2025 Temple Event/Festival Dates for Year of the Snake
(Buddhist Year 2569)
| Buddhist Event / Festival | Day | Date | Lunar Dates |
| Maitreya Buddha’s Birthday + Lunar New Year Celebration | Wednesday | 29/01/2025 | Lunar January 1 |
| Welcome All Heavenly Saints ceremony with Incense offering | Saturday | 01/02/2025 | Lunar January 4 |
| Offering to Heaven ceremony + God Sakra’s Birthday celebration | Thursday | 06/02/2025 | Lunar January 9 |
| Blessing Dharma Service + Offering to Tai Sui ceremony | Friday — Sunday | 07/02/2025 – 09/02/2025 | Lunar January 10 – Lunar January 12 |
| Chinese Spring Lantern Festival | Wednesday | 12/02/2025 | Lunar January 15 |
| Offering to Buddha Ceremony | Friday | 28/02/2025 | Lunar February 1 |
| Sakyamuni Buddha’s Renunciation Day | Friday | 07/03/2025 | Lunar February 8 |
| Offering to Buddha Ceremony + Sakyamuni Buddha’ Nirvana Day + Tao Founding Father LaoZi’s Birthday | Friday | 14/03/2025 | Lunar February 15 |
| Avalokitesvara (Guan Yin) Bodhisattva’s Birthday | Tuesday | 18/03/2025 | Lunar February 19 |
| Samantabhadra (Pu Xian) Bodhisattva’s birthday | Thursday | 20/03/2025 | Lunar February 21 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Saturday | 29/03/2025 | Lunar March 01 |
| Ching Ming Festival ( Grave Sweeping Day) | Friday | 04/04/2025 | Lunar March 07 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony + Tao Master Wu’s birthday (Lunar Mar 17) + Tao Master Jun’s birthday (Lunar Mar 18) | Saturday | 12/04/2025 | Lunar March 15 |
| Cundi (Jun Ti) Bodhisattva’s birthday | Sunday | 13/04/2025 | Lunar March 16 |
| Empress of Heaven’s ( Sea Goddess) Birthday celebration | Sunday | 20/04/2025 | Lunar March 23 |
| Benevolent Emperor Xu’s Birthday (Tao Master Xu) | Saturday | 26/04/2025 | Lunar March 29 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Monday | 28/04/2025 | Lunar April 1 |
| Manjushri (Wen Shu) Bodhisattva’s Birthday | Thursday | 01/05/2025 | Lunar April 4 |
| Tao Master Song Chan’s Birthday + Tao Master Lu’s Birthday (Lunar Apr 14) | Saturday | 03/05/2025 | Lunar April 6 |
| Sakyamuni Buddha’s Birthday | Monday | 05/05/2025 | Lunar April 8 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony + Tao Master Ming Fei’s Birthday (Lunar Apr 17 | Monday | 12/05/2025 | Lunar April 15 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Tuesday | 27/05/2035 | Lunar May 1 |
| Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Jie) + Master Dao Ji ‘s Birthday (Lunar May 9) | Saturday | 31/05/2025 | Lunar May 5 |
| Sangharama (Qie Lan) Bodhisattva’s Birthday | Sunday | 08/06/2025 | Lunar May 13 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Tuesday | 10/06/2025 | Lunar May 15 |
| Mid-Year Incense offering to all heavenly Saints (Registration for Ullambana Festival offering opens) | Wednesday | 25/06/2025 | Lunar June 1 |
| Skanda (Weituo) Bodhisattva’s Birthday + Tao Master Zhen Qi’s Birthday (Lunar June 6) + Tao Master Guo’s Birthday (Lunar June 12) | Friday | 27/06/2025 | Lunar June 3 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony + Tao Master Yang’s Birthday (Lunar June 22) | Wednesday | 09/07/2025 | Lunar June 15 |
| Avalokitesvara (Guan Yin) Bodhisattva’s Enlightenment day | Sunday | 13/07/2025 | Lunar June 19 |
| Guan Di Gong’s Birthday | Friday | 18/07/2025 | Lunar June 24 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Friday | 25/07/2025 | Leap year Lunar June 01 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Friday | 08/08/2025 | Leap year Lunar June 15 |
| Avalokitesvara (Guan Yin) Bodhisattva’s Enlightenment day | Tuesday | 12/08/2025 | Leap year Lunar June 19 |
| Lunar July – Start of Ullambana Festival with the Opening of Doors to all lonely souls ceremony | Saturday | 23/08/2025 | Lunar July 01 |
| Wisdom Bodhisattva’s Birthday celebration + Tao Master Lu’s Enlightenment day | Thursday | 04/09/2025 | Lunar July 13 |
| Our Temples Annual Ullambana Dharma Service | Sunday — Sunday | 31/08/2025 – 07/09/2025 | Lunar July 09 – Lunar July 16 |
| Buddha’s Joy Day or Sangha Day (Ullambana Festival Day) | Saturday | 06/09/2025 | Lunar July 15 |
| Ksitigarbha (Di Zhang Wang) Bodhisattva’s Birthday Celebration + End Ullambana Festival with Closing Door Ceremony | Sunday | 21/09/2025 | Lunar July 30 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Monday | 22/09/2025 | Lunar August 1 |
| Tao Master Li Dao Ming’s Birthday | Monday | 29/09/2025 | Lunar August 8 |
| Moonlight Bodhisattva’s Birthday (Moon Festival) | Monday | 06/10/2025 | Lunar August 15 |
| Dipamkara Buddha’s Birthday celebration (RanDeng Ancient Buddha) | Monday | 13/10/2025 | Lunar August 22 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Tuesday | 21/10/2025 | Lunar September 1 |
| Chong Yang (Double Ninth) Festival (Autumn Ancestor Memorial day ) | Wednesday | 29/10/2025 | Lunar September 9 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Tuesday | 04/11/2025 | Lunar September 15 |
| Avalokitesvara (Guan Yin) Bodhisattva’s Renunciation Day | Saturday | 08/11/2025 | Lunar September 19 |
| Medicine Buddha’s Birthday Celebration | Wednesday | 19/11/2025 | Lunar September 30 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Thursday | 20/11/2025 | Lunar October 1 |
| Chinese Autumn Festival + Tao Master Li Tai Bai’s Birthday (Lunar Oct 23) + Tao Master Song Da Feng’s Birthday (Lunar Oct 29) | Thursday | 04/12/2025 | Lunar October 15 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony + Tao Master Song Chan’s Enlightenment Day (Lunar November 14) | Saturday | 20/12/2025 | Lunar November 1 |
| Chinese Winter Solstice Festival (Dong Zhi) | Sunday | 21/12/2025 | Lunar November 02 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Saturday | 03/01/2026 | Lunar November 15 |
| Amitabha Buddha’s Birthday celebration | Monday | 05/01/2026 | Lunar November 17 |
| Sunlight Bodhisattva’s Birthday celebration | Wednesday | 07/01/2026 | Lunar November 19 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony + Tao Master Liu Chun Fang’s Birthday (Lunar Dec 7) + Tao Master Zheng Qi’s Enlightenment day (Lunar December 9) | Monday | 19/01/2026 | Lunar December 1 |
| Sakyamuni Buddha’s Enlightenment day | Monday | 26/01/2026 | Lunar December 8 |
| Offering to Buddha ceremony | Monday | 02/02/2026 | Lunar December 15 |
| Farewell offering to all Saints ceremony | Wednesday | 11/02/2026 | Lunar December 24 |
| Chinese New Year Eve celebration | Monday | 16/02/2026 | Lunar December 29 |
★ This list is for reference only and may change without prior notice, please contact our office to confirm