First Sermon of Lord Buddha is a public holiday in Bhutan, known locally as སྟོན་པ་མཆོག་ཝ་ར་ན་སིར་བདེན་བཞིའི་ཆོས་འཁོར་བསྐོར་བའི་དུས་ཆེན་ངལ་གསོ།.
In 2026 it falls on Saturday 18 July; in 2027 on Friday 6 August.
Dates, 2025 to 2028
| Year | Date | Weekday | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 July | Monday long weekend | |
| 2026 | 18 July | Saturday weekend | |
| 2027 | 6 August | Friday long weekend | |
| 2028 | 25 July | Tuesday |