American Embassy Holiday Schedule 2008
The Embassy will be closed on all offical holidays.
Note: (A) = American Holidays
(N) = Nepali Holidays
| Date | Holiday | (A)/(N) | Information |
| January 1 | New Year's Day | (A) | |
| January 21 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday | (A) | The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was a black clergyman who is ranked among the greatest of black Americans because of his crusade to win full civil rights for his people. (more) |
| February 18 | President's Day | (A) | |
| March 21 | Phagu Purnima | (N) | |
| April 23 | Loktantra Diwas | (N) | |
| May 20 | Buddha Jayanti | (N) | |
| May 26 | Memorial Day | (A) | Beginning after the 1861–65 Civil War, many states observed a May 30 holiday (known as "Decoration Day") honoring the lives lost in that conflict, often by decorating their graves with flowers. After the First World War, these ceremonies typically were expanded to include the nation’s war dead in every conflict. The Uniform Holidays Act established a federal legal holiday, fixed on the last Monday in May, beginning in 1971. All 50 states observe the holiday. |
| July 4 | Independence Day | (A) | Independence Day is regarded as the birthday of the United States as a free and independent nation. (more) |
| September 1 | Labor Day | (A) | First observed in New York City in September 1882, the Labor Day holiday commemorates the contributions of working men and women. In 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation establishing the federal holiday. Labor union participation in annual parades remains common, while for many Americans the holiday demarks the unofficial end of summer and beginning of the school year. |
| October 6 | Phulpati (Dashain) | (N) | |
| October 7 | Maha Asthami (Dashain) | (N) | |
| October 8 | Maha Nawami (Dashain) | (N) | |
| October 9 | Vijaya Dashami (Dashain) | (N) | |
| October 13 | Columbus Day | (A) | Commemorates Christopher Columbus's first landing in the Americas, October 12, 1492. Beginning in the late 19th century, Italian-Americans began to celebrate the holiday as a celebration of their heritage, as Columbus is widely believed to be of Italian origin. In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the federal holiday. |
| October 28 | Laxmi Puja (Tihar) | (N) | |
| October 29 | Gobardhan Puja (Tihar) | (N) | |
| October 30 | Bhaitika (Tihar) | (N) | |
| November 11 | Veterans' Day | (A) | The Veterans Day holiday is derived from Armistice Day, commemorating the end of the First World War, November 11, 1918. Many states quickly began to observe this holiday, and Congress proclaimed a federal holiday in 1938. In 1954, Congress changed the holiday’s name to Veterans Day, in recognition of those who served during the Second World War and the Korean conflict. Today it recognizes all members of the armed forces, living and dead, who served during times of peace or war. (Memorial Day, by contrast, honors those who gave their lives.) Among the annual ceremonies is one at the Tomb of the Unknowns at the Arlington National Cemetery. |
| November 17 | Thanksgiving Day | (A) | |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | (A) | |
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