When Is Dashain 2082 & 2083? Tihar, Holi, Bhai Tika Dates by Year

Most of Nepal's great festivals are lunar (chandra) or luni-solar, so their Bikram Sambat (BS) date shifts by a few days against the Gregorian (AD) calendar every year. Rather than being computed by any single formula, each year's exact date is decided by the Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Samiti (the government's official almanac-determining committee) and then published for the public. The single most authoritative confirmation for planning is the Government of Nepal public-holiday notice issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), gazetted in the Nepal Rajpatra, which lists each festival's BS date and the corresponding public holidays.

Because the panchanga fixes the tithi (lunar day) and the gazette fixes the holiday, this article treats the BS date as the anchor and gives the converted AD date and weekday alongside it. This matters: a festival can sit on the same BS tithi every year but land on a different English date, and occasionally the AD date printed by two calendars differs by a day because a tithi begins in the afternoon of one solar day and ends the next. When they disagree, trust the gazetted BS date and the local panchang your family follows.

A useful exception is Maghe Sankranti, which is solar rather than lunar. It tracks the sun's entry into Makar (Capricorn) and therefore lands on almost the same Gregorian date every year, 14 or 15 January, corresponding to 1 Magh in the BS calendar. Everything else on this page - Dashain, Tihar, Holi, Buddha Jayanti and Chhath - moves with the moon.

Dashain (Vijaya Dashami / Bada Dashain) is Nepal's longest and most important festival, celebrated over the bright fortnight of Ashwin. In 2082 BS it runs from Ghatasthapana on 6 Ashwin 2082 (Monday, 22 September 2025) to Kojagrat Purnima on 20 Ashwin 2082 (Monday, 6 October 2025). The emotional centre is Vijaya Dashami, the tenth day, when elders give tika and jamara: it falls on 16 Ashwin 2082 (Thursday, 2 October 2025), with the Nepal Panchanga Samiti's published auspicious tika muhurat at 11:53 AM Nepal Standard Time.

The day-by-day sequence for Dashain 2082 (2025) is: Ghatasthapana on 22 September when the sacred jamara is sown; Fulpati (the seventh day) on 29 September; Maha Ashtami on 30 September; Maha Navami on 1 October; and Vijaya Dashami (tika) on 2 October, after which tika-giving and family visits continue through Kojagrat Purnima on 6 October. Government offices and schools typically close for around a week within this window, from Fulpati to Dwadashi.

If you are searching 'when is Dashain 2082' or 'Dashain tika kun din 2082', the answer to remember is 16 Ashwin 2082 = 2 October 2025 for tika day. The full public holiday block is normally gazetted from roughly Fulpati through the days just after Dashami.

For those planning ahead, Dashain 2083 BS falls a little later in October 2026. Ghatasthapana is on 25 Ashwin 2083 (Sunday, 11 October 2026) and the festival extends to Kojagrat Purnima on 9 Kartik 2083 (Sunday, 25 October 2026). Vijaya Dashami - the tika day - is on 4 Kartik 2083 (Wednesday, 21 October 2026), again with a published tika muhurat around 11:53 AM Nepal Standard Time.

The key intermediate days for Dashain 2083 (2026) are Fulpati on 31 Ashwin 2083 (17 October 2026), Maha Ashtami on 1 Kartik 2083 (18 October 2026), and Maha Navami on 3 Kartik 2083 (20 October 2026). Note that in 2083 the festival straddles the Ashwin-Kartik month boundary, which is why Ashtami onward carries Kartik BS dates while Ghatasthapana carries an Ashwin date.

So for the query 'when is Dashain 2083': Ghatasthapana is 25 Ashwin 2083 (11 October 2026) and Vijaya Dashami is 4 Kartik 2083 (21 October 2026). As always, confirm the tika muhurat against the current-year panchang closer to the date, since the minute is set annually.

Tihar, the five-day festival of lights also called Yamapanchak or Deepawali, follows Dashain by about two to three weeks. In 2082 BS the festival runs across early Kartik: Kaag Tihar on 2 Kartik 2082 (Sunday, 19 October 2025), Kukur Tihar on 3 Kartik, Laxmi Puja and Gai Tihar on 4 Kartik, Govardhan Puja / Mha Puja / Goru Tihar on 5 Kartik, and Bhai Tika on 6 Kartik 2082 (Thursday, 23 October 2025). The published auspicious time for Bhai Tika 2082 was 11:39 AM Nepal Standard Time.

