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Public HolidayHighest Significance

Losar (Tibetan New Year)

ལོ་གསར་

2026 ཟླ་བ་གཉིས་པའི་ཚེས་17, གཟའ་མིག་དམར་ – 2026 ཟླ་བ་གཉིས་པའི་ཚེས་19, གཟའ་ཕུར་བུ་

Details

Type
Public Holiday
Gazetted
Yes

Business Impact

Impact Level
High Impact
Impact Description
All Tibetan businesses and offices closed for 3+ days; monasteries hold major ceremonies; travel to Lhasa peaks; tourism and commerce fully disrupted in Tibetan regions
Planning Lead Time
Start 3 months before

Notes

The most important Tibetan holiday. Three-day celebration with prayers, butter sculptures, family reunions, and monastery ceremonies. Based on Tibetan lunar calendar.

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