Zurkhai: Lunar Astrology
Eastern Zodiac & Moon Days
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Discover your animal & element of the day, follow the eastern lunar calendar, and check zodiac compatibility — rooted in authentic Buddhist zurkhai.
Zurkhai is the traditional Buryat-Mongolian Buddhist almanac and calendar — a daily companion based on the lunar calendar studied in datsans for centuries. Calculated by the classical Pugpa school of Tibetan astronomy.
This is a cultural-educational app for the Buryat, Mongolian, Tuvan, Kalmyk, and broader Russian-speaking Tibetan Buddhist communities. It is not Western horoscope or fortune-telling — it follows specific Pugpa-school calculation methods documented in printed Buryat almanacs.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
• TODAY — Lunar day, animal sign, element, haircut guidance from tradition, what activities the almanac recommends or counter-recommends, next Buddhist holiday.
• COMPATIBILITY — Classical 4-parameter analysis: 5 Mahabhuta (elements), 12 Zhil (animals), 8 Parkha (Bagua directions), 9 Menge (Lo Shu karmic marks).
• BIRTH CHART — Personal year animal, element, Menge mark, and Suudal direction calculated from your birth year.
• MEDITATION — Shamatha timer, nine-round purification breathing, seven-point Vairocana posture guide.
• EDUCATIONAL COURSE — 12-lesson "Introduction to Buddhism" course with quizzes, 20-term glossary of Tibetan-Buddhist concepts, biographies of 17 teachers from the Buddha to Dalai Lama XIV.
• PLACES — Maps and details for 40 datsans (Buddhist monasteries) across Russia, Mongolia, Tibet, India, Nepal, USA, and Europe.
Tradition: Pugpa school of Tibetan-Mongolian Buddhism. Calculations verified against printed Buryat almanacs (Yampilov-Galsanov "Zurkhai-3", Atsagatsky Datsan publications).
Disclaimer: For important decisions (marriage, child's birth, relocation) please consult a qualified lama-zurkhaichin at a datsan.
100% on-device. No tracking, no ads, no subscriptions. Single optional one-time purchase for an extended cultural reading.
Minor fixes and stability improvements.
Updated texts and translations.
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Information
- Seller
- Nikolai Tsyrenov
- Size
- 43.6 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Russian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Extended Compatibility Report $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Nikolai Tsyrenov