Practical guides on managing money in Nepal, written by the people building Aafno Hisab.
Most budgeting advice is written for salaries that arrive in dollars. Here is a monthly budget built around a Nepali salary, real Kathmandu costs, and the months when Dashain arrives.
Updated 29 Sept 2026 (13 Aswin 2083)
Nobody plans for Dashain, and then Dashain arrives. Here is what the festival actually costs, broken down item by item, with a way to spread it across the year instead of feeling it all in one month.
Updated 29 Sept 2026 (13 Aswin 2083)
Published 27 Sept 2026 (11 Aswin 2083)
Every decision at a Nepali wedding is really one decision, made once, months earlier: how many people are coming. Everything else is rounding. Here is the arithmetic, and what borrowing for it costs.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 (18 Bhadra 2083)
None of these feel like spending. Added up on a normal Kathmandu month they come to more than most people's rent, and six of the seven can be closed this week.
