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Drukpa Tshezhi

Bhutan’s Ministry of Education identifies Drukpa Tshezhi as a national holiday observed on the fourth day of the sixth Bhutanese lunar month, commemorating the Buddha’s First Sermon.

Date / rule4th day of the 6th Bhutanese lunar month; Gregorian date varies
ScopeBhutan Buddhist religious and national-holiday context
VerificationGovernment Current 2026
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Drukpa Tshezhi?

Bhutan’s Ministry of Education identifies Drukpa Tshezhi as a national holiday observed on the fourth day of the sixth Bhutanese lunar month, commemorating the Buddha’s First Sermon.

Date and recurrence

4th day of the 6th Bhutanese lunar month; Gregorian date varies

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Bhutan Buddhist religious and national-holiday context. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Drukpa Tsheshi

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Bhutan Ministry of Education — Commemorating Drukpa TshezhiGovernment
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Drukpa Tshezhi?

4th day of the 6th Bhutanese lunar month; Gregorian date varies The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve from the authoritative target-year/local calendar or organizer source; stored rule/context: 4th day of the 6th Bhutanese lunar month; Gregorian date varies.

Does Drukpa Tshezhi fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Drukpa Tshezhi an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Bhutan Buddhist religious and national-holiday context. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Drukpa Tshezhi?

The stored designation basis is: Bhutan’s Ministry of Education identifies Drukpa Tshezhi as a national holiday observed on the fourth day of the sixth Bhutanese lunar month, commemorating the Buddha’s First Sermon.. Supporting provenance includes Bhutan Ministry of Education — Commemorating Drukpa Tshezhi. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Drukpa Tshezhi international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Bhutan Buddhist religious and national-holiday context. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

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