Bhutan: In the Bhutanese calendar, this is the first day of Winter and the shortest day of the year.
Bhutan: In eastern Bhutan, the first day of the 12th Bhutanese month is celebrated as a new year.
Tuesday February 5th
Losar
Bhutan: Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar
Bhutan: Second day of public holidays to mark the lunar new year
Bhutan: The current Druk Gyalpo or "Dragon King" of the Kingdom of Bhutan was born on February 21st 1980. He became King on December 9th 2006.
Bhutan: Second day of public holidays to mark the birthday of the King of Bhutan
Bhutan: Third day of public holidays to mark the birthday of the King of Bhutan
Bhutan: Honours a 17th century Tibetan Buddhist lama who first united Bhutan as a nation-state.
Bhutan: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck the 3rd Druk Gyalpo, who began Bhutan's first steps toward modernisation, was born on May 2nd 1929.
Bhutan: This is a Buddhist festival that marks the death of the Buddha.
Bhutan: Guru Rinpoche, was an 8th-century Buddhist master from the Indian subcontinent, venerated as a "second Buddha" in Tibetan Buddhism.
Bhutan: A public holiday on the fourth day of the sixth month in the Bhutanese calendar
Bhutan: Marks the end of the monsoon and farming season and the beginning of the harvest season in Bhutan.
Friday October 4th
Long Weekend!
Thimphu Drubchen
Thimphu: Celebrated three days before Thimphu Tshechu, this festival dates back to the early 18th century.
Tuesday October 8th
Dassain
Bhutan: The festival of Dusseha symbolizes the triumph of good over evil in the legend of Rama and Ravana
Thimphu: Tshechu are annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district of Bhutan
Thimphu: Second day of public holidays in Timphu for the Tshechu festival
Thimphu: Third day of public holidays in Timphu for the Tshechu festival
Bhutan: A public coronation ceremony for His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was held on 1 November 2008
Bhutan: Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the 4th Druk Gyalpo, was born on 11 November 1955.
Bhutan: Marks return of Lord Buddha to earth from the heavenly realm after three months of teaching
Bhutan: Marks the day when Ugyen Wangchuck was elected as a hereditary king in 1907