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Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2026
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 · New Delhi
Ashwin Shukla Dashami, the day of Rama’s victory and of Durga’s over Mahishasura.
Timings in New Delhi
- Date
- Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- Aparahna
- 1:13 pm – 3:30 pm
- Vijay muhurat
- 1:59 pm – 2:44 pm
- Shukla Dashami
- 20 Oct, 12:50 pm – 21 Oct, 2:12 pm
The date on which Dashami holds the Aparahna (the fourth fifth of daytime). Vijay muhurat is the 11th muhurta of the day.
Date and timings by city (local time)
Computed for each city’s own sunrise, sunset and moonrise — so the date can differ abroad.
| City | Date | Aparahna |
|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:30 pm |
| Mumbai | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:32 pm – 3:52 pm |
| Bengaluru | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:15 pm – 3:36 pm |
| Chennai | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:04 pm – 3:25 pm |
| Kolkata | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:30 pm – 2:48 pm |
| Hyderabad | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:10 pm – 3:31 pm |
| Ahmedabad | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:33 pm – 3:51 pm |
| Pune | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:29 pm – 3:48 pm |
| Jaipur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:19 pm – 3:36 pm |
| Lucknow | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:59 pm – 3:16 pm |
| Kanpur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:01 pm – 3:18 pm |
| Nagpur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:07 pm – 3:26 pm |
| Indore | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:20 pm – 3:38 pm |
| Bhopal | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:14 pm – 3:32 pm |
| Patna | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:42 pm – 3:00 pm |
| Varanasi | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:51 pm – 3:08 pm |
| Prayagraj | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:56 pm – 3:13 pm |
| Surat | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:32 pm – 3:51 pm |
| Vadodara | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:31 pm – 3:49 pm |
| Ludhiana | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:18 pm – 3:34 pm |
| Amritsar | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:22 pm – 3:37 pm |
| Chandigarh | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:15 pm – 3:30 pm |
| Dehradun | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:10 pm – 3:26 pm |
| Haridwar | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:09 pm – 3:25 pm |
| Rishikesh | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:09 pm – 3:25 pm |
| Agra | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:11 pm – 3:27 pm |
| Mathura | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:12 pm – 3:29 pm |
| Vrindavan | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:12 pm – 3:28 pm |
| Ayodhya | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:54 pm – 3:11 pm |
| Ujjain | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:20 pm – 3:38 pm |
| Raipur | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:57 pm – 3:16 pm |
| Ranchi | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:42 pm – 3:00 pm |
| Bhubaneswar | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:40 pm – 3:00 pm |
| Puri | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:41 pm – 3:00 pm |
| Guwahati | Wed, 21 Oct | 12:16 pm – 2:32 pm |
| Coimbatore | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:17 pm – 3:40 pm |
| Madurai | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:35 pm |
| Kochi | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:20 pm – 3:43 pm |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:18 pm – 3:41 pm |
| Visakhapatnam | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:51 pm – 3:12 pm |
| Vijayawada | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:02 pm – 3:22 pm |
| Tirupati | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:07 pm – 3:29 pm |
| Mysuru | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:19 pm – 3:40 pm |
| Nashik | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:29 pm – 3:48 pm |
| Rajkot | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:40 pm – 3:59 pm |
| Noida | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:29 pm |
| Gurugram | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:14 pm – 3:31 pm |
| Ghaziabad | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:29 pm |
| Faridabad | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:30 pm |
| Meerut | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:11 pm – 3:28 pm |
| Aligarh | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:10 pm – 3:27 pm |
| Bareilly | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:05 pm – 3:21 pm |
| Moradabad | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:07 pm – 3:23 pm |
| Gorakhpur | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:49 pm – 3:06 pm |