For 2083 BS, Tihar moves to early-to-mid November. According to the Government of Nepal public-holiday listing, Laxmi Puja falls on 22 Kartik 2083 (Sunday, 8 November 2026), Govardhan Puja / Mha Puja on 24 Kartik 2083 (10 November 2026), and Bhai Tika on 25 Kartik 2083 (Wednesday, 11 November 2026). Kaag and Kukur Tihar precede Laxmi Puja on the two days leading into it.

If you are asking 'Tihar 2082 date', 'Laxmi Puja kun din', or 'Bhai Tika kun din', remember these anchors: Bhai Tika 2082 = 6 Kartik 2082 (23 October 2025); Bhai Tika 2083 = 25 Kartik 2083 (11 November 2026). Because Tihar days are set by evening tithi, the exact English date printed by different calendars can occasionally differ by a day for Laxmi Puja; the gazetted BS date is the reliable reference.

Holi, the spring festival of colours known formally as Fagu Purnima, is distinctive in Nepal for being celebrated on two consecutive days: the hilly and mountain districts (including the Kathmandu Valley and Pokhara) play on the full-moon day, while the Terai/Madhesh districts celebrate the following day. In 2082 BS, Holi in the hills falls on 18 Falgun 2082 (Monday, 2 March 2026) and in the Terai on 19 Falgun 2082 (Tuesday, 3 March 2026).

In 2083 BS, Fagu Purnima shifts into Chaitra: the hilly-region Holi is on 7 Chaitra 2083 (Sunday, 21 March 2027) and the Terai Holi is on 8 Chaitra 2083 (Monday, 22 March 2027). Fagu Purnima is a public holiday in the hilly districts on the first day and in the Terai districts on the second, matching each region's celebration.

So to answer 'Holi kahile Nepal' cleanly: for 2082 it is 2 March 2026 (hills) and 3 March 2026 (Terai); for 2083 it is 21 March 2027 (hills) and 22 March 2027 (Terai). The Kathmandu Valley's public play centres on Basantapur Durbar Square, where the ceremonial chir pole is raised days earlier.

Buddha Jayanti (Buddha Purnima / Vesak) marks the birth, enlightenment and parinirvana of Siddhartha Gautama, and is observed on the full moon of Baisakh. In 2082 BS it fell on 29 Baisakh 2082 (Monday, 12 May 2025); in 2083 BS it falls on 18 Baisakh 2083 (Friday, 1 May 2026). Celebrations peak at Lumbini, Swayambhunath and Boudhanath.

Chhath Puja, the four-day sun-worship festival most important to the Madhesi community of the Terai, is anchored on the main Sandhya Arghya (evening offering). For 2082 BS the Sandhya Arghya fell on 10 Kartik 2082 (Monday, 27 October 2025), with the morning Usha Arghya the next dawn; for 2083 BS Chhath is listed on 29 Kartik 2083 (15 November 2026). Devotees gather at riverbanks and ponds such as Ganga Sagar in Janakpur, the Bagmati, and the ghats of Birgunj and Rajbiraj.

Maghe Sankranti is the solar exception: it marks the sun's transit into Makar (Capricorn) and lands on 1 Magh almost every year. For 2082 BS it was 1 Magh 2082 (Thursday, 15 January 2026) and for 2083 BS it is 1 Magh 2083 (Friday, 15 January 2027). It is also the Tharu community's Maghi new-year festival. For reference, Maha Shivaratri - the great night of Shiva at Pashupatinath - was 3 Falgun 2082 (Sunday, 15 February 2026) and is 22 Falgun 2083 (6 March 2027).

The most reliable way to confirm any single year's festival date is the Government of Nepal public-holiday notice issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs before each Nepali new year (Baisakh), which is gazetted in the Nepal Rajpatra. That notice fixes both the BS date and the official holiday, and it is the version schools, banks and offices follow. The tithi and any auspicious muhurat (for example the Dashain tika or Bhai Tika time) come from the Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Samiti's official patro.

When you see two English dates for the same festival online, the difference almost always comes from tithi timing: a lunar day can start after noon on one date and finish on the next, so different calendars may print either the starting or the ruling solar date. This is most common for Laxmi Puja, some Dashain days, and Chhath's arghya days. In every such case, use the gazetted BS date as the anchor and follow your family's local panchang for the exact minute.

Finally, remember the two calendar behaviours: lunar festivals (Dashain, Tihar, Holi, Buddha Jayanti, Chhath, Maha Shivaratri) drift several days year to year, while the solar Maghe Sankranti stays fixed near 15 January. This is why a page like this is organised by BS year first - the BS date is stable, the AD date is the conversion.