Sep 6, 2026 5 min read
Asar and the Nepali Calendar: All Twelve Months Explained
Asar is the third month of the Bikram Sambat calendar, mid-June to mid-July, and the month rice is planted. The full twelve-month…
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Asar is the third month of the Bikram Sambat calendar, mid-June to mid-July, and the month rice is planted. The full twelve-month…
Read more →Between the collapse of the Khas Malla kingdom and the rise of Gorkha, western Nepal was governed by dozens of small hill states.…
Read more →Nepali began as Khas kura, a hill language of the Karnali. How it is related to Kumaoni and Garhwali, what the inscriptions at…
Read more →Twelve men held the Nepali throne across 240 years, and for 104 of them they reigned without governing. The complete regnal list,…
Read more →For two centuries the strongest state in the Nepal Himalaya was ruled from a Karnali valley. Then it was not. Food, trade routes,…
Read more →Losar is not one festival on one date. Sonam Losar, Tamu Losar and Gyalpo Losar are separate new years kept by Tamang, Gurung,…
Read more →The Buddha was born at Lumbini in what is now western Nepal. Buddha Jayanti falls on the full moon of Baisakh and marks his…
Read more →Nepal runs on a lunar calendar, so festival dates move every year. A national month-by-month guide to the Nepali year: what falls…
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