Most of the countries of the world follow the English calendar for their work. For this reason, the official weekly holiday there is Sunday.
In some Muslim countries, instead of Sunday, the governments there have declared Friday as a weekly holiday, as it is the holiest day in Islam.
India also observes a weekly holiday on Sunday, on which everything from schools to government offices is closed.
Nepal, adjacent to India, is also a 'Hindu nation'. It is believed that Nepal follows India in most work, so is there even a weekly holiday on Sunday? There is no weekly public holiday in Nepal on Sunday, rather everything is closed on Saturday. There is a special reason behind it.
Saturday is considered a day of rest in Nepal. People do not go out to do anything on this day. This is why there is a holiday on Saturday instead of Sunday. In fact, Saturday is considered an inauspicious day in Nepal. This is the reason why people do not think it is good to do any work on Saturday.
Nepali people believe that if they do any work on Saturday, it will not be completed and they may also get hurt in that work. Because of this belief, the government of Nepal has declared Saturday a weekly holiday, while everything remains open from Sunday to Friday.
It is not that there was no attempt to make Sunday a weekly holiday in Nepal like in other countries. This formula failed there. In fact, Nepal had taken the initiative to combine holidays with Saturdays and Sundays to save fuel, but its efforts went in vain.
After this, Nepal again observed a one-day weekly holiday instead of two. Now there is only Saturday as a holiday.
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