Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2025: date and timings
Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2025 is on
Thursday, 2 October 2025
- Shukla Dashami · Begins1 Oct, 19:01
- Shukla Dashami · Ends2 Oct, 19:11
Ashwin Shukla Dashami, the victory of Ram over Ravana, kept in the afternoon.
Why this day
Kept on the day the tithi covers most of the afternoon (aparahna).
Family and regional traditions sometimes keep a festival a day apart. Where that happens, the tithi times above show why.
Other years
- Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2026 Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2027 Saturday, 9 October 2027
- Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2028 Wednesday, 27 September 2028
All festival dates in 2025
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Lohri
The bonfire night before Makar Sankranti, celebrated in Punjab and the North.
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Makar Sankranti
The Sun enters Makara. Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Gujarat, Khichdi in the North.
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Vasant Panchami
Magha Shukla Panchami, the coming of spring; Saraswati is worshipped.
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Holika Dahan
The bonfire on Phalguna Purnima, lit after sunset and outside Bhadra.
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Holi
The festival of colours, the day after Holika Dahan.
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Gudi Padwa / Ugadi
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the Hindu new year: Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Ugadi in the South.
Dates and times for New Delhi, India.
A festival can fall on a different day in another city, and more often in another country: the tithi changes at the same instant everywhere, but sunrise does not.
How these dates are worked out: every tithi of the year is found from the Sun's and the Moon's positions (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa), with the lunar month it belongs to; adhik months are found the same way. Each festival is kept on the day its tithi is in force at the part of the day tradition names for it — sunrise for most, the evening for Diwali and Pradosh, midnight for Janmashtami and Shivaratri, midday for Ram Navami and Ganesh Chaturthi, the afternoon for Dussehra and Bhai Dooj, moonrise for Karva Chauth and Sankashti. Month names follow the North Indian (purnimanta) calendar; in the amanta calendar used in Gujarat, Maharashtra and the South, the Krishna paksha belongs to the month before.