Festival
Vijayadashami dates
Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.
Also called: Dussehra, Dasara, Dashain
The next one
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Shukla Dashami, Ashwina
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The rule
What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.
Ashwina Shukla Dashami, taken as aparahna-vyapini: Dashami has to be present in the fourth fifth of the day, which is the Vijaya muhurta the festival is named for.
The day is settled by the tithi at aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day.
Festival
Vijayadashami dates
| Year | Date | Tithi | Lunar month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Thursday | Thursday, 2 October 2025 | Shukla Dashami | Ashwina |
| 2026Tuesday | Tuesday, 20 October 2026 | Shukla Dashami | Ashwina |
| 2027Saturday | Saturday, 9 October 2027 | Shukla Dashami | Ashwina |
| 2028Wednesday | Wednesday, 27 September 2028 | Shukla Dashami | Ashwina |
| 2029Tuesday | Tuesday, 16 October 2029 | Shukla Dashami | Ashwina |
| 2030Sunday | Sunday, 6 October 2030 | Shukla Dashami | Ashwina |
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Other festivals
Each one with its own rule and its own dates.
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The whole calendar
Every festival and observance of the year, in one table.
Hindu calendar