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Festivals, jatras, and planning-sensitive sacred events that shape when to visit, what to expect, and which Tirth Dhams connect best with a date.

36 events

Guru Purnima in Nepal Guru Vyasa rituals days culture

Major Festival - July 29, 2026 - Khaptad,Ruru Kshetra,Observed across Nepal by students, disciples, devotees, monks, teachers, and families, with school programs, guru puja, ashram visits, monastery prayer, and lineage remembrance.

Guru Purnima – Vyasa Purnima – Teacher’s Day In Nepal

Guru Purnima in Nepal is a full-moon festival for honoring teachers, spiritual gurus, lineage holders, and guides, observed in schools, ashrams, monasteries, temples, and family learning traditions.

Khaptad / Ruru Kshetra

Major Festival - September 25, 2026 - Kathmandu Valley,Local ponds and farming settlements all around Nepal– Terai and Mithila Indra Puja areas, Panauti Indreswor, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Kathmandu Valley.

Indra Jatra And Indra Puja In Nepal

Indra Jatra and Indra Puja in Nepal honor Indra, the deity of rain and heaven. Beyond Kathmandu's famous Yenya, farming communities worship Indra for timely rain, crop safety, ponds, water sources, and a good harvest season.

Kathmandu Valley

Gyalpo Lhosar in Nepal Sherpa Tibetan Buddhist rituals days culture

Major Festival - Falgun 25-27, 2083 BS - Shukla Pratipada - Tritiya - March 9-11, 2027 - Kathmandu,Tengboche,All over Nepal by Sherpa and Tibetan Buddhist communities, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath, Tengboche, Khumbu monasteries, Kathmandu gompas, and public cultural venues when programs are organized.

Gyalpo Lhosar In Nepal – Sherpa & Tibetan New Year

Gyalpo Lhosar is the Sherpa and Tibetan Buddhist New Year in Nepal, observed with monastery prayers, home cleaning, family feasts, guthuk, khapse, prayer flags, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath, Tengboche, Khumbu gompas, and community programs.

Kathmandu / Tengboche

Gai Jatra Sa Paru in Nepal Kathmandu ancestor remembrance rituals days culture

Kathmandu Valley Jatra - August 29, 2026 - Bhaktapur,Kathmandu Valley,Kirtipur,Patan,Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Patan, Kirtipur, Panga, Naga, and Newar settlements across Nepal

Gai Jatra In Nepal – Sa: Paru

Gai Jatra, also called Sa Paru, is a Newar festival of remembrance where families honor loved ones who died in the past year through cow processions, local performances, satire, and community gathering.

Bhaktapur / Kathmandu Valley / Kirtipur

Bada Dashain Navaratri in Nepal Durga Devi rituals days culture

Major Festival - Ashwin 25 - Kartik 8, 2083 BS - Shukla Pratipada - Chaturdashi - October 11-25, 2026 - Gaindakot,Gorkha,Kathmandu Durbar Square,Kathmandu Valley,Observed in homes, Dashain ghars, family gatherings, Devi temples, Shakti peeths, local shrines, and pilgrimage routes across Nepal.

Bada Dashain – Navaratri – Vijaya Dashami In Nepal

Dashain is Nepal's biggest festival season, running from Ghatasthapana on Pratipada to Kojagrat Purnima, with Devi worship, Navadurga meanings, jamara, red or white tika traditions, family homecoming, home repair and repainting, new clothes, sel roti, kites, bamboo swings, fairs, Terai Durga murtis, blessings from elders, Shakti temple visits, Sarai Khelne, Jhijhiya, Sakhiya, feasts, and nationwide travel.

Gaindakot / Gorkha / Kathmandu Durbar Square

Buddha Jayanti in Nepal Lumbini Buddha rituals days culture

Major Festival - May 1, 2026 - Kathmandu,Kavre,Lumbini, Rupandehi district,Tengboche,Observed through prayers, flower offerings, lamp offerings, circumambulation, chanting, dana, vihar visits, monastery programs, peace gatherings, pilgrimage to Lumbini, and respectful visits to Buddhist and shared sacred sites.

Buddha Jayanti In Nepal – Shakyamuni Buddha Vasek Purnima

Buddha Jayanti is Nepal's full-moon observance honoring Shakyamuni Buddha, with Lumbini as the birthplace pilgrimage center and Newar Buddhist, vihar, stupa, and monastery traditions across Nepal.

Kathmandu / Kavre / Lumbini, Rupandehi district

Chaite Dashain in Nepal Durga Bhagwati rituals days culture

Major Festival - April 14, 2027 - Baglung,Far-west Nepal,Kathmandu Valley,Palanchowk,Observed across Nepal by Durga and Bhagwati devotees, with stronger public gatherings at local Shakti temples and major Bhagwati shrines.

Chaite Dashain In Nepal – Sano Dashain

Chaite Dashain in Nepal, also called Sano Dashain or Chaitra Dashain, is the spring Dashain of Chaitra, centered on Durga's power, Rama's victory story, Chaitra Ashtami, Bhagwati worship, temple fairs, and family puja.

Baglung / Far-west Nepal / Kathmandu Valley

Chhath Puja in Nepal Janakpur Surya Dev Chhathi Maiya rituals days culture

Major Festival - Kartik 27-30, 2083 BS - Shukla Chaturthi - Saptami - November 13-16, 2026 - Janakpur,Kathmandu,Observed at homes, cleaned courtyards, ponds, rivers, ghats, Janakpur's Ganga Sagar and Dhanush Sagar area, water bodies across the Terai, and Chhath sites in Kathmandu and other cities with Madheshi, Maithil, Bhojpuri, Tharu, and migrant communities.

Chhath Puja In Nepal – Surya and Chhathi Maiya Vrata

Chhath Puja is a four-day Surya and Chhathi Maiya festival centered on fasting, purity, sacred water, setting-sun and rising-sun arghya, and community worship at ponds, rivers, and ghats across the Terai, with Janakpur as a major center and Kathmandu pond sites also drawing devotees.

Janakpur / Kathmandu

Bala Chaturdashi in Nepal Pashupatinath Shiva rituals days culture

Major Festival - December 7, 2026 - Bhaktapur,Kathmandu,Khotang,Patan,Major Festival in Pashupatinath area including Sleshmantak Forest, Bala Cha: Re In Bhaktapur

Bala Chaturdashi Vrata – Shatbij Chharne Din In Nepal – बाला चतुर्दशी व्रत

Bala Chaturdashi in Nepal is an ancestral remembrance festival centered on the Balasur legend, Satbij chharne, night vigil, oil lamps, Shiva worship, seed renewal, and prayers for departed souls.

Bhaktapur / Kathmandu / Khotang