Dussehra 2026
Dussehra falls on Tuesday, 20 October 2026 in India. The tithi's exact window, sunrise in your city, computed to the minute.
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Vijayadaśamī — the victory of Rāma over Rāvaṇa and of Durgā over Mahiṣāsura, at the end of Navarātri.
- Date in India
- Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- Tithi
- Vijayadaśamī (Āśvina Śukla Daśamī)
- Tithi begins
- 20 Oct, 12:51 pm IST
- Tithi ends
- 21 Oct, 2:13 pm IST
By city
Each city at its own clock. Outside India the festival is reckoned at your own sunrise, so its date can fall a day apart from India's.
| City | Date | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Delhi | Same day | 6:24 am | 5:46 pm |
| Mumbai | Same day | 6:34 am | 6:12 pm |
| Kolkata | Same day | 5:35 am | 5:07 pm |
| Chennai | Same day | 5:59 am | 5:47 pm |
| Bengaluru | Same day | 6:10 am | 5:58 pm |
| Hyderabad | Same day | 6:10 am | 5:51 pm |
| Pune | Same day | 6:29 am | 6:08 pm |
| Ahmedabad | Same day | 6:38 am | 6:10 pm |
| Jaipur | Same day | 6:29 am | 5:53 pm |
| Lucknow | Same day | 6:08 am | 5:33 pm |
| Chandigarh | Same day | 6:28 am | 5:46 pm |
| Patna | Same day | 5:50 am | 5:17 pm |
| Bhopal | Same day | 6:19 am | 5:50 pm |
| Indore | Same day | 6:25 am | 5:57 pm |
| Varanasi | Same day | 5:58 am | 5:26 pm |
| Dehradun | Same day | 6:23 am | 5:41 pm |
| Amritsar | Same day | 6:37 am | 5:53 pm |
| Nagpur | Same day | 6:10 am | 5:45 pm |
| London | Same day | 7:32 am | 5:56 pm |
| New York | Same day | 7:12 am | 6:08 pm |
| Toronto | Same day | 7:38 am | 6:25 pm |
| Dubai | Same day | 6:19 am | 5:47 pm |
| Singapore | Wednesday, 21 October 2026 | 6:47 am | 6:51 pm |
| Sydney | Wednesday, 21 October 2026 | 6:07 am | 7:13 pm |
See the day from your own chart
The almanac is the same for everyone in a city. Your chart says which of these hours and days lean your way, from your own Moon and your own periods.
How this is worked out
The day is the one the classical rule gives for this festival — the tithi at sunrise, or at the time of day its worship belongs to (Lakṣmī pūjā at dusk). Times are computed for each city on that day, to the minute, in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri). Pradosh Kāla is the first three of the night's fifteen muhūrtas after sunset; the Lakṣmī pūjā window is where it meets the fixed Vṛṣabha lagna. An almanac's window for reflection and practice — not a guarantee of any outcome.