Social Forestry Day in Bhutan

Buddha's Parinirvana in Bhutan on May 12 (is a Buddhist festival that marks the death of the Buddha and his achievement of Nirvana);

Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck in Bhutan on June 2;

Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche in Bhutan on June 6 (is on the 10th day of the 5th lunar month);

Buddha's First Sermon in Bhutan on June 29 (The day is celebrated according to the Buddhist Calendar, on the fourth day of the sixth month);

Bhutan Independence Day on August 8 (from India, since 1949);

Blessed Rainy Day in Bhutan on September 23 (a holiday marks the end of the monsoon season in the country. On this day, all natural water resources in the state are considered sanctified);

Dashain on September 23 (is celebrated by the Buddhist, Hindus and Kirats of Nepal and the ethnic Nepali speaking Indian Gorkhas of Darjeeling hills, Sikkim, Dehradun, Kumaun & Gadwal and other North-Eastern states of India and among the Lhotshampa of Bhutan and the Burmese Gurkhas of Myanmar)