2026 Holiday Calendar of Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New Delhi. The Bureau will remain closed on the following official holidays.

JANUARY

  • 1, Thursday (Western New Year)
  • 26, Monday, Republic Day of India

FEBRUARY

  • 18-20, Wednesday-Saturday (Tibetan New Year)

MARCH

  • 3 Tuesday, Great Miracles Day (Choetrul Duechen)
  • 10, Tuesday, Tibetan National Uprising Day

MAY

  • 31 Sunday, Saka Dawa

JUNE

  • 29 Monday, Zamling Chisang (Universal Prayer Day)

JULY                                                                

  • 06, Monday, Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
  • 18, Saturday, Choekhor Duechen (Buddha Shakyamuni’s First Teaching)

AUGUST

  • 15, Saturday, Independence Day of India

SEPTEMBER

  • 02, Wednesday, Democracy Day of Tibet

OCTOBER

  • 02, Friday, Gandhi Jayanti

NOVEMBER

  • 1, Sunday, Lhabab Duechen (Buddha Shakyamuni’s Descent from Heaven)

DECEMBER

  • 10, Thursday, Nobel Peace Prize Day (World Human Rights Day)
  • 15-16, Tuesday-Wednesday, Nine Bad Omen-Ten Good Omen