Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2026 in New Zealand

The date in New Zealand

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

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

City by city

CityDateObservance time
Auckland21 October 202613:05
Wellington21 October 202613:05

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.