Bhutan — national government list · 2026
Bhutan government holiday dates 2026
Check the Ministry of Home Affairs’ published 2026 government holiday list, with district-only festival dates kept separate.
Published calendar edition · 2026 only. Covered dates: 2026-01-01–2026-12-31. The table and checker use the named publication and its stated scope.
Covered by this calendar
The Ministry of Home Affairs’ government holiday list for Gregorian 2026, excluding entries explicitly restricted to Thimphu.
- Private-employment entitlements, individual rosters and actual service-opening hours are not determined.
- Other dzongkhag Tshechu holidays require confirmation by their respective district administrations and are not inferred.
- The four Thimphu-only festival dates are outside this national selection; use the separate Thimphu edition for that scope.
- No weekend substitute dates or other years are generated from this annual list.
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Full published source table
18 source entries. Dates remain on their published day; substitute dates are included only when explicitly sourced.
18 published entries
| Date | Day | Published entry | Status | Source notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | Winter Solstice | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Monday | Traditional Day of Offering | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Losar, Fire Male Horse Year, day 1 | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Thursday | Losar, Fire Male Horse Year, day 2 | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King, day 1 | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King, day 2 | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Monday | Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King, day 3 | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Zhabdrung Kuchoe Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | Birth Anniversary of the Third Druk Gyalpo | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Lord Buddha’s Parinirvana | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | First Sermon of Lord Buddha | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Blessed Rainy Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Dassain | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Coronation of His Majesty the King | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Descending Day of Lord Buddha | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Birth Anniversary of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo / Constitution Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Thursday | National Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. |
Sources and edition dates
This page is a reference to the following published 2026 schedule. It does not automatically create a future edition or incorporate an unpublished change.
- Bhutan Ministry of Home Affairs: government holiday list for 2026 — Annual list for Wood Female Snake / Fire Male Horse year, 2025–2026; Gregorian date column and district note. Publication date not stated here. Source checked 2026-10-24.
Distinct observances on the same date remain distinct entries. The event count is not a count of extra days off.
This is the ministry’s finite published 2026 edition; district additions and later announcements are outside its selected source scope.
Year-end archives retain their original source scope and provisional labels. For a later year or an amended schedule, use a separately verified publication.
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