Important Events in Bhutan 2022

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Bhutanese Calender 2022

1. Winter Solstice (Nyilo)
Date: 1 January
Type: Public Holiday
 
2. Traditional Day of Offerings
Date: 2 February
Type: Public Holiday

3. King's Birthday
Date: 21 February
Type: Public Holiday
 
4. King's Birthday Holiday
Date: 22 & 23 February
Type: Public Holiday
 
5. Losar (New Year)
Date: 3 & 4 March
Type: Public Holiday
 
6. March Equinox
Date: 20 March
Type: Season

7. Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo
Date: 2 May
Type: Public Holiday
 
8. Birth Anniversary of Zhabdrung (Zhabdrung Kuchoe)
Date: 11 May
Type: Public Holiday
 
9. Buddha's Parinirvana
Date: 14 June
Type: Public Holiday
 
10. June Solstice
Date: 21 June
Type: Season

11. Birth Anniversary of Guru Rimpoche
Date: 9 July
Type: Public Holiday

12. Buddha's First Sermon
Date: 1 August
Type: Public Holiday
 
13. Blessed Rainy Day
Date: 23 September
Type: Public Holiday
 
14. September Equinox
Date: 23 September
Type: Season

15. Thimphu Drubchoe (Thimphu only)
Date: 30 September
Type: Municipal Holiday

16. Thimphu Tshechu
Date: 4,5 & 6 October
Type: Municipal Holiday
 
17. Dashain
Date: 5 October
Type: Public Holiday
 
18. King Jigme Khesar Namgyel's Coronation
Date: 1 November
Type: Public Holiday
 
19. Birth Anniversary of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo/Constitution day
Date: 11 November
Type: Public Holiday

20. Descending Day of Lord Buddha
Date: 15 November
Type: Public Holiday
 
21. National Day
Date: 17 December
Type: Public Holiday
 
22. December Solstice
Date: 22 December
Type: Season 

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