Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s birth is remembered as taking place in the year 1820, in the eastern Tibetan region known as Kham. More specifically, his birthplace is described as being within the Derge area, a culturally rich and influential part of that region. This situates his emergence within a landscape long associated with scholarship, practice, and the transmission of profound teachings. Such a setting offers a meaningful backdrop for understanding the later breadth and depth of his spiritual activity.

Within that broader geographical frame, his birth is further located at a place referred to as Dilgo in Kham, Tibet. The evocation of Dilgo and Derge together suggests a nexus of spiritual and cultural forces into which he was born, rather than a random point on the map. To contemplate this origin is to sense how time, place, and karmic conditions converged to give rise to a teacher whose influence would extend far beyond his native region.