| Jhansi | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:09 pm – 3:26 pm |
| Jodhpur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:31 pm – 3:48 pm |
| Udaipur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:28 pm – 3:46 pm |
| Kota | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:20 pm – 3:37 pm |
| Ajmer | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:24 pm – 3:41 pm |
| Bikaner | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:29 pm – 3:46 pm |
| Gwalior | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:10 pm – 3:27 pm |
| Jabalpur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:04 pm – 3:22 pm |
| Thane | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:32 pm – 3:52 pm |
| Navi Mumbai | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:32 pm – 3:52 pm |
| Aurangabad | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:23 pm – 3:42 pm |
| Solapur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:21 pm – 3:41 pm |
| Kolhapur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:27 pm – 3:48 pm |
| Amravati | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:32 pm |
| Nanded | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:15 pm – 3:34 pm |
| Panaji (Goa) | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:29 pm – 3:50 pm |
| Mangaluru | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:26 pm – 3:47 pm |
| Hubballi | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:24 pm – 3:45 pm |
| Belagavi | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:27 pm – 3:47 pm |
| Tiruchirappalli | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:11 pm – 3:33 pm |
| Salem | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:35 pm |
| Tirunelveli | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:15 pm – 3:38 pm |
| Vellore | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:08 pm – 3:30 pm |
| Guntur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:03 pm – 3:23 pm |
| Nellore | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:05 pm – 3:26 pm |
| Warangal | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:06 pm – 3:26 pm |
| Kozhikode | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:22 pm – 3:44 pm |
| Thrissur | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:21 pm – 3:43 pm |
| Kollam | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:19 pm – 3:42 pm |
| Cuttack | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:40 pm – 2:59 pm |
| Jamshedpur | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:39 pm – 2:57 pm |
| Dhanbad | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:38 pm – 2:56 pm |
| Gaya | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:43 pm – 3:01 pm |
| Bhagalpur | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:35 pm – 2:53 pm |
| Muzaffarpur | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:41 pm – 2:59 pm |
| Siliguri | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:29 pm – 2:46 pm |
| Durgapur | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:34 pm – 2:52 pm |
| Asansol | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:35 pm – 2:53 pm |
| Howrah | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:30 pm – 2:49 pm |
| Shillong | Wed, 21 Oct | 12:15 pm – 2:32 pm |
| Imphal | Wed, 21 Oct | 12:07 pm – 2:24 pm |
| Agartala | Wed, 21 Oct | 12:18 pm – 2:36 pm |
| Srinagar | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:22 pm – 3:36 pm |
| Jammu | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:22 pm – 3:37 pm |
| Shimla | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:29 pm |
| Bilaspur | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:55 pm – 3:14 pm |
| Bhilai | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:58 pm – 3:17 pm |
| Jalandhar | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:19 pm – 3:35 pm |
| Patiala | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:16 pm – 3:32 pm |
| Bathinda | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:22 pm – 3:38 pm |
| Panipat | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:14 pm – 3:30 pm |
| Karnal | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:14 pm – 3:30 pm |
| Rohtak | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:16 pm – 3:32 pm |
| Hisar | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:19 pm – 3:36 pm |
| Kurukshetra (Thanesar) | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:15 pm – 3:31 pm |
| Bhavnagar | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:35 pm – 3:54 pm |
| Jamnagar | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:43 pm – 4:02 pm |
| Junagadh | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:42 pm – 4:01 pm |
| Gandhinagar | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:33 pm – 3:51 pm |
| Dwarka | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:48 pm – 4:06 pm |
| Veraval (Somnath) | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:42 pm – 4:01 pm |
| Kathmandu | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:56 pm – 3:13 pm |
