The festival is held during the beginning of the month of December,generally from 1st to 7th December but this time,I mean in 2013 The Nagaland Government has extended the of Hornbill festival and will be celebrating it for 10 days i.e. from 1st December to 10th December 2013,also done in order to promote inflow of more tourists and to commemorate the 50 years Celebration of Nagaland Statehood Day