Nepali New Year, or Navabarsha / Vaishak Ek
Nepali New Year, or Navabarsha / Vaishak Ek is held on April 14. South and Southeast Asian New Year. This event in the second decade of the month April is annual. Help us
Pahela Baishakh (Bangla Navabarsha), Bengali new year's day which falls in the middle of April, is celebrated throughout Bangladesh as a traditional festival. The day starts with the people taking a breakfast of pantabhat or soaked rice with fried fish or vegetable curry or cheera, gud and yoghurt.
Vikram Samvat or Bikram Sambat B.S. and also known as the Vikrami calendar, is a national calendar of Nepal historically used in the Indian subcontinent. Vikram Samvat is generally 57 years ahead of Gregorian Calendar, except during January to April, when it is ahead by 56 years. Alongside Nepal Sambat, it is one of the two official calendars used in Nepal. In India, it is used in several states.
Baisakhi (Bikram Samwat / Vaishak Ek) is celebrated as Nepalese New Year because it is the day which marks Hindu Solar New Year as per the solar Nepali Bikram Sambat.
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Bengali New Year on April 15 (or Poila Boishakh. Sri Lankans begin celebrating their National New Year);
Democracy Day in Nepal on April 24 (in honor of the restoration of the Parliament of Nepal in 2006);
Father's Day or Gokarna Aunsi in Nepal on August 23 (Date for 2025)