Nawa Varsa
Nepali New Year (Bisket Jatra)
Venue : Bhaktapur
Date : 1st day of the 1st month of the year Baishakh (mid Apr)

Buddha Jayanti
The Birthday of Lord Buddha
Venue: Lumbini
Date: The full moon day of mid April.

Mani Rimdu
3 days long festival
Venue : The monastery of Thame, one day walk to the west of Namche Bazaar the main hub-bub of the highest Sherpaland. Tengboche Monastery.
Date : April / May

Rato Machchhendranath Rath Jatra
A month long festival of Buddhist rain god. Patan's streets and palace complexes are made even more evocative by warering lamp and candle lights, women busily cooking feasts, and men gathering strength to pull the chariot of their red deity. As Lord Machhendranath views his followers from the high seat of his chariot, its four wheels-representing the powerful Bhairab-receive rice and vermilion powder, the king of serpents is asked for blessing, and his jeweled vest is shown to the public.

Venue : Patan City, the old section, Bungmati
Date : Begins on 1st day of bright fortnight of May/Jun

Janai Poornima
A festival to change the sacred thread with the worship of Lord Shiva. Janai Poornima is the day when Hindus change the janai, the sacred thread the men wear on their chests. This full moon day sees flocks of Brahmina (Hindu priests) at the holy riverbanks. Newars of the Kathmandu valley call this festival Gunhi Punhi, a soup of different sprouted beans known as kwati, is prepared as the special menu of the day.

Venue : Throughout Nepal, Specially Pashupati Area and Kumbheswor, Patan
Date : The full moon day of August

Mataya
The Buddhist festival of lights commemorating the victory of Buddha over Mara (vice)
Venue : Patan
Date : The 2nd day of dark Mid. August

Krishnastami
The birthday of Lord Krishna. Euphoric prayers and incantations fill the air, and small oil lamps are lit as a mark of felicitation and devotion to the deity. Images of Lord Krishna are also carried around the city in a procession accompanied by joyous crowds of followers and musical bands.

Venue : Patan Durbar Square and Krishna temples in the country
Date : The 8th of dark August

Teej
The three day long festival of women. Dancing, folk songs, and the red color of women's wedding sarees dominate the day of Teej, a Hindu festival of womanhood. The day recals the heavenly occassion when Parbati, daughter of the Himalaya, won the hand of Lord Shiva after severe meditation and fasting. The married women ask for a happy and productive marriage and a long life for the their husbands, and those yet to tie the nuptial knot ask for an ideal husband.
Venue : Pashupati , Patan - Krishna temple & Sankhu
Date :From 2nd to the 5th of bright August

Dashain
The longest Hindu festival of Nepal, traditionally celebrated for two full weeks with the animal sacrifice to Durga the Universal Mother Goddess. The great harvest festival of Nepal, Dashain is a time of family reunion, the exchange of gifts and blessings, profuse pujas, ritual bathing and animal sacrifices. Dashain honors the goddess Durga, who was created out of the energy (shakti) of all the gods, armed with weapons from each of them. Goddess Durga, symbolizing valor and prowess, is worshipped and offered animal sacrifices for the devotees' progress prosperity.
Venue : Important Hindu temples all over Nepal, Kathmandu Durbar Square
Date : It begins on the first day of bright September / October

Deepawali or Tihar
The 5 day long festival of lights, honoring Yama, God of Death. This festival is a time of lights and tinsel decorations, fancy sweets and juicy fruits. The celebrations begin with the adoration of crows and dogs. In the period of Tihar Laxmi, the Goddess of Wealth is worshipped with the strong hope that Laxmi pleased to reside in their home. In the day of Bhai Tika called as Brothers' Day, brothers and sisters honor each other on this day and sisters pray to Yama, the God of Death, for their brothers' progress, prosperity and longevity.
Venue : The family houses
Date : It begins on 2nd day of dark Oct/Nov and continues until the 3rd of bright Oct./Nov.

Chhath Parva
The worship of Surya, the Sun God, attracts thousands of pilgrims to the holy town of Janakpur in southeastern Nepal. Devotees from Nepal and India throng the ancient city to worship at the Janaki temple and take ritual baths in the rivers and ponds

Venue : Terai Regions
Date : October / November

Lhosar
Sherpas and Tibetans welcome their New Year with feasts, family visits and dancing. Families put on their finest clothes and jewellery and exchange gifts. Buddhist monks offer prayers for good health and prosperity, and perform dances at the monasteries.

Venue : Boudha Nath, Swyambhunath and Nothern Himalayan Regions.
Date : February

Maha-Shivaratri
All year Pashupatinath attracts pilgrims, sadhus, devotees and mendicants, but on this day the visitors are in the tens of thousands. Many are from India or the Terai and begin arriving a few days before, some camping out in the vicinity of the temple. Shiva's sacred day begins at midnight but devotees don't really begin to crowd the ghats till sunrise. Hindus pay homage to the scared lingam inside the temple and then bathe, or at least splash a little, in the river.
Venue: Pashupatinath.
Date: March

Fagu Poornima (Holi)
Holi celebrates the death of the demoness Holika. This wicked woman, who was supposed to be invulnerable to fire, tried many times to kill her nephew, an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu. In the end she put the boy on her lap and set fire beneath them, thinking he would be burned up and she would escape. But instead the boy remained unharmed and Holika, to her surprise, immolated herself. The rites of this festival celebrate her end. Fagu Poornima begins the first day with the raising of the Chir pole about noon in front of Kumari house in Basantapur. Holi is known as 'playing with color' festival.
Venue : All over Nepal
Date : March

Ghodejatra
Festival of horse, Army Day.
Venue : Tundikhel
Date : 14th of dark fort night of March

Ram Nawami
Hindus worship God Ram as a victorious person. In memory of the victory day, all Hindus worship Ram at various temples, especially in Ram Janaki Temple in Janakpur. Sacrificing of roosters, goats, and buffaloes at temples are main activities of this day.

Venue : Ram Janaki Temple in Janakpur and other Ram Temples
Date : 12th of bright forth night of March