Dussehra 2026 in UK
Also called Dussehra (Vijayadashami), Dasara.
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
In India it is Wednesday, 21 October 2026 — UK observes a day earlier.
City by city
| City | Date | Aparahna (midday) |
|---|---|---|
| London, England | 20 October 2026 | 12:46 |
| Leicester, England | 20 October 2026 | 12:50 |
| Birmingham, England | 20 October 2026 | 12:53 |
| Manchester, England | 20 October 2026 | 12:54 |
| Leeds, England | 20 October 2026 | 12:52 |
| Glasgow, Scotland | 20 October 2026 | 13:03 |
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. For Dussehra, the observance is reckoned at aparahna, the afternoon period.
Dussehra in UK, other years:
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:
Other festivals in UK: