The Tibetan Calendar: Lunar Weekdays, Lunar Date Days, Solar Weekdays and Solar Days

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The first and second of the five inclusive features (lnga-bsdus) of a Tibetan calendar are the lunar weekday (gza’) and the date of the lunar month (tshe). These are involved in the mech­anism through which the lunar and solar calendars are brought into harmony. To understand lunar weekdays, it is necessary to understand lunar date days (tshe-zhag) and their difference from solar days (nyin-zhag).

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