Earth Pig	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
27 Fri	9	Metal Rat
28 Sat	10	Metal Ox	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
29 Sun	11	Water Tiger
30 Mon	13	Water Rabbit	Purification day in some traditions
31 Tue	14	Wood Dragon	One of the Six Holy Days of the month

April 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Wed	15	Wood Snake	Full moon
2 Thu	16	Fire Horse
3 Fri	17	Fire Sheep
4 Sat	17	Earth Monkey
5 Sun	18	Earth Rooster
6 Mon	19	Metal Dog
7 Tue	20	Metal Pig
8 Wed	21	Water Rat
9 Thu	22	Water Ox
10 Fri	23	Wood Tiger	A Tara / healing day
11 Sat	24	Wood Rabbit
12 Sun	25	Fire Dragon	Dakini day
13 Mon	26	Fire Snake
14 Tue	27	Earth Horse
15 Wed	28	Earth Sheep
16 Thu	29	Metal Monkey	Dharma Protector day
17 Fri	30	Metal Rooster	New moon
18 Sat	1	Water Dog	Start of the lunar month
19 Sun	2	Water Pig
20 Mon	3	Wood Rat
21 Tue	4	Wood Ox
22 Wed	6	Fire Tiger
23 Thu	7	Fire Rabbit
24 Fri	8	Earth Dragon	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
25 Sat	9	Earth Snake
26 Sun	10	Metal Horse	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
27 Mon	11	Metal Sheep
28 Tue	12	Water Monkey
29 Wed	13	Water Rooster	Purification day in some traditions
30 Thu	14	Wood Dog	One of the Six Holy Days of the month

May 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Fri	15	Wood Pig	Full moon
2 Sat	16	Fire Rat
3 Sun	17	Fire Ox
4 Mon	18	Earth Tiger
5 Tue	19	Earth Rabbit
6 Wed	20	Metal Dragon
7 Thu	21	Metal Snake
8 Fri	22	Water Horse
9 Sat	22	Water Sheep
10 Sun	23	Wood Monkey	A Tara / healing day
11 Mon	24	Wood Rooster
12 Tue	25	Fire Dog	Dakini day
13 Wed	26	Fire Pig
14 Thu	27	Earth Rat
15 Fri	28	Earth Ox
16 Sat	30	Metal Tiger	New moon
17 Sun	1	Metal Rabbit	Start of the lunar month
18 Mon	2	Water Dragon
19 Tue	3	Water Snake
20 Wed	4	Wood Horse
21 Thu	5	Wood Sheep
22 Fri	6	Fire Monkey
23 Sat	7	Fire Rooster
24 Sun	8	Earth Dog	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
25 Mon	9	Earth Pig
26 Tue	10	Metal Rat	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
27 Wed	11	Metal Ox
28 Thu	12	Water Tiger
29 Fri	13	Water Rabbit	Purification day in some traditions
30 Sat	14	Wood Dragon	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
31 Sun	15	Wood Snake	Full moon

June 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Mon	16	Fire Horse
2 Tue	17	Fire Sheep
3 Wed	18	Earth Monkey
4 Thu	19	Earth Rooster
5 Fri	20	Metal Dog
6 Sat	21	Metal Pig
7 Sun	22	Water Rat
8 Mon	23	Water Ox	A Tara / healing day
9 Tue	24	Wood Tiger
10 Wed	25	Wood Rabbit	Dakini day
11 Thu	26	Fire Dragon
12 Fri	27	Fire Snake
13 Sat	28	Earth Horse
14 Sun	29	Earth Sheep	Dharma Protector day
15 Mon	30	Metal Monkey	New moon
16 Tue	1	Metal Rooster	Start of the lunar month
17 Wed	3	Water Dog
18 Thu	4	Water Pig
19 Fri	5	Wood Rat
20 Sat	6	Wood Ox
21 Sun	7	Fire Tiger
22 Mon	8	Fire Rabbit	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
23 Tue	9	Earth Dragon
24 Wed	10	Earth Snake	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
25 Thu	11	Metal Horse
26 Fri	12	Metal Sheep
27 Sat	13	Water Monkey	Purification day in some traditions
28 Sun	14	Water Rooster	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
29 Mon	15	Wood Dog	Full moon
30 Tue	16	Wood Pig

