Public holidays in Bhutan 2024

18 nationwide public holidays and 4 regional or local holidays in 2024.

Next nationwide holiday in Bhutan

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

Nationwide holidays 2024

Regional and local holidays 2024

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
9 September Monday	Monday	Thimphu Drubchoe ཐིམ་རྫོང་ལྷ་མོའི་དངོས་འཆམ་མཇལ་རྒྱུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
13 September Friday	Friday	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
14 September Saturday	Saturday	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu
15 September Sunday	Sunday	Thimphu Tshechu ཐིམ་ཕུ་ཚེས་བཅུའི་ངལ་གསོ།	Thimphu

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

Long weekends and bridge days 2024

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

Long weekends

Fri 12 Jan – Sun 14 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 Sep – Mon 23 Sep · 3 days off
Blessed Rainy Day
Typically in Thimphu: high 15°C (59°F), low 8°C (46°F), rain on 81% of days
Fri 1 Nov – Sun 3 Nov · 3 days off
Coronation of His Majesty the King
Typically in Thimphu: high 11°C (52°F), low 1°C (34°F), rain on 9% of days
Sat 9 Nov – Mon 11 Nov · 3 days off
Birth Anniversary of the 4th Druk Gyalpo - Constitution Day
Typically in Thimphu: high 10°C (50°F), low 0°C (32°F), rain on 0% of days
Fri 22 Nov – Sun 24 Nov · 3 days off
Descending Day of Lord Buddha
Typically in Thimphu: high 10°C (50°F), low −1°C (30°F), rain on 1% of days

Bridge days

Mon 1 Jan: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Sat 30 Dec – Tue 2 Jan 2024)
Winter Solstice
Typically in Thimphu: high 5°C (41°F), low −5°C (23°F), rain on 4% of days
Fri 19 Apr: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 18 Apr – Sun 21 Apr)
Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung
Typically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 1°C (34°F), rain on 70% of days
Fri 3 May: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 2 May – Sun 5 May)
Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo
Typically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 2°C (36°F), rain on 79% of days
Fri 24 May: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 23 May – Sun 26 May)
Lord Buddha's Parinirvana
Typically in Thimphu: high 15°C (59°F), low 5°C (41°F), rain on 80% of days
Mon 16 Dec: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Sat 14 Dec – Tue 17 Dec)
National Day
Typically in Thimphu: high 7°C (45°F), low −4°C (25°F), rain on 6% of days

Leave planner 2024

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 16 Feb – Sun 25 Feb — 10 days off for 3 leave days (Fri 16 Feb, Mon 19 Feb, Tue 20 Feb).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Thu 11 Jan) get 4 days in a rowThu 11 Jan – Sun 14 Jan · Traditional Day of OfferingShow 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 19 Apr) get 4 days in a rowThu 18 Apr – Sun 21 Apr · Death Anniversary of ZhabdrungShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 3 May) get 4 days in a rowThu 2 May – Sun 5 May · Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk GyalpoShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 24 May) get 4 days in a rowThu 23 May – Sun 26 May · Lord Buddha's ParinirvanaShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Fri 20 Sep) get 4 days in a rowFri 20 Sep – Mon 23 Sep · Blessed Rainy DayShow on calendar ↓