There is no Tihar celebration on Friday: Calendar Determination Committee

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Calendar Determination Development Committee has said that there is no celebration for Tihar today though it is Aunsi as per the lunar calendar.

Issuing a press statement, the Committee said that Laxmi Puja was performed on Thursday evening while Gai Puja to be performed on Kartik Shukla Pratipada will be done on Saturday.

Chairman of the Committee, Prof. Shree Krishna Adhikari, said that such patterns in the calendar (Tithi) happen at an interval of some years and the festival of Tihar, which is observed for five days, is extended for six days this year due to the same shift in the calendar. The festival of Tihar which begins on Kartik Krishna Trayodashi was started on Tuesday this year. This year’s Tihar festival is ending (November 3) on Sunday after the Bhaitika on Kartik Shukla Duitiya as per the lunar calendar.