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The [[Tibetan calendar]] ([[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|ལོ་ཐོ}}, Wylie: lo-tho) is a lunisolar [[calendar]], that is, the [[Tibetan]] year is composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a [[new moon]]. A thirteenth month is added every two or three years, so that an average [[Tibetan]] year is {{Wiki|equal}} to the {{Wiki|solar year}}. | The [[Tibetan calendar]] ([[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|ལོ་ཐོ}}, Wylie: lo-tho) is a lunisolar [[calendar]], that is, the [[Tibetan]] year is composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a [[new moon]]. A thirteenth month is added every two or three years, so that an average [[Tibetan]] year is {{Wiki|equal}} to the {{Wiki|solar year}}. | ||
| − | The [[Tibetan]] New Year celebration is [[Losar]] ([[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|ལོ་གསར་}}, Wylie: lo-gsar). According to almanacs the year starts with the third Hor month. There were many different [[traditions]] in [[Tibet]] to fix the beginning of the year. | + | The [[Tibetan]] New Year celebration is [[Losar]] ([[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|[[ལོ་གསར་]]}}, Wylie: [[lo-gsar]]). According to almanacs the year starts with the third Hor month. There were many different [[traditions]] in [[Tibet]] to fix the beginning of the year. |
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Revision as of 19:02, 30 September 2013
The Tibetan calendar (Tibetan: ལོ་ཐོ, Wylie: lo-tho) is a lunisolar calendar, that is, the Tibetan year is composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a new moon. A thirteenth month is added every two or three years, so that an average Tibetan year is equal to the solar year.
The Tibetan New Year celebration is Losar (Tibetan: ལོ་གསར་, Wylie: lo-gsar). According to almanacs the year starts with the third Hor month. There were many different traditions in Tibet to fix the beginning of the year.
