Nepali wedding cards, designed online in minutes

Make your biheko card with Bikram Sambat dates, Devanagari wording and your own photos, then share one link on WhatsApp or Viber that every guest can open and reply to. 30 designs, free to start.

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What is a Nepali wedding card?

A Nepali wedding card, or biheko card (बिहेको कार्ड), is the invitation a family sends to announce a wedding. It names the bride and groom and both sets of parents, gives the date in the Bikram Sambat calendar alongside the Gregorian date, lists each ceremony with its time and venue, and opens with a blessing appropriate to the family's tradition.

Today most families send a digital biheko card: one link, opened on a phone, that carries the same wording as a printed card and also collects RSVPs. Bihekocard makes that card free, in Nepali or English, in about ten minutes.

What goes on a Nepali wedding card

Wording varies by family and tradition, but almost every card carries these nine things. Bihekocard's templates already have a place for each one, so you only replace the sample text.

  • A blessing opener. ॥ शुभ विवाह ॥ or a Ganesh invocation for Hindu weddings, Bismillah for a Nikah, Ik Onkar for Anand Karaj, Tashi Delek for Buddhist weddings, or a scripture line for a church wedding.
  • Both families named. Nepali cards traditionally invite on behalf of the parents, so the card names the bride's parents and the groom's parents as hosts.
  • The couple's names, usually the largest text on the card, often in Devanagari with an English line beneath.
  • The date in both calendars, for example वि.सं. २०८३ फागुन १४ गते, शुक्रबार with the AD date under it, plus the tithi when the family follows it.
  • The saait or lagan time, the auspicious hour set by the family priest.
  • Each ceremony on its own line or page: Mehendi, Haldi, Sangeet, the wedding itself, and the Reception, each with its own time and venue.
  • Venue names with directions. A Google Maps link saves guests a phone call, which matters when the party house is down an unmarked lane.
  • An RSVP line, so the family can count plates. On a digital card this is a button rather than a phone number.
  • A closing request, such as तपाईंको उपस्थिति नै हाम्रो खुशी हो (your presence is our happiness).

Bikram Sambat dates, tithi and Devanagari numerals

The date is where most online card makers fall down, because they only understand the Gregorian calendar. Bihekocard is built for the Nepali calendar.

Type the wedding date once, in either calendar, and the card prints the Bikram Sambat date in Devanagari numerals, the Nepali weekday, the matching AD date and the tithi. A wedding on 27 February 2027 appears as वि.सं. २०८३ फागुन १४ गते, शनिबार with the English date below it, so elders in Kathmandu and cousins in Sydney read the same card and arrive on the same day.

Ceremony pages inherit the date. Set the wedding day and the Mehendi, Haldi and Reception pages follow it, in both calendars, without you retyping anything.

Cards for each Nepali community

A Newar card and a Mithila card are not the same card in different colours. Each community has its own motifs, greetings and ceremonies, and Bihekocard ships designs for each.

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FAQ

Nepali wedding cards: common questions

Short answers to what couples ask us most when they start their biheko card.

What is a Nepali wedding card called?
In Nepali a wedding card is called a biheko card (बिहेको कार्ड) or a nimantrana patra (निमन्त्रणा पत्र). Biheko card is the phrase families use in speech and when searching online, while nimantrana patra is the formal term printed on the card itself.
How do I make a Nepali wedding card online?
Open the template gallery, filter by your faith or community, and type the bride and groom names into the personalise bar so every design redraws with them. Open the one you like, set the wedding date in Bikram Sambat, add each ceremony as its own page, then save and copy the share link.
Can the card show the Bikram Sambat date?
Yes. Enter the wedding date in either Bikram Sambat or the Gregorian calendar and the card prints both, with the Nepali weekday and the tithi in Devanagari numerals. For example वि.सं. २०८३ फागुन १४ गते appears alongside the matching AD date, and every ceremony page derives its date from the same field.
Which scripts and languages can I write the card in?
Every text box accepts Devanagari, so Nepali, Maithili and Nepal Bhasa all work, and the built-in fonts also cover Arabic for Nikah cards, Gurmukhi for Anand Karaj and Tibetan for Buddhist blessings. Each text box keeps its own font, so Devanagari, Arabic and English can sit on one card and render correctly on any phone.
Which designs suit Newar, Mithila or Marwari weddings?
Bihekocard has designs drawn from each community’s own art: tiki jhya lattice and pagoda motifs with Nepal Bhasa greetings for Newar weddings, Madhubani kohbar art and Maithili wording for Mithila weddings, jharokha arches and bandhani colour for Marwari weddings, wall painting borders for Tharu weddings, and the Sewaro greeting with dhaka weave for Kirat weddings.
What is the tithi, and why is it on the card?
The tithi is the lunar day in the Nepali calendar, and many families check it when judging whether a date is auspicious. Bihekocard calculates it from the wedding date and prints it next to the Bikram Sambat date, so elders do not have to look it up separately.

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