Buddhist Celebration Dates 

for 2013

(included: Chinese Festival, 10 days and 6 days Purification dates)

(This page last updated on 7/1/2013)

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Dates listed in teal color are Lunar Calendar.
Chinese Festival listed in maroon color.

Lunar year: Gui Yi  (year of snake);  Solar year: 2013:

(Dates in red are for this month)

 Lunar   Calendar  Solar Calendar  Buddhist Celebration or Chinese Festival dates
 Dec. 8  Jan. 19 (Sa)  Sakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment
 Dec. 29  Feb. 9 (Sa)  Avatamsaka Bodhisattva's Birthday
 Jan.1  Feb. 10 (Su)  Maitreya Bodhisattva's Brithday
 Jan.1  Feb. 10 (Su)  Chinese New Year
 Jan. 6  Feb. 15 (Fr)  Dipamkara Buddha's Birthday
 Jan. 9  Feb. 18 (Mo)  Sakradevanam Indra's Birthday
 Feb. 8  Mar.19 (Tu)  Shakyamuni Buddha's Great Renunciation    
 (Pravraj - to become a monk)
 Feb.15  Mar.26 (Tu)  Shakyamuni Buddha's Nirvana
 Feb.19  Mar.30 (Sa)  Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Kuan-Yin)'s
 Birthday
 Feb.21  Apr. 1 (Mo)  Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's Birthday
   Apr. 4 (Th)  Chinese Chingming Festival
 Mar.16  Apr. 25 (Th)  Cundi Bodhisattva's Birthday
 Apr.4  May 13 (Mo)  Manjusri  Bodhisattva's Birthday
 Apr.8  May 17 (Fr)  Shakyamuni Buddha's Birthday
 Apr.28  June 6 (Th)  Bhaisajya-raja Bodhisattva's Birthday
 May 5  June 12 (We)  Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
 May 13  June 20 (Th)  Sangharama Bodhisattva's Birthday
 June 3  July 10 (We)  Veda (Weito) Bodhisattva's Birthday
 June 19  July 26 (Fr)  Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Kuan-Yin)'s
 Enlightenment 
 July 13  Aug.19 (Mo)  Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's Birthday
 July 15  Aug.21 (We)  Ullambana-Buddhas' Happy Day
 July 21  Aug.27 (Tu)  Patriarch P'u An's Birthday
 July 24  Aug.30 (Fr)  Nagarjuna Bodhisattva's Birthday
 July 29*  Sept. 4 (We)  Ksitigarbharaja Bodhisattva's Birthday
 Aug.15  Sept.19 (Th)  Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
 Aug. 22  Sept.26 (Th)  Ancient Buddha Dipamkara's Birthday
 Sept.  9  Oct.13 (Su)  Chong Yang Festival 
 Sept. 19  Oct.23 (We)  Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's Pravraj
 Sept. 29*  Nov. 2 (Sa)  Bhaisajaguru Buddha's Birthday
 Oct. 5  Nov. 7 (Th)  Patriarch Bodhidharma's Birthday
 Nov. 17  Dec.19 (Th)  Amita Buddha's Birthday
   2014   
 Dec. 8  Jan. 8 (We)  Sakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment
 Dec. 29  Jan.29 (We)  Avatamsaka Bodhisattva's Birthday
 Jan. 1  Jan. 31 (Fr)  Maitreya Bodhisattva's Birthday
 Jan. 1    Jan. 31 (Fr)  Chinese New Year 
 (Lunar year: Jia Wu - year of horse)


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Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Kuan-Yin)'s purification

    Lunar January 8
              February 7, 9, 19
              March 3, 6, 13
              April 22
              May 3, 17
              June 16, 18, 19, 23
              July 13
              August 16
              September 19, 23
              October 2
              November 19, 24
              December 25
        

10 days purification

    Lunar each month: 1, 8, 14, 15, 18, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30
                                  (for month no 30 day, start from 27, 28, 29)

6 days purification

    Lunar each month: 8, 14, 15, 23, 29, 30
                                 (for month no 30 day, start from 28, 29)