date.fiscal_quarter_dates()

The fiscal_quarter_dates method computes the exact starting date and ending date for the fiscal quarter containing the current date instance. It returns an object containing boundary dates as new NepaliDate objects, which is helpful for quarterly financial reporting, audit periods, and tax filing windows.

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from nepali_date_library import NepaliDate

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def fiscal_quarter_dates(self) -> Dict[str, NepaliDate]:

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• None.

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• Type: Dict[str, NepaliDate]
• Structure:
  • "start": NepaliDate object positioned on the first day of the fiscal quarter at midnight.
  • "end": NepaliDate object positioned on the final day of the fiscal quarter.

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Generating Quarterly Accounting WindowsCopy Anchor Link

from nepali_date_library import NepaliDate

date = NepaliDate("2081-05-15") # Bhadra (Q1)
quarter_info = date.fiscal_quarter_dates()

start_date = quarter_info["start"]
end_date = quarter_info["end"]

print(f"Q1 starts: {start_date.format('YYYY-MM-DD')}") # "2081-04-01" (1 Shrawan)
print(f"Q1 ends:   {end_date.format('YYYY-MM-DD')}")   # "2081-06-30" (End of Aswin)

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• NepaliDate.get_fiscal_quarter(): Look up boundaries for any quarter.
• date.fiscal_quarter(): Retrieve the active quarter index.