2005 Moon Days
full moon     new moon 

The full moon and new moon phases occur at a specific moment in time. 

The rest day is the day of your practice time closest to the full or new moon phase.  For example, if you practice in the morning, and the moon phase occurs at 3 am, you would skip practice the morning after the 3 am moon phase.  If you were an evening practitioner, you would skip practice the night before the 3 am phase, because that's closer to your regular practice time than the following day.

For information about why we take the moon days off, please visit Tim Miller's website.

How the moon days in this chart are calculated:

For the schedule of shala closings, when the full or new moon phase occurs between morning and night, that day is the moon day.  When the phase occurs in the middle of the night:  if it is closer to the previous night's evening class, the previous day has been taken as the moon day; if it is closer to the following day's morning class, the following day has been taken as the moon day.

For more information about the moon and time, visit the U.S. Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications website.  Check out the FAQ section.

January 10, 2005 (Monday) 
January 25, 2005 (Tuesday)

February 8, 2005 (Tuesday)
February 23, 2005 (Wednesday)

March 10, 2005 (Thursday)
March 25, 2005 (Friday)

April 8, 2005 (Friday)
April 24, 2005 (Sunday)

May 8, 2005 (Sunday)
May 23, 2005 (Monday)

U.S. Central Daylight Time
(-5 hours from GMT) Change on Sunday, April 3, 2005, 2:00 am, Set clocks AHEAD one hour

June 6, 2005 (Monday)
June 21, 2005 (Tuesday)

July 6, 2005 (Wednesday)
 July 21, 2005 (Thursday)

August 4, 2005 (Thursday)
 August 19, 2005 (Friday)

September 3, 2005 (Saturday)
 September 17, 2005 (Saturday)

October 3, 2005 (Monday)
 October 17, 2005 (Monday)

U.S. Central Standard Time
(-6 hours from GMT), Change on Sunday, Oct 30, 2005, 2:00 am, Set clocks BACK one hour

November 1, 2005 (Tuesday)
November 15, 2005 (Tuesday)  

December 1, 2005 (Thursday)
December 15, 2005 (Thursday)
December 30, 2005 (Friday)

January 14, 2006 (Saturday)
January 29, 2006 (Sunday)

February 13, 2006 (Monday)
February 28, 2006 (Tuesday)

March 14, 2006 (Tuesday)
March 29, 2006 (Wednesday)