Dussehra 2026 in Azhatebage, Xinjiang, China Aparahna puja muhurat 13:40–15:52, Tue 20 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+6 · Also called Vijayadashami
When is Dussehra 2026 in Azhatebage?
Dussehra Aparahna puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Dussehra on Tue 20 Oct in Azhatebage?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Dussehra is on Tue 20 Oct: Dashami touches aparahna on both days and it takes the earlier.
Dashami holds all of aparahna, 13:40–15:52. Dashami: 13:20 to 14:42 Wed.
Dashami holds aparahna only until 14:42; then Ekadashi. Dashami: 13:20 Tue to 14:42.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+6). 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 13:20 on Tue 20 Oct to 14:42 on Wed 21 Oct, touching aparahna on both days. When it does, the Nirnayasindhu takes the earlier day: Tue 20 Oct.
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.