Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2026 in Australia

The date in Australia

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Same as India this year (Wednesday, 21 October 2026).

City by city

CityDateObservance time
Sydney, NSW21 October 202612:40
Melbourne, Victoria21 October 202613:05
Brisbane, Queensland21 October 202611:33
Perth, Western Australia21 October 202612:01
Adelaide, South Australia21 October 202613:00
Canberra, ACT21 October 202612:48

Times are local to each city, computed from its own coordinates and real UTC offset for that date — so daylight saving is already accounted for.

Why the date can differ from India

A tithi is a 12° step of the Moon's elongation from the Sun. It begins and ends at a single instant everywhere on Earth. What changes by location is whether the moment the rule points at — sunrise, sunset or moonrise — falls inside that window on a given local date. That is why the shift runs opposite to the timezone: places west of India can observe a day earlier, places east a day later.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) elsewhere:

USACanadaUKUAESingaporeMalaysiaGermanySouth AfricaNew Zealand

Other festivals in Australia:

Karva ChauthDiwali (Lakshmi Puja)DhanterasNavratri (first day)Krishna JanmashtamiGanesh ChaturthiMaha ShivaratriHoli (Purnima)

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