Dussehra 2026 in Hetauda, Bagmati Province, Nepal Aparahna puja muhurat 12:58–15:14, Tue 20 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+5:45 · Also called Vijayadashami
When is Dussehra 2026 in Hetauda?
Dussehra Aparahna puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Dussehra on Tue 20 Oct in Hetauda?
By the Nirnayasindhu, Dussehra is on Tue 20 Oct: Dashami touches aparahna on both days and it takes the earlier.
Navami until 13:05, inside aparahna; then Dashami. Dashami: 13:05 to 14:27 Wed.
Dashami holds aparahna only until 14:27; then Ekadashi. Dashami: 13:05 Tue to 14:27.
One row per day, on one clock (NPT). 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 13:05 on Tue 20 Oct to 14:27 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.