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Ashwin is the month of the 15-day harvest festival Dashain, Nepal's main festival. Most of people are free in this month, Nepal's holiday month. Being mostly based on Hindu calendar, Nepali calendar's festival dates are flexible. Important events are: around September 19: Ashoj 3, Ghatasthapana, First Day of Dashain (Public Holiday in Nepal)
For example, a certain holiday in Nepal can only be for women. The Government of Nepal has decided to grant a Nation-Wide holiday for a total of 35 days in the year 1142 NS. [1] The longest consecutive public holiday in Nepal is during Vijaya Dashami. On this festival, holidays fall consecutively i.e. from Fulpati to Duwadashi for seven days.
Tihar is a five-day-long Hindu festival originating from Nepal; it is the second-largest festival in the country, after Dashain. [3] [4] [5] Kukur Tihar is celebrated on the second day of Tihar. [4] [6] During the festival of Tihar, many animals including cows and crows are also worshipped. [7] [8]
Republic Day (Nepali: गणतन्त्र दिवस) is a national holiday in Nepal. It commemorates the date on which the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal took place on 28 May 2008, which ended the 240-year reign of the Shah kings and declared Nepal a republic .
8 March – International Women's Day; 29 March – Ghode Jatra; 31 March – Eid al-Fitr; 6 April – Rama Navami; 14 April – Nepali New Year; 24 April – Loktantra Diwas; 1 May – Labour Day; 12 May – Buddha's Birthday; 29 May – Ganatantra Diwas; 7 June – Eid al-Adha; 9 August – Raksha Bandhan; 10 August – Gai Jatra; 16 August ...
Pages in category "Public holidays in Nepal" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Nepal's various communities celebrate Tihar in different ways. The festival is popularly known as Swanti among the Newars and as Deepawali among Madhesis. [4] Nepalis also make patterns on the floors of living rooms or courtyards using materials such as coloured rice, dry flour, coloured sand or flower petals, called Rangoli, as a sacred welcoming for the gods and goddesses, particularly ...
YYYY-MM-DD is official date format for the Bikram Sambat calendar used in Nepal. While speaking and writing full BS dates, the mmmm d, yyyy format is often used alongside the yyyy mmmm d format. For instance, the 23rd of Chaitra , 2077 BS can be spoken and written as Chaitra 23, 2077 ( चैत २३, २०७७ ) or 2077 Chaitra 23 ...