Teej 2026: Date, Meaning & Where to See It
The women's festival: three days of feasting, fasting and dancing in red saris, with long queues of women at Pashupatinath.
- Next
- Usually in August–September
- Also called
- Haritalika Teej
- Earlier years
- 14 September 2026 · 26 August 2025 · 6 September 2024 · 18 September 2023 · 30 August 2022
On the day before Teej (dar khane din) women feast together; on Teej itself they fast, many without water, and pray to Shiva for their husbands' long life or a good marriage. Pashupatinath sees a sea of red from dawn.
Songs and dances fill courtyards and streets across the hills.
Where to see it
Quick answers
- When is Teej in 2026?
- Usually in August–September. The exact date for the next one is not published yet.
- What is Teej?
- The women's festival: three days of feasting, fasting and dancing in red saris, with long queues of women at Pashupatinath.
- Where is the best place to see Teej?
- Pashupatinath.
Other festivals
DashainTihar (Deepawali)ChhathHoliMaha ShivaratriLosar (Tibetan, Sherpa, Tamang and Gurung New Year)Nepali New Year and Bisket JatraBuddha JayantiJanai PurnimaKrishna JanmashtamiGai JatraIndra JatraMaghe SankrantiUbhauli and UdhauliMani RimduTiji FestivalVivaha Panchami
Calculate the cost for your group →Dates from the public Holidays in Nepal calendar (Google Calendar), checked daily. Local festivals not in that calendar show their usual month; lunar dates can shift by a day locally.