Nirvana Day (Chinese calendar)

Culture of origin: Buddhist · Cultural

Holiday sources: Buddhism

Nirvana Day remembers the Buddha's parinirvana, his complete nirvana at death. Chinese Buddhism keeps it on the 15th day of the 2nd lunar month, as the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas' calendar of anniversaries gives it. Most who keep the day by the Gregorian calendar do so on 15 February, some on 8 February.