The Moon
calendar, everything from finding a time to perform a
simple healing ceremony to performing full scale
empowerments.
Observation Times
Aside from learning when these lunar gaps can be
experienced, the other major thing to learn about this
subject is: what to do when the gaps occur. As you
might imagine, there are a wide range of practices,
depending on the particular lunar gap (phase) and the
personal needs of the practitioner.
However, in general, these lunar gap-times are set
aside for special observation. Tibetans observe these
days with great attention and care. In fact, in many
Eastern countries, they don't have Saturday and
Sunday off; instead, new and full moon days are
considered holy days (holidays), and normal routines