"Buddha Day" as Vesak celebration (May 12)

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Vesākha
Vesak Day celebrations at Borobodur in Java, Indonesia
Official name	Vesākha, Buddha Purnima, Buddha Jayanti, Vaisakha, Vesak, Vaishakhi Purnima বৈশাখী পুর্ণিমার 包囲祭 衛塞節 वेसाक វិសាខបូជា
Also called	The Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day
Observed by	Buddhists and some Hindus in South and Southeast Asia and in East Asia (as The Buddha's Birthday)
Type	Religious
Significance	The birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha
Observances	Meditation, observing the Eight Precepts, partaking of vegetarian food, giving to charity, "bathing" the Buddha
Date	Full moon of the month of Vesākha, usually in April (first), May or June (last)
2018 date	29 April (Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Burma, and Bangladesh) 30 April (India, Nepal) 29 May (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia)
2019 date	May 19
Frequency	annual
Related to	Buddha's Birthday Other related festivals Laba Festival (in China) Rohatsu (in Japan)

Bathing the Buddha on Vesak

Vesak (Pali Vesākha, Sanskrit Vaiśākha), also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists and some Hindus on different days in the various Buddhist countries of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Mongolia, the Philippines, and in China (but not in formerly Buddhist countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Baluchistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgystan, Tajikastan, Gandhara (the former Scythian/Shakyian Land of the Buddha), Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam as "Buddha's Birthday" as well as in other parts of the world. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Buddhahood), and final nirvana (parinirvāna) of the Buddha Gautamaa in the Theravada or more orthodox tradition. More

• Tzu Chi's Buddha Day (and Mother's Day) celebration, L.A.