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

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Date	Weekday	Holiday	Type
2 January Sunday	Sunday	Winter Solstice	Nationwide
27 January Thursday	Thursday	Traditional Day of Offering	Nationwide
21 February Monday	Monday	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
22 February Tuesday	Tuesday	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
23 February Wednesday	Wednesday	Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
26 February Saturday	Saturday	Losar	Nationwide
27 February Sunday	Sunday	Losar	Nationwide
2 May Tuesday	Tuesday	Birth Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo	Nationwide
4 May Thursday	Thursday	Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung	Nationwide
7 June Wednesday	Wednesday	Lord Buddha's Parinirvana	Nationwide
1 July Saturday	Saturday	Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche	Nationwide
25 July Tuesday	Tuesday	First Sermon of Lord Buddha	Nationwide
23 September Saturday	Saturday	Blessed Rainy Day	Nationwide
24 September Sunday	Sunday	Thimphu Drubchoe	Regional
27 September Wednesday	Wednesday	Dassainestimated	Nationwide
28 September Thursday	Thursday	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
29 September Friday	Friday	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
30 September Saturday	Saturday	Thimphu Tshechu	Regional
1 November Wednesday	Wednesday	Coronation of His Majesty the King	Nationwide
9 November Thursday	Thursday	Descending Day of Lord Buddha	Nationwide
11 November Saturday	Saturday	Birth Anniversary of the 4th Druk Gyalpo - Constitution Day	Nationwide
17 December Sunday	Sunday	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 off
Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King
Typically in Thimphu: high 7°C (45°F), low −4°C (25°F), rain on 13% of days

Bridge days

Fri 28 Jan: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 27 Jan – Sun 30 Jan)
Traditional Day of Offering
Typically in Thimphu: high 5°C (41°F), low −7°C (19°F), rain on 4% of days
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 Gyalpo
Typically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 1°C (34°F), rain on 74% of days
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 Zhabdrung
Typically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 2°C (36°F), rain on 79% of days
Fri 5 May: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Thu 4 May – Sun 7 May)
Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung
Typically in Thimphu: high 12°C (54°F), low 2°C (36°F), rain on 79% of days
Mon 24 Jul: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Sat 22 Jul – Tue 25 Jul)
First Sermon of Lord Buddha
Typically in Thimphu: high 16°C (61°F), low 9°C (48°F), rain on 99% of days
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 Day
Typically in Thimphu: high 10°C (50°F), low 0°C (32°F), rain on 0% of days

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 ↓