SONAM LOSAR 2026

Annual Tibetan Farmer’s New Year celebrated on the first day of the 12 month of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar since the time of Great Tibet.

Great Tibet was centered on the Tibetan Plateau and formed as a result of expansions under the Yarlung dynasty's 33rd king, Songtsen Gampo, in the 7th century. It expanded further under Trisong Detsen and reached its greatest extent under Ralpachen, stretching east to Chang'an, west beyond modern Afghanistan, south into modern India and the Bay of Bengal.