Sources: Bhutan Government Portal and Bhutan public holidays (qppstudio.net). The coronation ceremony of His Majesty the King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will be held at the Tashichhodzong on the 8th Day of the 9th Bhutanese month of the Earth Male Rat year corresponding to November 6, 2008. The coronation ceremony will be followed by two days of celebrations at the Changlingmithang stadium.The 3 days, from Thursday, November 6, to Saturday, November 8, 2008, have been announced as public holidays in Bhutan, according to a press release issued be the Royal Civil Service commission of Bhutan (note that the public holidays page on the Government portal, although labeled as 2008, actually refer to 2007 dates).
The date of the coronation was chosen after the Prime Minister of Bhutan consulted three enlightened astrologers: Lopon Samten Dorji, the head of the institute of Buddhists studies, Lopon Zungjug, the astrologer of the Central Monk Body and Lopon Ugyen Dorji, the principal of the institute of astrology in Pangrizampa, who jointly proposed that the 8th day of the 9th month of the Earth male rat year to be the most auspicious date for the coronation.
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