15th day of the 3rd lunar month
Bao Sheng Da Di Birthday 2026
保生大帝聖誕
A healing and life-protection deity birthday linked with health and recovery prayers.
Direct answer
Bao Sheng Da Di Birthday in 2026 falls on May 1, 2026 in Bai Bai's runtime lunar conversion. Health prayers should support, not replace, medical care.
Date details
- Gregorian date: May 1, 2026
- ISO date: 2026-05-01
- Lunar date: 15th day of the 3rd lunar month
What to expect
- 1Bao Sheng Da Di Birthday usually centers on altar rites, offerings, chanting or prayer, and temple-specific timing rather than a single universal script.
- 2Timing is anchored by 15th day of the 3rd lunar month. usually falls in april or may; exact gregorian dates change yearly. Use that date as a planning reference, then confirm the actual schedule with the temple, family, association, or site manager.
- 3The visible sequence often includes birthday incense and offering prayers, health blessing or thanksgiving rites, and opera, cultural programs, or fire lion activities in some taiwanese festivals. These actions may be brief for a household rite and much longer when priests, volunteers, musicians, or community committees are involved.
- 4If there is no public procession, the important movement is usually around the altar, memorial space, offering table, queue, or family order rather than through the street.
Offerings
- Fruit, flowers, tea, incense, candles, and vegetarian or temple-approved food
- Health petitions or lamp offerings where the temple provides them
Etiquette
- Respect privacy around illness petitions.
- Do not touch ritual medicine symbols or documents.
- Follow staff instructions around performance and firework areas.
This is a lunar-date planning reference. Public celebrations, temple rites, and access arrangements may happen on different days, so confirm locally.