July 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Wed	17	Fire Rat
2 Thu	17	Fire Ox
3 Fri	18	Earth Tiger
4 Sat	19	Earth Rabbit
5 Sun	20	Metal Dragon
6 Mon	21	Metal Snake
7 Tue	22	Water Horse
8 Wed	23	Water Sheep	A Tara / healing day
9 Thu	24	Wood Monkey
10 Fri	26	Wood Rooster
11 Sat	27	Fire Dog
12 Sun	28	Fire Pig
13 Mon	29	Earth Rat	Dharma Protector day
14 Tue	30	Earth Ox	New moon
15 Wed	1	Metal Tiger	Start of the lunar month
16 Thu	2	Metal Rabbit
17 Fri	3	Water Dragon
18 Sat	4	Water Snake
19 Sun	5	Wood Horse
20 Mon	6	Wood Sheep
21 Tue	7	Fire Monkey
22 Wed	8	Fire Rooster	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
23 Thu	9	Earth Dog
24 Fri	10	Earth Pig	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
25 Sat	11	Metal Rat
26 Sun	12	Metal Ox
27 Mon	13	Water Tiger	Purification day in some traditions
28 Tue	14	Water Rabbit	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
29 Wed	15	Wood Dragon	Full moon
30 Thu	16	Wood Snake
31 Fri	17	Fire Horse

August 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Sat	18	Fire Sheep
2 Sun	19	Earth Monkey
3 Mon	20	Earth Rooster
4 Tue	21	Metal Dog
5 Wed	22	Metal Pig
6 Thu	23	Water Rat	A Tara / healing day
7 Fri	24	Water Ox
8 Sat	25	Wood Tiger	Dakini day
9 Sun	26	Wood Rabbit
10 Mon	27	Fire Dragon
11 Tue	29	Fire Snake	Dharma Protector day
12 Wed	30	Earth Horse	New moon
13 Thu	1	Earth Sheep	Start of the lunar month
14 Fri	2	Metal Monkey
15 Sat	3	Metal Rooster
16 Sun	4	Water Dog
17 Mon	5	Water Pig
18 Tue	6	Wood Rat
19 Wed	7	Wood Ox
20 Thu	8	Fire Tiger	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
21 Fri	9	Fire Rabbit
22 Sat	10	Earth Dragon	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
23 Sun	11	Earth Snake
24 Mon	12	Metal Horse
25 Tue	13	Metal Sheep	Purification day in some traditions
26 Wed	14	Water Monkey	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
27 Thu	14	Water Rooster	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
28 Fri	15	Wood Dog	Full moon
29 Sat	16	Wood Pig
30 Sun	17	Fire Rat
31 Mon	18	Fire Ox

September 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Tue	19	Earth Tiger
2 Wed	21	Earth Rabbit
3 Thu	22	Metal Dragon
4 Fri	23	Metal Snake	A Tara / healing day
5 Sat	24	Water Horse
6 Sun	25	Water Sheep	Dakini day
7 Mon	26	Wood Monkey
8 Tue	27	Wood Rooster
9 Wed	28	Fire Dog
10 Thu	29	Fire Pig	Dharma Protector day
11 Fri	30	Earth Rat	New moon
12 Sat	1	Earth Ox	Start of the lunar month
13 Sun	2	Metal Tiger
14 Mon	3	Metal Rabbit
15 Tue	4	Water Dragon
16 Wed	5	Water Snake
17 Thu	6	Wood Horse
18 Fri	7	Wood Sheep
19 Sat	8	Fire Monkey	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
20 Sun	9	Fire Rooster
21 Mon	10	Earth Dog	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
22 Tue	11	Earth Pig
23 Wed	12	Metal Rat
24 Thu	13	Metal Ox	Purification day in some traditions
25 Fri	14	Water Tiger	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
26 Sat	15	Water Rabbit	Full moon
27 Sun	16	Wood Dragon
28 Mon	17	Wood Snake
29 Tue	18	Fire Horse
30 Wed	19	Fire Sheep