| Pokhara | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:02 pm – 3:18 pm |
| Dubai | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:12 pm – 3:29 pm |
| Abu Dhabi | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:15 pm – 3:33 pm |
| Sharjah | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:11 pm – 3:29 pm |
| Muscat | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:00 pm – 3:18 pm |
| Doha | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:27 pm – 2:44 pm |
| Kuwait City | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:40 pm – 2:56 pm |
| Riyadh | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:46 pm – 3:04 pm |
| Jeddah | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:17 pm – 3:36 pm |
| Manama | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:30 pm – 2:48 pm |
| Singapore | Wed, 21 Oct | 2:01 pm – 4:26 pm |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wed, 21 Oct | 2:10 pm – 4:34 pm |
| Bangkok | Wed, 21 Oct | 1:13 pm – 3:34 pm |
| Hong Kong | Wed, 21 Oct | 1:17 pm – 3:35 pm |
| Tokyo | Wed, 21 Oct | 12:32 pm – 2:45 pm |
| Denpasar | Wed, 21 Oct | 1:17 pm – 3:45 pm |
| Colombo | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:07 pm – 3:30 pm |
| Dhaka | Wed, 21 Oct | 12:51 pm – 3:09 pm |
| London | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:47 pm – 3:52 pm |
| Birmingham | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:53 pm – 3:58 pm |
| Leicester | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:50 pm – 3:54 pm |
| Manchester | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:54 pm – 3:58 pm |
| Dublin | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:11 pm – 4:14 pm |
| Paris | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:38 pm – 4:44 pm |
| Frankfurt | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:12 pm – 4:18 pm |
| Berlin | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:52 pm – 3:56 pm |
| Munich | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:01 pm – 4:08 pm |
| Amsterdam | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:26 pm – 4:31 pm |
| Zurich | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:14 pm – 4:21 pm |
| New York | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:46 pm – 3:57 pm |
| Jersey City | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:46 pm – 3:57 pm |
| Edison | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:47 pm – 3:58 pm |
| Chicago | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:40 pm – 3:50 pm |
| Houston | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:13 pm – 4:29 pm |
| Dallas | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:19 pm – 4:33 pm |
| Austin | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:23 pm – 4:38 pm |
| San Francisco | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:00 pm – 4:12 pm |
| San Jose | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:58 pm – 4:10 pm |
| Los Angeles | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:44 pm – 3:58 pm |
| Seattle | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:57 pm – 4:04 pm |
| Atlanta | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:29 pm – 4:43 pm |
| Boston | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:33 pm – 3:44 pm |
| Washington DC | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:58 pm – 4:10 pm |
| Philadelphia | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:50 pm – 4:02 pm |
| Toronto | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:06 pm – 4:16 pm |
| Brampton | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:08 pm – 4:17 pm |
| Mississauga | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:07 pm – 4:17 pm |
| Vancouver | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:59 pm – 4:05 pm |
| Surrey | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:58 pm – 4:04 pm |
| Calgary | Tue, 20 Oct | 2:23 pm – 4:27 pm |
| Montreal | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:43 pm – 3:51 pm |
| Sydney | Wed, 21 Oct | 1:58 pm – 4:35 pm |
| Melbourne | Wed, 21 Oct | 2:24 pm – 5:03 pm |
| Brisbane | Wed, 21 Oct | 12:50 pm – 3:24 pm |
| Perth | Wed, 21 Oct | 1:19 pm – 3:56 pm |
| Adelaide | Wed, 21 Oct | 2:19 pm – 4:57 pm |
| Auckland | Wed, 21 Oct | 2:25 pm – 5:03 pm |
| Johannesburg | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:09 pm – 3:43 pm |
| Durban | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:58 pm – 3:33 pm |
| Nairobi | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:30 pm – 3:56 pm |
| Port Louis | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:10 pm – 3:42 pm |
| Suva | Wed, 21 Oct | 1:06 pm – 3:37 pm |
| Port of Spain | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:01 pm – 3:24 pm |
| Georgetown | Tue, 20 Oct | 12:49 pm – 3:12 pm |
| Paramaribo | Tue, 20 Oct | 1:37 pm – 4:00 pm |
About Dussehra (Vijayadashami)
Shami puja, Aparajita puja and Ravana dahan in the evening; a traditional day to begin new learning or work.
Computed with sidereal Lahiri and the same rules Drik Panchang uses. We do not sell pujas, gemstones or remedies. Accuracy