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If you are taking tika in the US this Dashain, the auspicious hours start on Tuesday night
Dashain’s tika day is Wednesday 21 October in Nepal. Across US time zones that window opens on Tuesday evening and closes before dawn.
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Dashain 2027 tika is Saturday 9 October, twelve days earlier than this year
Dashain 2027 runs 30 September to 14 October, tika on Saturday the 9th. Bhai Tika is 31 October. Why the early date matters for an autumn trek.
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Nepal Gives Every Dog a Flower Garland and a Tika, Even the Ones on the Street
On the second day of Tihar, Nepal puts a mark of worship on its street dogs, from the stray on the corner to the police dog on duty.
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Kathmandu's Biggest Street Festival Has a Stone Demon That Spits Rice Beer Into the Crowd
Indra Jatra runs 23 to 29 September 2026, with the Kumari chariot on Friday the 25th. Masked dancers, chariots and a god that pours rice beer.
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Chhath 2026 in Nepal, the Terai’s sun-worship festival explained
Four days of fasting, river-standing and dawn offerings
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Losar 2026: Nepal's Tibetan New Year and Its Masked Monastery Dances
The Tibetan-Buddhist New Year of Nepal's high country, explained.
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Gai Jatra 2026: Nepal’s Newar Festival of Cows, Grief and Laughter
The Newar festival where grief and comedy walk together.
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What happens at Nepal's Teej festival, and the morning deadline most people miss
Haritalika Teej 2026 fell on 14 September. What the fast involves, why the puja window closes when the tithi does, and how to witness it respectfully.
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Indra Jatra 2026, Kathmandu’s biggest street festival and how to see it
Kathmandu's biggest street festival honours Indra
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Dashain 2026: What Closes in Nepal — Banks, Offices, Permit Desks and How to Plan Around It
Government offices, banks and permit desks close for days around Vijaya Dashami (21 October) — arrive with cash drawn and permits sorted.
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Mani Rimdu 2026: Masked Monks Battle Demons at 3,867m — How to Time Your Everest Trek Around It
Mani Rimdu, the Sherpa Buddhist festival that has run for over a century, returns to Tengboche Monastery around 26–28 October 2026. Here is what actually happens, and how to build an Everest Base Camp trek around it.
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Dashain and Tihar 2026: What Actually Happens to Nepal's Guides, Flights and Buses
Nepal's two biggest festivals send guides, porters and lodge staff home and book out domestic flights and buses for weeks — here's the real autumn 2026 logistics picture, verified against 2025's rush.
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Dashain 2026 dates, tika day and the week Nepal shuts down
Dashain 2026 runs 11–25 October with tika on Wednesday 21 October. Offices close 17–24 October, then 7–12 November for Tihar. What it means if you land.
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When exactly to start your autumn 2026 Nepal trek, week by week
Dashain and Tihar reshape flights, buses, guides and trail crowds for six weeks. The week to fly in, set against the real 2026 festival dates.
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Every Year in Nepal, Someone Holds Up a Jeweled Vest and Asks: Whose Is This? No One Has Ever Answered.
At the climax of a month-long Kathmandu Valley chariot festival, Nepal's president and its child living goddess watch as an official asks the crowd who owns a priceless vest — and for generations, nobody has stepped forward.
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Janai Purnima at Gosaikunda, the story behind Nepal's highest sacred-lake pilgrimage
On the August full moon, tens of thousands climb to a sacred 4,380 m lake in Langtang. Here is the festival, the trek, and how to plan it.
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The monsoon pilgrimage: Gosaikunda's Janai Purnima falls on August 28
Each year tens of thousands climb to the sacred 4,380m lake of Gosaikunda for the full-moon festival of Janai Purnima. In 2026 it lands on Friday, August 28 — and you can walk it as a trek.
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Chabad, kosher food and the world's largest Seder: Nepal for Jewish travellers
Kathmandu hosts the world's largest Passover Seder, and Chabad houses dot the trekking trails. Here's how Jewish travellers — observant or not — plan a Nepal trip around them.
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Lumbini: a Southeast Asian Buddhist's guide to the birthplace of the Buddha
For Thai, Singaporean and Malaysian Buddhists, Lumbini is the ultimate pilgrimage — the very place the Buddha was born. Here's how to visit it, paired with Kathmandu's great stupas.
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