Public holidays in Bhutan 2028

18 nationwide public holidays and 4 regional or local holidays in 2028.

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Nationwide holidays 2028

Regional and local holidays 2028

Some holidays apply only in certain regions or municipalities. Local and municipal holidays may be incomplete; official local announcements take precedence.

These holidays do not apply nationwide and are not counted in the countdown, long weekends or bridge days.

Date	Holiday	Applies in
Sunday 24 September 2028	Thimphu Drubchoe ཐིམ་རྫོང་ལྷ་མོའི་དངོས་འཆམ་མཇལ་རྒྱུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
Thursday 28 September 2028	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
Friday 29 September 2028	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
Saturday 30 September 2028	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu

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Date	Holiday	Type
Sunday 2 January 2028	Winter Solstice	Nationwide
Thursday 27 January 2028	Traditional Day of Offering	Nationwide
Monday 21 February 2028	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
Tuesday 22 February 2028	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
Wednesday 23 February 2028	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
Saturday 26 February 2028	Losar	Nationwide
Sunday 27 February 2028	Losar	Nationwide
Tuesday 2 May 2028	Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo	Nationwide
Thursday 4 May 2028	Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung	Nationwide
Wednesday 7 June 2028	Lord Buddha's Parinirvana	Nationwide
Saturday 1 July 2028	Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche	Nationwide
Tuesday 25 July 2028	First Sermon of Lord Buddha	Nationwide
Saturday 23 September 2028	Blessed Rainy Day	Nationwide
Sunday 24 September 2028	Thimphu Drubchoe	Regional
Wednesday 27 September 2028	Dassainestimated	Nationwide
Thursday 28 September 2028	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
Friday 29 September 2028	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
Saturday 30 September 2028	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
Wednesday 1 November 2028	Coronation of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
Thursday 9 November 2028	Descending Day of Lord Buddha	Nationwide
Saturday 11 November 2028	Birth Anniversary of the 4th Druk Gyalpo - Constitution Day	Nationwide
Sunday 17 December 2028	National Day	Nationwide

Long weekends and bridge days 2028

Based on nationwide holidays and the weekend in Bhutan (Saturday and Sunday). Regional, local and group holidays are not included.

Long weekends

Sat 19 Feb – Wed 23 Feb · 5 days offBirth Anniversary of His Majesty the KingTypically in Thimphu: high 7°C (45°F), low −4°C (25°F), rain on 13% of daysShow on calendar ↓

Bridge days

Fri 28 Jan: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 27 Jan – Sun 30 Jan)Traditional Day of OfferingTypically in Thimphu: high 5°C (41°F), low −7°C (19°F), rain on 4% of daysShow on calendar ↓
Mon 1 May: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Sat 29 Apr – Tue 2 May)Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk GyalpoTypically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 1°C (34°F), rain on 74% of daysShow on calendar ↓
Wed 3 May: take 1 day off, get 3 days in a row (Tue 2 May – Thu 4 May)Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo, Death Anniversary of ZhabdrungTypically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 2°C (36°F), rain on 79% of daysShow on calendar ↓
Fri 5 May: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 4 May – Sun 7 May)Death Anniversary of ZhabdrungTypically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 2°C (36°F), rain on 79% of daysShow on calendar ↓
Mon 24 Jul: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Sat 22 Jul – Tue 25 Jul)First Sermon of Lord BuddhaTypically in Thimphu: high 16°C (61°F), low 9°C (48°F), rain on 99% of daysShow on calendar ↓
Fri 10 Nov: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 9 Nov – Sun 12 Nov)Descending Day of Lord Buddha, Birth Anniversary of the 4th Druk Gyalpo - Constitution DayTypically in Thimphu: high 10°C (50°F), low 0°C (32°F), rain on 0% of daysShow on calendar ↓

Leave planner 2028

Choose how many leave days you can take for one break. The planner finds the breaks that give the most days off in a row around nationwide holidays and weekends, and marks the leave days on the calendar below.

Leave days per break: 3

Longest break with up to 3 leave days: Fri 18 Feb – Sun 27 Feb — 10 days off for 3 leave days (Fri 18 Feb, Thu 24 Feb, Fri 25 Feb).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Fri 28 Jan) get 4 days in a rowThu 27 Jan – Sun 30 Jan · Traditional Day of OfferingShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 18 Feb) get 6 days in a rowFri 18 Feb – Wed 23 Feb · Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the KingShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Mon 1 May) get 4 days in a rowSat 29 Apr – Tue 2 May · Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk GyalpoShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 5 May) get 4 days in a rowThu 4 May – Sun 7 May · Death Anniversary of ZhabdrungShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Mon 24 Jul) get 4 days in a rowSat 22 Jul – Tue 25 Jul · First Sermon of Lord BuddhaShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 10 Nov) get 4 days in a rowThu 9 Nov – Sun 12 Nov · Descending Day of Lord Buddha, Birth Anniversary of the 4th Druk Gyalpo - Constitution DayShow on calendar ↓