Public holidays 2026 in Thimphu

All public holidays with date and weekday

Falling on a weekend in 2026: Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King (Saturday, 21 Feb), Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King (Sunday, 22 Feb), Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung (Sunday, 26 Apr), Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo (Saturday, 2 May), Lord Buddha's Parinirvana (Sunday, 31 May), First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Saturday, 18 Jul), Coronation of His Majesty the King (Sunday, 1 Nov) and Descending Day of Lord Buddha (Sunday, 1 Nov).

Not a public holiday in every region, but in Thimphu: Thimphu Drubchoe, Thimphu Tshechu, Thimphu Tshechu and Thimphu Tshechu.

For comparison: in 2026 the number of public holidays ranges from 18 (19 regions) to 22 (Thimphu). Thimphu is among the regions with the most public holidays.

Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.

Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.

Long weekends 2026

15 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:

Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.