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10–11 February – Losar New Year; 21–23 February – Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King; 18 April – Shabdrung Kurchoe; 2 May – Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo; 23 May – Lord Buddha's Parinirvana; 16 June – Sun Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche; 10 July – First Sermon of Lord Buddha; 22 September – Sun Blessed ...
[3] [4] The holiday is a new year's festival, celebrated on the first day of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar, which corresponds to a date in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. [1] In 2024, the new year commenced on 10 February and celebrations ran until the 12th of the same month. It also commenced the Year of the Male Wood Dragon.
Public holidays in Bhutan consist of both national holidays and local festivals or tshechus. While national holidays are observed throughout Bhutan, tsechus are only observed in their areas. [1] Bhutan uses its own calendar, [2] a variant of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar. Because it is a lunisolar calendar, dates of some national holidays and ...
Here's what you you need to know about important dates in 2024: Leap day in February. This year, expect a Feb. 29 and move all the holidays in your mental calendar back a day because it's a leap year.
Discover key dates for holidays, ... When is Rosh Hashanah 2024? Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, and concludes at nightfall on Oct. 4, 2024.
Gyalpo Losar is celebrated for 2 weeks. The main celebrations take place during first three days. On the first day, a traditional beverage called Changkol, an equivalent of Chhaang is drunk. In the second day, which is the start of new year, Gyalpo Losar is celebrated. On the third day, people gather together to have a feast.
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15
28 February 1 March – Losar New Year; 2 May – Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo; 7 May – Shabdrung Kurchoe; 11 June – Lord Buddha's Parinirvana; 5 July – Sun Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche; 28 July – First Sermon of Lord Buddha; 23 September – Sun Blessed Rainy Day; 2 October – Sat Dashain Festival