Why are there two Laba Festivals in 2022? When is the Laba Festival in 2022?

During Laba Festival, everyone knows that they have to eat Laba porridge, which is a porridge made from a variety of ingredients. This festival in Japan is a Buddhist festival to commemorate the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, and later gradually became a folk festival. So, when is Laba Festival in 2022? Why are there two Laba Festivals in 2022?

Why are there two Laba Festivals in 2022?

There are two Laba Festivals in 2022 because the Gregorian calendar times of the Laba Festival in 2021 and the Laba Festival in 2022 are both in 2022, so there are two Laba Festivals in the Gregorian calendar year of 2022.

Laba Festival 2021: January 10, 2022, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month of the year 2021

Laba Festival 2022 Date: December 30, 2022, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month of the year 2022

When is Laba Festival in 2022?

The Laba Festival in 2022 is January 10 (Monday), which is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the Xinchou year in the lunar calendar. The eleventh and twelfth months of the lunar calendar every year are commonly known as the cold winter months, and the eighth day of the twelfth month (that is, December 8th of the lunar calendar) is abbreviated as Laba, which has now evolved into Laba Festival.