The government of Nepal has announced the public holidays in Nepal 2078 BS also decided to add four more national holidays in the upcoming Nepali year
The government of Nepal has announced the public holidays in Nepal 2078 BS also decided to add four more national holidays in the upcoming Nepali year. Nepal government has decided to schedule the following public holidays, festival holidays and office hours for all government offices from 2078 Baisakh 1 to 2078 Chaitra 31. The government has made public the list of public holidays of 2078 years.
The government has fixed public holidays other than 51 Saturdays
for Nepali yearof 2078 BS including the regional and religious specified
holidays. According to a notification published by the Ministry of Home affairs
in the Nepal Gazette, there will be public holidays for five days during
Dashain and three days during Tihar. For Dashain, there are five days for
public holidays from October 12 to October 30 starting with Phulpati till
Ekadashi, with the Tika day on 15 October. Likewise, for Tihar, there are three
days of holidays from 4 November to 6 November, on the days of Laxmi Puja, followed
by Mha Puja and Bhaitika, Govardhan Puja and Nepal Sambat New Year.
List of Public Holidays in 2078 (2021-2022)
April 14 (Baisakh
01) |
New Year |
May 01 (Baisakh 18) |
International Labour
Day (Antarrashtriya Majdoor Diwas) |
May 11 (Baisakh 28) |
Mother's Day |
May 26 (Jestha 12) |
Lord Buddha's
Birthday |
May 29 (Jestha 15) |
Republic Day |
August 22 (Bhadra
06) |
Janai Purnima |
August 23 (Bhadra
07) |
Gai Jatra-Cow
Carnival (holiday only in the Kathmandu valley) |
September 09 (Bhadra
24) |
Teej Festival-
Holiday for Women |
September 19 (Ashwin
03) |
Constituent Day |
October 07-20 (Ashoj
21- Kartik 03) |
Dashain
Holiday (October 08/10/11/18/19 are not a holiday in government offices) |
November 04-06
(Kartik 18-21) |
Tihar Holiday |
November 10 (Kartik
24) |
Chhath Parva
(Holiday only in Terai) |
December 19 (Poush
04) |
Udhauli Parva |
December 25 (Poush
10) |
Christmas Day,
leave only for Christians |
January 15, 2022
(Magh 01) |
Maghe Sakranti,
Maghi |
February 02, 2022
(Magh19) |
Sonam Losar |
February 06, 2022
(Magh 23) |
Basanta Panchami
(Saraswati Puja) |
March 01, 2022
(Falgun 17) |
Maha-Shivaratri
Festival |
February 03, 2022
(Falgun 19) |
Gyalpo Losar |
March 08, 2022
(Falgun 24) |
International Women
Day |
March 16, 2022
(Chaitra 04) |
Happy Holi in Hilly
Regions |
March 17, 2022
(Chaitra 06) |
Happy Holi in the
Terai Regions |
April 01, 2022
(Chaitra 18) |
Ghode Jatra (leave
only in the Kathmandu valley) |
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