Public holidays in Bhutan 2029

18 nationwide public holidays and 4 regional or local holidays in 2029.

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Nationwide holidays 2029

Regional and local holidays 2029

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	Weekday	Holiday	Applies in
13 September Thursday	Thursday	Thimphu Drubchoe ཐིམ་རྫོང་ལྷ་མོའི་དངོས་འཆམ་མཇལ་རྒྱུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
17 September Monday	Monday	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
18 September Tuesday	Tuesday	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
19 September Wednesday	Wednesday	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu

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Date	Weekday	Holiday	Type
2 January Tuesday	Tuesday	Winter Solstice	Nationwide
15 January Monday	Monday	Traditional Day of Offering	Nationwide
14 February Wednesday	Wednesday	Losar	Nationwide
15 February Thursday	Thursday	Losar	Nationwide
21 February Wednesday	Wednesday	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
22 February Thursday	Thursday	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
23 February Friday	Friday	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
23 April Monday	Monday	Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung	Nationwide
2 May Wednesday	Wednesday	Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo	Nationwide
27 May Sunday	Sunday	Lord Buddha's Parinirvana	Nationwide
21 June Thursday	Thursday	Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche	Nationwide
15 July Sunday	Sunday	First Sermon of Lord Buddha	Nationwide
13 September Thursday	Thursday	Thimphu Drubchoe	Regional
17 September Monday	Monday	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
18 September Tuesday	Tuesday	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
19 September Wednesday	Wednesday	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
23 September Sunday	Sunday	Blessed Rainy Day	Nationwide
16 October Tuesday	Tuesday	Dassainestimated	Nationwide
29 October Monday	Monday	Descending Day of Lord Buddha	Nationwide
1 November Thursday	Thursday	Coronation of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
11 November Sunday	Sunday	Birth Anniversary of the 4th Druk Gyalpo - Constitution Day	Nationwide
17 December Monday	Monday	National Day	Nationwide

Long weekends and bridge days 2029

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

Long weekends

Sat 13 Jan – Mon 15 Jan · 3 days off
Traditional Day of Offering
Typically in Thimphu: high 6°C (43°F), low −6°C (21°F), rain on 1% of days
Wed 21 Feb – Sun 25 Feb · 5 days off
Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King
Typically in Thimphu: high 7°C (45°F), low −4°C (25°F), rain on 16% of days
Sat 21 Apr – Mon 23 Apr · 3 days off
Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung
Typically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 1°C (34°F), rain on 70% of days
Sat 27 Oct – Mon 29 Oct · 3 days off
Descending Day of Lord Buddha
Typically in Thimphu: high 11°C (52°F), low 2°C (36°F), rain on 17% of days
Sat 15 Dec – Mon 17 Dec · 3 days off
National Day
Typically in Thimphu: high 7°C (45°F), low −4°C (25°F), rain on 6% of days

Bridge days

Mon 1 Jan: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Sat 30 Dec – Tue 2 Jan 2029)
Winter Solstice
Typically in Thimphu: high 5°C (41°F), low −5°C (23°F), rain on 4% of days
Fri 16 Feb: take 1 day off, get 5 days in a row (Wed 14 Feb – Sun 18 Feb)
Losar
Typically in Thimphu: high 7°C (45°F), low −5°C (23°F), rain on 7% of days
Fri 22 Jun: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 21 Jun – Sun 24 Jun)
Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche
Typically in Thimphu: high 17°C (63°F), low 9°C (48°F), rain on 97% of days
Mon 15 Oct: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Sat 13 Oct – Tue 16 Oct)
Dassain (estimated)
Typically in Thimphu: high 13°C (55°F), low 5°C (41°F), rain on 41% of days
Fri 2 Nov: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 1 Nov – Sun 4 Nov)
Coronation of His Majesty the King
Typically in Thimphu: high 11°C (52°F), low 1°C (34°F), rain on 9% of days

Leave planner 2029

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: Wed 14 Feb – Sun 25 Feb — 12 days off for 3 leave days (Fri 16 Feb, Mon 19 Feb, Tue 20 Feb).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Fri 12 Jan) get 4 days in a rowFri 12 Jan – Mon 15 Jan · Traditional Day of OfferingShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 16 Feb) get 5 days in a rowWed 14 Feb – Sun 18 Feb · LosarShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Tue 20 Feb) get 6 days in a rowTue 20 Feb – Sun 25 Feb · Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the KingShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 20 Apr) get 4 days in a rowFri 20 Apr – Mon 23 Apr · Death Anniversary of ZhabdrungShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 22 Jun) get 4 days in a rowThu 21 Jun – Sun 24 Jun · Birth Anniversary of Guru RinpocheShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Mon 15 Oct) get 4 days in a rowSat 13 Oct – Tue 16 Oct · DassainShow on calendar ↓