Dussehra 2027 Sat 9 Oct
Aparahna puja muhurat in New Delhi: 13:18–15:38 IST
Festival · the date in New Delhi; each city on its own sunrise and sunset, in its own time · Also called Vijayadashami
When is Dussehra 2027?
Dussehra Aparahna puja muhurat: what time?
Dussehra Aparahna puja muhurat in 30 cities
Times in each city’s own zone.
Sat 9 Oct29 cities
India
Nepal
Gulf
South-East Asia
Sun 10 Oct (differs from most cities)1 city
South-East Asia
Another place?
Opens Dussehra 2027 for that place
Dussehra 2027 by state and country
Each opens Dussehra 2027 there: the date and each city’s Aparahna puja muhurat.
States and territories of India
- Andaman and Nicobar
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
Countries
Why is Dussehra on Sat 9 Oct?
In New Delhi
Dussehra is on Sat 9 Oct: Dashami holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Dashami holds all of aparahna, 13:18–15:38. Dashami: 09:02 to 11:41 Sun.
Dashami ended at 11:41; aparahna is Ekadashi. Dashami: 09:02 Sat to 11:41.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Aparahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dussehra’s rites are done in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day. Dashami runs from 09:02 on Sat 9 Oct to 11:41 on Sun 10 Oct, so only Saturday’s aparahna (13:18–15:38) falls within it.
The rule
Ashwina Shukla Dashami
Dussehra’s rites are done in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day.
- Smarta
- the day whose aparahna Dashami holds; when it touches both, Shravana in the later aparahna takes it there, else the earlier (Nirnayasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.
Why the cities differ
New Delhi keeps Sat 9 Oct. Singapore keeps Sun 10 Oct.
Time runs down, the same instant across both columns · each city on its own clock · dashed: tithi changes · filled: what each reading keeps
New Delhi · IST
Dussehra is on Sat 9 Oct: Dashami holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Sat 9 Oct. Dashami holds all of aparahna, 13:18–15:38. Dashami: 09:02 to 11:41 Sun.
Sun 10 Oct. Dashami ended at 11:41; aparahna is Ekadashi. Dashami: 09:02 Sat to 11:41.
Singapore · UTC+8
By the Nirnayasindhu, Dussehra is on Sun 10 Oct: Dashami touches aparahna on both days, and Shravana in the later aparahna takes it there.
Sat 9 Oct. Dashami holds all of aparahna, 14:04–16:29. Dashami: 11:32 to 14:11 Sun.
Sun 10 Oct. Dashami holds aparahna only until 14:11; then Ekadashi. Dashami: 11:32 Sat to 14:11.
Every city’s own page draws its reason.