Dashain turns the whole country toward home — buses fill, offices empty, and every family builds its tika table for Vijaya Dashami. It is also the single biggest gifting fortnight in Nepal, and the easiest one to get wrong by a day. This guide covers when to order, what to give whom, and how corporate Dashain gifting actually works.

Order before Vijaya Dashami — ideally ten days out

The gifting moment is tika morning: elders line up, jamara goes behind the ears, and the photograph everyone keeps is taken before noon. A gift that arrives on Dashami morning competes with the tika queue; one that arrives the evening before sits waiting on the table.

Same-day delivery across Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur runs all festival fortnight, with the usual 2 PM cutoff.
The three days before Dashami are our busiest of the year — book your slot when you book your bus ticket.
Next-day delivery covers Pokhara, Chitwan, Butwal, Biratnagar and Hetauda for gifts headed to the village.

Gifts by relationship

For elders (grandparents, parents, buwa-juju)

Elders read cards, not screens — so pair every gift with a handwritten note. Dry fruit hampers wrapped in lokta paper, handmade chocolate boxes and personalised frames with a family photograph are the three safest builds. Nothing perishable that has to survive a bus ride.

For siblings and cousins

The people you see once a year deserve the keepsake you thought about. Engraved frames with a childhood photo, mugs with the nickname only family uses, and small chocolate boxes handcrafted in our Gaushala Chowk studio.

For neighbours and hosts

Dashain means door-to-door visits. A medium hamper of dry nuts and mithai set out for guests — and for the Deusi-Bhailo teams later in Tihar — buys your household a reputation for the whole year.

Corporate Dashain gifting: the clock is different

HR teams and business owners: bulk orders run on a separate calendar.

Confirm quantities by mid-September — single hamper orders keep flowing till Ghatasthapana, bulk orders do not.
We print company logos on lokta sleeves and build tiered hampers by seniority if needed.
Delivery is batched office-to-office across the Valley on the dates you set, with delivery confirmations for every recipient.

See the Dashain collection for this year's hamper line-up, or message us on WhatsApp for a custom corporate quote.

What to write in the card

Two lines in Nepali beat a paragraph in English for elders — "Dashain ko hardik shubhakamana" plus one personal sentence. Our scribe copies your note by hand onto the card exactly as you write it, in Nepali or English, at no extra cost.

Dashain gifting is not about the biggest hamper. It is about the gift that reaches the right table before the tika dries — order early, write it by hand, and let the family photograph do the rest.