Today, starts the Blessed Rainy Day according to the bhutanese calendar. It marks the end of the monsoon season in Bhutan. People perceive all natural water resources to be sanctifying on this day. Citizens are encouraged to wash outdoors and symbolically cleanse themselves of all negative deeds, obstructions, and karmic defilements. Astrologers in the service of the chief abbot, Je Khenpo, try to determine the most auspicious hour for the ablution.
