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Father's Day (बुबाको मुख हेर्ने दिन / कुशे औंसी / गोकर्ण औंसी (Nepali)). Region: Worldwide; dates differ by country. Tradition: Secular observance; Hindu in Nepal (Kushe Aunsi). Calendar: Third Sunday of June in most countries; first Sunday of September in Australia and New Zealand; Bhadra krishna aunsi in Nepal. Dates: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and most countries (third Sunday of June) 2026: Sunday 21 June 2026 [computed]; United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and most countries (third Sunday of June) 2027: Sunday 20 June 2027 [computed]; United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and most countries (third Sunday of June) 2028: Sunday 18 June 2028 [computed]; Australia and New Zealand (first Sunday of September) 2026: Sunday 6 September 2026 [computed]; Australia and New Zealand (first Sunday of September) 2027: Sunday 5 September 2027 [computed]; Australia and New Zealand (first Sunday of September) 2028: Sunday 3 September 2028 [computed]; Nepal (Kushe Aunsi / Gokarna Aunsi) 2026: Friday 11 September 2026 (BS 2083 Bhadra 26; वि.सं. २०८३ २६) [computed]; Nepal (Kushe Aunsi / Gokarna Aunsi) 2027: Tuesday 31 August 2027 (BS 2084 Bhadra 15; वि.सं. २०८४ १५) [computed]; Nepal (Kushe Aunsi / Gokarna Aunsi) 2028: Sunday 20 August 2028 (BS 2085 Bhadra 4; वि.सं. २०८५ ४) [computed]. History and significance: Father's Day grew in the United States in the early twentieth century as a companion to Mother's Day and was fixed on the third Sunday of June in 1972. In Nepal, Kushe Aunsi (also Gokarna Aunsi) is the day children honour their father with gifts and sweets, and those who have lost their father make offerings at Gokarneshwar temple near Kathmandu. The same day priests collect kush grass for the rituals of the year. Key rituals and foods: Cards and gifts; in Nepal sweets and gifts for fathers and offerings at Gokarneshwar. Date basis: official = matches a government gazetted holiday list; computed = calculated from the calendar system (tithi astronomy with skyfield and JPL DE421, Hijri Umm al-Qura, Chinese, Korean and Hebrew calendar libraries, or the fixed rule); expected = Umm al-Qura projection pending moon sighting. Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata (CC BY-SA / CC0) and national holiday rules, summarised in our own words.