Yamapanchak began this year on Saturday with Dhanteras. As the ‘Panchak’ in its name suggests, the festival, better known as Tihar, is generally celebrated for five days from the 13th day of the dark fortnight of the Nepali month of Kartik to the second day of the bright fortnight. However, this Bikram year of 2079 has given Nepalis a confusing six-day Deepawali, one where Kukur Tihar and Laxmi Puja have fallen on the same day but Laxmi Puja and Gai Puja have uncharacteristically not.
