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Nepal’s Tihar calendar becomes immediately relevant on Friday, November 6, when this year’s Yama Panchak sequence begins with Dhanatrayodashi, commonly called Dhanteras, and Yamadeepdan. OnlineKhabar published the schedule on November 3 after the Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Samitee announced the dates, and the committee’s official website lists its Tihar timing notice dated Kartik 17, 2083.
The festival start should be kept separate from the government holiday calendar: November 6 is the first ritual date in the announced sequence, but the nationwide Tihar holiday period for government offices and public entities begins on Sunday, November 8.
That distinction matters for families planning observances, travel or public-service visits and prevents an early festival greeting from being mistaken for an announcement that every office is already closed.
The committee’s sequence places Kaag Tihar on Saturday, November 7. Narak Chaturdashi, Kukur Tihar and Laxmi Puja follow on Sunday, November 8, with Deepawali lights and the evening worship of Laxmi forming one of the festival’s most widely observed moments. Gai Puja falls on Monday, November 9. Tuesday, November 10 brings Govardhan Puja, Goru Puja, Bali Puja, Halitihar and Mha Puja, the Newar tradition of self-worship.
The same date marks the beginning of Nepal Sambat 1147. The five-day ritual sequence concludes on Wednesday, November 11 with Yama Dwitiya and Bhai Tika, while Kija Puja or Bhai Puja is observed in the Newar community. These are event dates supplied through the calendar committee’s announcement, not the publication dates of the news reports that carried it.
For Bhai Tika, the committee has set 11:07 am Nepal time on November 11 as the auspicious hour. Its guidance, reported independently by OnlineKhabar and Radio Nepal, says sisters applying tika should face east and brothers receiving it should face west at the appointed time.
Radio Nepal also notes that the time is especially recommended for state dignitaries and that ordinary families are not barred by a strict astrological restriction from performing the ritual later in the afternoon. The scheduled hour should therefore be presented as the committee’s auspicious time, not as a deadline after which Bhai Tika cannot be observed.
Families may follow their own established practices while using the official announcement as a shared reference point.
The Ministry of Home Affairs’ published 2083 government and public holiday list provides the separate administrative context. A legal summary of that notice records a five-day Tihar holiday from Kartik 22 through Kartik 26, corresponding to November 8 through November 12, 2026. This means the first ritual date on November 6 and Kaag Tihar on November 7 come before the national government holiday window.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s public calendar independently lists Dhanteras on November 6, Kaag Tihar on November 7, Kukur Tihar and Laxmi Puja on November 8, Gai Tihar on November 9, the Mha Puja and Nepal Sambat observances on November 10, and Bhai Tika on November 11.
As analysis, the clearest public message is a dated festival guide rather than a generic week-long closure claim: Yama Panchak begins November 6, Laxmi Puja is November 8, Nepal Sambat 1147 and Mha Puja are November 10, Bhai Tika is November 11 at an auspicious 11:07 am NPT, and the listed government holiday period is November 8 to 12.
Cultural greetings should remain respectful and free of commercial calls to action, while anyone relying on a bank, school, local body or privately managed service should check that institution’s own operating notice.
Source publication date: 2026-11-03. Event or reporting period: 2026-11-06 to 2026-11-12.
Sources:OnlineKhabar English, published November 3, 2026; Tihar sequence, Bhai Tika time and original featured file photograph · Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Samitee official website; Tihar timing notice dated Kartik 17, 2083 · Radio Nepal, published November 3, 2026; independent confirmation of the festival start and Bhai Tika guidance · Ministry of Home Affairs; official government and public holiday list for 2083 · Kathmandu Metropolitan City public calendar, checked November 5, 2026; independent listing of the November 6 to 11 festival sequence · Pradhan & Associates, published March 10, 2026; English summary of the official five-day Tihar holiday period
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