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UPOSATHA DAYS



The Uposatha is a time to intensify one's own meditation and Dharma practice, for instance, meditating an extra session or for a longer time, reading or chanting special Buddhist texts, recollecting or giving in some special way.

 See the 2024 moon phases, below.

For lay practitioners, the Uposatha is a time to intensify one's meditation and Dharma practice.  For example, meditating for an extra session or a longer time, reading or chanting special sutras, eating only vegetarian, and practising Dana.

The Eight Precepts are for upāsakas and upāsikās who wish to practice Buddhism more strictly than through adherence to the five precepts. 
The Buddha gave teachings on how the five precepts are to be practised.
  1. I undertake to abstain from causing harm and taking life (both human and non-human), and to abstain from eating meat.
  2. I undertake to abstain from taking what is not given (for example stealing, displacements that may cause misunderstandings).
  3. I undertake to abstain from sexual activity.
  4. I undertake to abstain from wrong speech: telling lies, deceiving others, manipulating others, using hurtful words.
  5. I undertake to abstain from using intoxicating drinks and drugs, which lead to carelessness.


New MoonFirst QuarterFull MoonThird QuarterDuration
1249      Jan 310:30 pm29d 12h 25m
1250Jan 116:57 amJan 1710:52 pmJan 2512:54 pmFeb 26:18 pm29d 11h 02m
1251Feb 95:59 pmFeb 1610:00 amFeb 247:30 amMar 310:23 am29d 10h 01m
1252Mar 105:00 amMar 1712:10 amMar 253:00 amApr 111:14 pm29d 9h 20m
1253Apr 82:20 pmApr 153:13 pmApr 237:48 pmMay 17:27 am29d 9h 01m
1254May 711:21 pmMay 157:48 amMay 239:53 amMay 301:12 pm29d 9h 16m
1255Jun 68:37 amJun 141:18 amJun 219:07 pmJun 285:53 pm29d 10h 20m
1256Jul 56:57 pmJul 136:48 pmJul 216:17 amJul 2710:51 pm29d 12h 16m
1257Aug 47:13 amAug 1211:18 amAug 192:25 pmAug 265:25 am29d 14h 42m
1258Sep 29:55 pmSep 112:05 amSep 1710:34 pmSep 242:49 pm29d 16h 54m
1259Oct 22:49 pmOct 102:55 pmOct 177:26 amOct 244:03 am29d 17h 58m
1260Nov 18:47 amNov 912:55 amNov 154:28 pmNov 228:27 pm29d 17h 34m
1261Dec 11:21 amDec 810:26 amDec 154:01 amDec 225:18 pm29d 16h 05m
1262Dec 305:26 pm