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Ladakh Calender & Festival
The people of Ladakh follow Tibetan calendar. Their year consists of 12 months each of 30 days for two consecutive years and the third year consists of 13 months. The extra month is added in between on the day considered auspicious.
Tibetan months are numbered and not named. Only days of a week are named. The days of the week and are named after the sun, the moon and five visible planets. Another peculiarity in the calendar is that some days of the week are omitted during a month considered inauspicious and the word Chad (cut off) appears on calendar. That day of the month does not exist in the year. Thus their year consist of days less than 360 at variance with a true lunar year.
The Tibetan New Year begins with the rising of the new moon in February or March depending on when the extra month is added. For these difficulties, the dates on which the festivals of Ladakh will fall according to Western Solar year cannot be worked out.
| Name of the festival | Venue | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Spituk Gustor | Spituk Monastery | January 9-20 | January 9-10 | January 27-28 |
| Leh & Likir Dosmochey | Leh & Likir | February 18-19 | February 7-8 | February 26-27 |
| Yargon Tungshak | Nubra (Yarma) | February 23-24 | February 12-13 | February 3-4 |
| Stok Guru Tsechu | Stok | March 1-2 | March 19-20 | February 9-10 |
| Matho Nagrang | Matho | March 6-7 | February 23-24 | February 13-14 |
| Saka Dawa | Ladakh | June 4 | May 23 | June 11 |
| Yuru Kabgyat | Lamayuru Monastery | June 15-16 | June 3-4 | June 22-23 |
| Hemis Tsechu | Hemis Monastery | June 28-29 | June 16-17 | July 5-6 |
| Sachukul Gustor | Sachukul Monastery | July 5-6 | June 23-24 | July 12-13 |
| Ladakh Polo Festival | Shagran, Chushot Gongma | July 11-17 | July 11-17 | July 11-17 |
| Stongday Gustor | Stongdey Monastery | July 6-7 | June 23-24 | July 12-13 |
| Karsha Gustor | Karsha Monastery | July 15-16 | July 3-4 | July 22-23 |
| Phyang Tsesdup | Phyang Monastery | July 15-16 | July 3-4 | July 22-23 |
| Korzok Gustor | Korzok Monastery | July 21-22 | July 9-10 | July 27-28 |
| Takthok Tseschu | Takthok Monastery | July 28-29 | July 16-17 | August 4-5 |
| Sani Nasjal | Sani Palace | July 31-August 27 | July 20-21 | August 8-9 |
| Deskit Gustor | Diskit Monastery | October 12-13 | October 30-31 | October 19-20 |
| Thiksay Gustor | Thiksey Monastery | October 31-November 1 | November 18-19 | November 8-9 |
| Chemday Wangchok | Chemrey Monastery | November 11-12 | November 28-29 | November 17-18 |
| Galden Namchot | Ladakh | December 7 | December 25 | December 14 |
| Ladakhi Losar | Ladakh | December 13 | December 31 | December 20 |
