Public Holidays in Bhutan

Bhutan public holidays includes national and neighborhood celebration or tsechus.  The national occasions get celebrated everywhere in Bhutan, whereas tsechus are celebrated only in their areas. Bhutan follows it’s own calendar, it’s a variation of lunisolar Tibetan schedule. Since it’s a lunisolar date book, dates of national occasions and tshechus change every year. For example, the new year, Losar, falls in between February and March.

Bhutan Holidays and Celebrations

Bhutan holidays and celebration's – the nationals holidays are celebrated across the entire country. Bhutan holidays 2018- there are 16 public holidays in the year 2018, these are listed down below

• Winter Solstice, it falls on 2nd January mostly, it’s a public occasion that’s celebrated everywhere in Bhutan. 
• Traditional day of offering- The traditional day of offering is an occasion that falls in between months February and March. It usually is on the first day of the twelfth month of the timetable. 
• Third national holiday of 2018 is Losar, called the Losar, it’s the new year. It’s usually praised in the months of February and March, formally on the first month, the first day of timetable. 
• Fourth national holiday is the death anniversary of Zhabdrung. It’s the day of death of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in the year 1651 at Punakha Dzong, it usually falls in between months of April and May. This is an occasion that is also called the national day of mourning. 
• Lord Buddha's Parinirvana, is one day which Bhutan celebrates as it’s national holiday. 
• Birth Anniversary of III Druk Gyalpo is also celebrated as one of Bhutan's national holidays.
• Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche is marked as a national holiday. 
• Bhutan public holidays and traditions also include first Sermon of Lord Buddha. 
• Bhutan National holidays include the Thimphu Drubchoe.
• Thimphu Tsechus is another public holiday of Bhutan.
• Crowning Celebration day of Jigme Singye Wangchuck , fourth Druk Gyalpo(1974) that falls on June 2nd , it also duplicates as Social Forestry Day, where youngsters plant trees .
• Birth Anniversary of 4th Druk Gyalpo Constitution is another national holiday. 
• Descending Day of Lord Buddha is also celebrated as one of the National holidays.
• Blessed Rainy day is a day which Bhutan celebrates as a national holiday. 
• December 17th, is also a national holiday. It denotes crowning ordinance of Ugyen Wangchuck as main Druk Gyalpo of the present day Bhutan.
• Lhabad Duchen is also considered a Public Holiday, it falls in the month of November, on the ninth month, of the Tibetan timetable. It marks Gautam Buddha’s arrival on earth in the wake of achieving Nirvana. 

Bhutan National Holidays 2019

Bhutan National holidays 2019, the 16 national holiday in the year 2019 are – 
Bhutan has these 16 generalized national holiday that are celebrated every year, they might not necessarily fall on the same day of the month every year, but months and the weeks they fall in remain same every year.