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Maha Navami

The Embassy of Nepal in Ottawa lists Maha Navami on Tuesday, 20 October 2026 in its days-of-closing calendar.

Date / rule20 October 2026 in the current Nepal Embassy calendar
ScopeNepal / Dashain public-holiday calendar
VerificationNational Embassy Current Edition Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next date this engine can safely resolveTuesday, October 20, 2026See everything on October 20 →
Authority summary

What is Maha Navami?

The Embassy of Nepal in Ottawa lists Maha Navami on Tuesday, 20 October 2026 in its days-of-closing calendar.

Date and recurrence

20 October 2026 in the current Nepal Embassy calendar

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Nepal / Dashain public-holiday calendar. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Nepal: Maha Navami, Maha Navami

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

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  1. Embassy of Nepal, Ottawa — Days of Closing the EmbassyNational Embassy Calendar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Maha Navami?

20 October 2026 in the current Nepal Embassy calendar The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve Maha Navami from an official Nepal government/embassy target-year calendar; current stored edition: 20 October 2026..

Does Maha Navami fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Maha Navami an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Nepal / Dashain public-holiday calendar. 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 Maha Navami?

The stored designation basis is: The Embassy of Nepal in Ottawa lists Maha Navami on Tuesday, 20 October 2026 in its days-of-closing calendar.. Supporting provenance includes Embassy of Nepal, Ottawa — Days of Closing the Embassy. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Maha Navami international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to Nepal. Its fuller verified scope is: Nepal / Dashain public-holiday calendar.

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 2026-09-09.

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