October 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Thu	20	Earth Monkey
2 Fri	21	Earth Rooster
3 Sat	22	Metal Dog
4 Sun	23	Metal Pig	A Tara / healing day
5 Mon	25	Water Rat	Dakini day
6 Tue	26	Water Ox
7 Wed	27	Wood Tiger
8 Thu	28	Wood Rabbit
9 Fri	29	Fire Dragon	Dharma Protector day
10 Sat	30	Fire Snake	New moon
11 Sun	1	Earth Horse	Start of the lunar month
12 Mon	2	Earth Sheep
13 Tue	3	Metal Monkey
14 Wed	4	Metal Rooster
15 Thu	5	Water Dog
16 Fri	6	Water Pig
17 Sat	7	Wood Rat
18 Sun	8	Wood Ox	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
19 Mon	9	Fire Tiger
20 Tue	9	Fire Rabbit
21 Wed	10	Earth Dragon	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
22 Thu	11	Earth Snake
23 Fri	12	Metal Horse
24 Sat	13	Metal Sheep	Purification day in some traditions
25 Sun	14	Water Monkey	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
26 Mon	15	Water Rooster	Full moon
27 Tue	16	Wood Dog
28 Wed	18	Wood Pig
29 Thu	19	Fire Rat
30 Fri	20	Fire Ox
31 Sat	21	Earth Tiger

November 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Sun	22	Earth Rabbit
2 Mon	23	Metal Dragon	A Tara / healing day
3 Tue	24	Metal Snake
4 Wed	25	Water Horse	Dakini day
5 Thu	26	Water Sheep
6 Fri	27	Wood Monkey
7 Sat	28	Wood Rooster
8 Sun	29	Fire Dog	Dharma Protector day
9 Mon	30	Fire Pig	New moon
10 Tue	1	Earth Rat	Start of the lunar month
11 Wed	2	Earth Ox
12 Thu	3	Metal Tiger
13 Fri	4	Metal Rabbit
14 Sat	5	Water Dragon
15 Sun	6	Water Snake
16 Mon	7	Wood Horse
17 Tue	8	Wood Sheep	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
18 Wed	9	Fire Monkey
19 Thu	10	Fire Rooster	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
20 Fri	11	Earth Dog
21 Sat	12	Earth Pig
22 Sun	13	Metal Rat	Purification day in some traditions
23 Mon	14	Metal Ox	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
24 Tue	15	Water Tiger	Full moon
25 Wed	16	Water Rabbit
26 Thu	17	Wood Dragon
27 Fri	18	Wood Snake
28 Sat	19	Fire Horse
29 Sun	20	Fire Sheep
30 Mon	22	Earth Monkey

December 2026

Date	Lunar	Element · Animal	Note
1 Tue	23	Earth Rooster	A Tara / healing day
2 Wed	24	Metal Dog
3 Thu	25	Metal Pig	Dakini day
4 Fri	26	Water Rat
5 Sat	27	Water Ox
6 Sun	28	Wood Tiger
7 Mon	29	Wood Rabbit	Dharma Protector day
8 Tue	30	Fire Dragon	New moon
9 Wed	1	Fire Snake	Start of the lunar month
10 Thu	2	Earth Horse
11 Fri	3	Earth Sheep
12 Sat	3	Metal Monkey
13 Sun	4	Metal Rooster
14 Mon	5	Water Dog
15 Tue	6	Water Pig
16 Wed	7	Wood Rat
17 Thu	8	Wood Ox	Medicine Buddha day and a Tara day
18 Fri	9	Fire Tiger
19 Sat	10	Fire Rabbit	Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) day
20 Sun	11	Earth Dragon
21 Mon	12	Earth Snake
22 Tue	13	Metal Horse	Purification day in some traditions
23 Wed	14	Metal Sheep	One of the Six Holy Days of the month
24 Thu	16	Water Monkey
25 Fri	17	Water Rooster
26 Sat	18	Wood Dog
27 Sun	19	Wood Pig
28 Mon	20	Fire Rat
29 Tue	21	Fire Ox
30 Wed	22	Earth Tiger
31 Thu	23	Earth Rabbit	A Tara / healing day

Frequently asked

Is there a PDF of the 2026 Tibetan calendar?

Yes — press “Print / Save as PDF” above and choose “Save as PDF” as the destination. You get a clean, ad-free PDF of the whole year to keep or print.

What does each day show?

For every date in 2026 it lists the Tibetan lunar day (1–30), that day's element and animal, and the moon phase or holy day — the full moon on the 15th, new moon on the 30th, and the Six Holy Days.

Do the dates vary by tradition?

Slightly. Tibetan lineages and Mongolian/Buryat almanacs can differ by a day on some observances. For ritual timing, confirm against a published almanac or a zurkhai lama.

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Traditional / reference information in the Tibetan and Buryat tradition — not religious or astrological advice. Exact dates vary by lineage; confirm important timing with a published almanac or a zurkhai lama.