| First Night | |
| 6:55 p.m | Warning bell |
| 7:00 | Orientation; zazen; opening ceremony |
| 9:25 approx. | End of formal zazen; Four Vows |
| Each Day | |
| 6:00 am | Zazen with dokusan |
| 8:00 | Breakfast / break |
| 9:30 | Zazen with teisho |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch / break |
| 2:00 | Zazen with dokusan |
| 4:00 | Dinner / break |
| 7:00 | Zazen with dokusan |
| 9:25 approx. | End of formal zazen; Four Vows; concluding ritual |
| Last Day | Same as other days, until |
| after teisho | Zazen and final dokusan |
| 1:00 pm approx. | Final words, followed by closing ceremony |