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Dashain 2027 and Tihar budget
Clothes, dakshina, khasi, travel home and Tihar — and what to save every month until Ghatasthapana
Family: [FAMILY NAME]
People: [NUMBER OF PEOPLE]
Ready by: Thursday 30 September 2027 (Ghatasthapana 2027, estimate)
Budget
Item How many Price each Total
New clothes (people × per person) [N] Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Dakshina at Tika (children and relatives × amount) [N] Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Khasi or meat for Dashain 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Festival food — sel roti, sweets, fruit, drinks 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Travel home (people × return fare) [N] Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Gifts and visits to relatives 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Tihar — lights, marigold malas, rangoli, sweets 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Bhai Tika gifts (brothers and sisters × gift) [N] Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Kites, ping and a buffer 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Total Rs. [TOTAL]
We save: Rs. [AMOUNT] a month, from [FIRST DATE] to [LAST DATE] — [N] deposits.
Your festival allowance — one month's basic pay — normally comes before Dashain (Labour Act 2074, s. 37). Decide now how much of it goes to this budget.
Monthly saving plan
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Festival dates
Day Date Status
Tihar 2026 — Laxmi Puja Sunday 8 November 2026 Official public holiday list
Tihar 2026 — Bhai Tika Wednesday 11 November 2026 Official public holiday list
Chhath 2026 Sunday 15 November 2026 Official public holiday list
Dashain 2027 — Ghatasthapana Thursday 30 September 2027 Estimate, ±1 day
Dashain 2027 — Vijaya Dashami (Tika) Sunday 10 October 2027 Estimate, ±1 day
Tihar 2027 — Laxmi Puja Friday 29 October 2027 Estimate, ±1 day
Tihar 2027 — Bhai Tika Sunday 31 October 2027 Estimate, ±1 day
2026 dates: Government of Nepal public holiday list for 2083 BS (Ministry of Home Affairs). 2027 dates: estimated from the new moon and the tithi at sunrise in Kathmandu — the method reproduces the official 2025 and 2026 dates; check the official 2084 list when it is published.
Our festival rules
New notes for dakshina are changed at the bank a week before Tika.
Bus tickets home are booked as soon as sales open.
Everyone's clothes come from the clothes line of the budget — no extra shopping trips.
Whatever is left after Bhai Tika starts next year's saving.
All amounts are the family's own: the examples are not average prices. Monthly amounts run from today to the month before Ghatasthapana, rounded up to the rupee; the last one evens out.