I was repeatedly asked to give specific day in each month to do
the deity practices. The following is the list of major lunar days as per
Bhutanese /Tibetan calendar in each month that is auspicious to do various
dharma practices.
3rd
· Yoga Tantra
· Dharmapala Tsiu Marpo
· Five Dakinis Practice
(afternoon)
· White Tara Practice
(morning)
5th
· Dakini Day (minor)
8th
· Guru Rinpoche Day (minor)
· Medicine Buddha Day Tara Puja
· Shri Hevajra
· Gyalwa Gyatso - Red Chenrezig
(morning)
· Milarepa Guru Yoga (afternoon)
9th
· All Dharmapalas (dharma
protectors) (minor)
10th
· Daka/Heruka Day (Male Deities)
Feast Day
· Heart Yoga Practice
· Vajrayogini
· Guru Rinpoche (afternoon)
13th
· 12 Guardian Deity
Offerings
· Purification (minor)
Prayer-Flag day
· Fire Puja - Purification
14th
· Shri Hevajra
· The 1002 Buddhas (Kshitagarbha
Sutra)
· Dharmapala Magzor Gyalmo, Shri
Devi
· Sojung (confession practice) (3
a.m.)
15th
· Amitabha Buddha Day/Full Moon
Day
· Chakrasamvara Practice
(morning)
· Full Moon Assembly
· All Peaceful Deities
· Amitabha Buddha
· Drikung Phowa Practice
Chakrasmvara (morning)
· Thang Lha (local deity)
Afternoon
18th
· One of the Four Guardians
Kings
· Mahakala
19th
· Medicine Buddha
· All Dharmapalas (protectors)
(minor)
21st
· Chenresik
23rd
· Tara/Healing (major)
· Vajravarahi Practice
· Shri Hevajra
· Vairochana Buddha
· Green Tara (long form)
(morning)
· Vajrayogini (short form)
(afternoon)
24th
· Kshitagarbha Sutra
25th
· Dakini Day (Female Deities)
Feast Day
· Heart Yoga Practice
· Vajrayogini
· Guru Rinpoche (morning)
· Vajrayogini (long form)
(afternoon)
27th
· Purification
28th
· Purification
· Amitabha Buddha
29th
· Dharma Protector Day
(major)
· Medicine Buddha
· Shri Hevajra
· All Dharmapalas
(protectors)
· Sojung (confession
practice)
· Dharmapala Day
· Mahakala (all day)
· Kunrik (purification practice)
(3 a.m.)
30th
· Buddha Day, Reading of
Sutras
· Vairochana Practice
· Shakyamuni Buddha (100-fold
merit)
· Sojung (confession
practice)
· Drikung Phowa Practice
Hopefully, you all will
undertake to do some specific dharma practice on the above days for the wellbeing
of all sentient beings.