This fair is held every year in November at Jauljibi, the confluence ofthe rivers Kali and Gori, which is a meeting place of three different cultures - the Shauka, the Nepali and the Kumaoni. This gateway to Johar, Darma, Chaudans and Byans was at one time, considered to be the central place between Tibet and the Tarai regions. Though this fair is primarily a commercial one, its cultural importance cannot be overlooked. People come even from Nepal to this fair in order to sell horses, ghee and foreign goods and take back foodgrains, jaggery etc.

A similar fair is held at Thal on Vaishakh Sankranti (14 April) and it attracts a large number of Shaukas. With the closure of the Indo - Tibet trade these fairs have lost their former importance.

Time for celebrating the Jauljibi and Thal Fairs in Uttaranchal
The Jauljibi fair is held on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti which falls in the month of February at Jauljibi at the meeting point of two rivers – Kali and Gori. The Thal Fair is held on Vaisakhi Sankranti which falls sometimes in the month of April at Thal.