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Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2026: Date and Tithi Timings (दशहरा)

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2026Tuesday, 20 October 2026Tithi 12:51 PM, 20 Oct 2026 to 2:12 PM, 21 Oct 2026 (IST, New Delhi)

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2026 is on Tuesday, 20 October 2026. Ashwin Shukla Dashami, observed when Dashami prevails in the afternoon (Aparahna).

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) dates

YearDateTithi window (IST)
2026Tuesday, 20 October 202612:51 PM, 20 Oct 2026 – 2:12 PM, 21 Oct 2026
2027Saturday, 9 October 20279:02 AM, 9 Oct 2027 – 11:41 AM, 10 Oct 2027

Aparahna muhurta, 2026 (New Delhi): 1:14 PM – 3:30 PM on 20 Oct 2026.

Aparahna muhurta, 2027 (New Delhi): 1:18 PM – 3:39 PM on 9 Oct 2027.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) date in other cities

Calculated with each city's own sunrise, sunset and time zone. Outside India the festival can fall on a different calendar day.

City20262027Aparahna muhurta (2026, local time)
Delhi20 Oct 20269 Oct 20271:14 PM – 3:30 PM
Mumbai20 Oct 20269 Oct 20271:33 PM – 3:53 PM
Chennai20 Oct 20269 Oct 20271:04 PM – 3:26 PM
Kolkata20 Oct 20269 Oct 202712:51 PM – 2:49 PM
Hyderabad20 Oct 20269 Oct 20271:11 PM – 3:31 PM
Edison, New Jersey20 Oct 20269 Oct 20271:48 PM – 3:59 PM
Dallas20 Oct 20269 Oct 20272:19 PM – 4:34 PM
Toronto20 Oct 20269 Oct 20272:07 PM – 4:16 PM
London20 Oct 20269 Oct 20271:47 PM – 3:52 PM
Sydney21 Oct 202610 Oct 20271:59 PM – 4:36 PM

Highlighted rows fall on a different date from New Delhi in at least one year.

How the date is decided

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) falls on Ashwin Shukla Dashami. A tithi rarely matches a calendar day, so the festival is kept on the day the tithi prevails in the afternoon (aparahna, the fourth fifth of daytime).

Dates for New Delhi. In other cities the tithi times shift with the local sunrise and sunset, and occasionally the date changes. See today's panchang for your city.

Other festivals

Dates are calculated for New Delhi with the Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa) using the Smarta rules followed by most North Indian panchangs: each festival is kept on the day its tithi prevails at the prescribed time of day, with the classical tie-break rules for Raksha Bandhan, Holika Dahan, Janmashtami and Akshaya Tritiya. All 57 of our 2026–2027 dates that could be checked match independently published panchang dates. Regional and sectarian (Vaishnava/ISKCON) dates can differ by a day; dates can also differ outside India.