Blessed Rainy Day is the holiday marking the end of the monsoon season in Bhutan. On this day all natural water resources in the country are considered to be sanctifying and citizens are encouraged to take an outdoor bath to be cleansed of "bad deeds, obstructions and defilements" and accumulated bad karma. Families traditionally gather for a meal of thup (porridge) at breakfast time. The holiday also marks the end of the farming season and the beginning of the harvest season. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Monsoon in the Vindhya mountain range, central India A monsoon is a heavy rainy season which lasts for several months and has lasting climatic effects. ... Karma (Sanskrit , act, action, performance[1]; PÄli kamma) ( ) is the concept of action or deed in Dharmic religions understood as denoting the entire cycle of cause and effect described in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist philosophies. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Crops have been harvested by hand throughout most of human history. ...
Government offices, schools, and institutions are closed for the day.
The most auspicious hour for the ablution is determined by astrologers in the service of the Je Khenpo, the chief abbot of the country. They refer to the Bhutanese lunar calendar (essentially the Tibetan lunar calendar), but the exact method of their calculations have not been disclosed. In 2004, they determined the preferred time to be 4:00 PM, September 22. Citizens who are unable to bathe at the exact hour instead often rise before dawn for a brisk morning splash. The Je Khenpo is the title given to the highest ranking religious official of Bhutan. ... The Tibetan calendar 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. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ...
In 2005 Blessed Rainy Day fell on September 23. The official date in 2006 was found to be September 24. September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Variant romanizations of the Dzongkha name of the holiday include Thrue-Bab, Thrie-Bab, and Thri-Bab. Dzongkha is the national language of the Kingdom of Bhutan. ...
External links
A 12 year old Bhutanese boy writes about Blessed Rainy Day
Bhutan government web site listing observance date
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