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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Nepal, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing

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Observances
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Subdivisions
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Exchanges
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Calendar system

The next public holiday in Nepal is

Rakshya Bandhan / Janai Purnima

In 5 days · expected; set by announcement

08:22 local time in Nepal Weekend Last: Republic Day, 29 May 2026 · 86 days ago · expected; set by announcement

Computed · local time Asia/Kathmandu

Work with Nepal’s calendar

Nepal public holidays in 2026

26 national closures in 2026, of 36 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
8 March 2026International Women's Day expectedVerified
14 April 2026Nepali New Year expectedVerified
1 May 2026Buddha Jayanti expectedVerified
1 May 2026International Workers' Day expectedVerified
29 May 2026Republic Day expectedVerified
28 August 2026Rakshya Bandhan / Janai Purnima expectedVerified
4 September 2026Krishna Janmashtami expectedVerified
19 September 2026Constitution expectedVerified
11 October 2026Ghatasthapana expectedVerified
17 October 2026Dashain expectedVerified
18 October 2026Dashain expectedVerified
19 October 2026Dashain expectedVerified
20 October 2026Dashain expectedVerified
21 October 2026Dashain expectedVerified
22 October 2026Dashain expectedVerified
23 October 2026Dashain expectedVerified
8 November 2026Tihar expectedVerified
9 November 2026Tihar expectedVerified
10 November 2026Tihar expectedVerified
11 November 2026Tihar expectedVerified
12 November 2026Tihar expectedVerified
15 November 2026Chhath expectedVerified
3 December 2026International Day of Persons with Disabilities expectedVerified
24 December 2026Dhanya Purnima expectedVerified
25 December 2026Christmas Day expectedVerified
30 December 2026Tamu Lhosar expectedVerified

The shape of Nepal’s year

Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.

JFMAMJJASOND1 January2 January3 January4 January5 January6 January7 January8 January9 January10 January11 January12 January13 January14 January15 January16 January17 January18 January19 January20 January21 January22 January23 January24 January25 January26 January27 January28 January29 January30 January31 January1 February2 February3 February4 February5 February6 February7 February8 February9 February10 February11 February12 February13 February14 February15 February16 February17 February18 February19 February20 February21 February22 February23 February24 February25 February26 February27 February28 February1 March2 March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March — International Women's Day9 March10 March11 March12 March13 March14 March15 March16 March17 March18 March19 March20 March21 March22 March23 March24 March25 March26 March27 March28 March29 March30 March31 March1 April2 April3 April4 April5 April6 April7 April8 April9 April10 April11 April12 April13 April14 April — Nepali New Year15 April16 April17 April18 April19 April20 April21 April22 April23 April24 April25 April26 April27 April28 April29 April30 April1 May — International Workers' Day2 May3 May4 May5 May6 May7 May8 May9 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24 May25 May26 May27 May28 May29 May — Republic Day30 May31 May1 June2 June3 June4 June5 June6 June7 June8 June9 June10 June11 June12 June13 June14 June15 June16 June17 June18 June19 June20 June21 June22 June23 June24 June25 June26 June27 June28 June29 June30 June1 July2 July3 July4 July5 July6 July7 July8 July9 July10 July11 July12 July13 July14 July15 July16 July17 July18 July19 July20 July21 July22 July23 July24 July25 July26 July27 July28 July29 July30 July31 July1 August2 August3 August4 August5 August6 August7 August8 August9 August10 August11 August12 August13 August14 August15 August16 August17 August18 August19 August20 August21 August22 August23 August24 August25 August26 August27 August28 August — Rakshya Bandhan / Janai Purnima29 August30 August31 August1 September2 September3 September4 September — Krishna Janmashtami5 September6 September7 September8 September9 September10 September11 September12 September13 September14 September15 September16 September17 September18 September19 September — Constitution20 September21 September22 September23 September24 September25 September26 September27 September28 September29 September30 September1 October2 October3 October4 October5 October6 October7 October8 October9 October10 October11 October — Ghatasthapana12 October13 October14 October15 October16 October17 October — Dashain18 October — Dashain19 October — Dashain20 October — Dashain21 October — Dashain22 October — Dashain23 October — Dashain24 October25 October26 October27 October28 October29 October30 October31 October1 November2 November3 November4 November5 November6 November7 November8 November — Tihar9 November — Tihar10 November — Tihar11 November — Tihar12 November — Tihar13 November14 November15 November — Chhath16 November17 November18 November19 November20 November21 November22 November23 November24 November25 November26 November27 November28 November29 November30 November1 December2 December3 December — International Day of Persons with Disabilities4 December5 December6 December7 December8 December9 December10 December11 December12 December13 December14 December15 December16 December17 December18 December19 December20 December21 December22 December23 December24 December — Dhanya Purnima25 December — Christmas Day26 December27 December28 December29 December30 December — Tamu Lhosar31 December

25 closuresevery other day

Long weekends in Nepal, 2026

5 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Computed on this jurisdiction’s own weekly rest — Saturday — which the corpus records as corroborated.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
17 Oct – 24 Oct8 daysDashainno leave needed
7 Nov – 12 Nov6 daysTiharno leave needed
7 Nov – 15 Nov9 daysTihar, Chhathtake Fri 13 Nov
3 Dec – 5 Dec3 daysInternational Day of Persons with Disabilitiestake Fri 4 Dec
24 Dec – 26 Dec3 daysDhanya Purnima, Christmas Dayno leave needed

How we know this

Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Nepal, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.

7/14 layers held for Nepal
Layer Records How we know Last checked Notes
Weekly rest days1corroborated—3 named sources, sectors recorded separately
Statutory closures3533 verified · 2 compiled2026-08-03
Religious observances2220 verified · 2 compiled2026-08-03
Optional and restricted days11 verified2026-08-03
Substitution and in-lieu rules3634 verified · 2 compiled2026-08-03
Elections5——
Announcements30——

Not held for Nepal: Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, School terms and breaks, Subdivision calendars, Exchange closures, Tax deadlines, School terms and breaks. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.

1 named document, issued by 1 body, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:

गृह मन्त्रालय, नेपाल सरकार (Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Nepal)

From the Bulletin

What the corpus turned up about Nepal — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.

Report · The appointed day · 22 August 2026 Nepal runs out on 13 April 2027 A country's entire calendar rests on one annual notice, published as a twelve-page scan, dated in a calendar the engine cannot compute. Reading it was the easy part. Knowing when the next one arrives is the finding. Report · The appointed day · 22 August 2026 Some countries pass a law. Others send a notice. One instrument settles a country's holidays for a decade. Another settles them until December. The distinction predicts almost everything about keeping a calendar accurate, and almost nobody models it. Report · Silence · 22 August 2026 You cannot search for what you did not think of A dataset assembled from the open web inherits the shape of that web without anyone choosing it. No validator catches the result, because nothing is malformed — the record is consistent, correctly sourced, and missing most of the festival.

How Nepal keeps time

Observances36 across the national calendar
Evidence34 verified · 0 corroborated · 2 compiled, from 2 named sources
LanguagesEnglish, ne
Calendar systemsgregorian
Exchangesnone listed
Last reviewed2026-08-03

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Mixed sourcing

34 of 36 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 2 named sources, and every row says which.

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