Dussehra (Vijayadashami) 2026 in USA

The date in USA

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

In India it is Wednesday, 21 October 2026 — USA observes a day earlier.

City by city

CityDateObservance time
Edison, New Jersey20 October 202612:43
Jersey City, New Jersey20 October 202612:41
New York, New York20 October 202612:41
Chicago, Illinois20 October 202612:36
Naperville, Illinois20 October 202612:38
Dallas, Texas20 October 202613:12
Irving, Texas20 October 202613:13
Plano, Texas20 October 202613:12
Houston, Texas20 October 202613:07
Sugar Land, Texas20 October 202613:08
Austin, Texas20 October 202613:16
Atlanta, Georgia20 October 202613:23
Alpharetta, Georgia20 October 202613:22
San Jose, California20 October 202612:53
Fremont, California20 October 202612:53
Sunnyvale, California20 October 202612:53
Santa Clara, California20 October 202612:53
Irvine, California20 October 202612:36
Los Angeles, California20 October 202612:38
San Diego, California20 October 202612:34
Sacramento, California20 October 202612:51
Seattle, Washington20 October 202612:55
Bellevue, Washington20 October 202612:54
Redmond, Washington20 October 202612:54
Boston, Massachusetts20 October 202612:29
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania20 October 202612:46
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania20 October 202613:05
Washington, D.C.20 October 202612:53
Ashburn, Virginia20 October 202612:55
Herndon, Virginia20 October 202612:55
Detroit, Michigan20 October 202613:17
Troy, Michigan20 October 202613:18
Charlotte, North Carolina20 October 202613:09
Cary, North Carolina20 October 202613:00
Raleigh, North Carolina20 October 202613:00
Phoenix, Arizona20 October 202612:13
Denver, Colorado20 October 202612:45
Columbus, Ohio20 October 202613:17
Omaha, Nebraska20 October 202613:09
Minneapolis, Minnesota20 October 202612:58
Orlando, Florida20 October 202613:11
Tampa, Florida20 October 202613:15
Miami, Florida20 October 202613:06
St. Louis, Missouri20 October 202612:46
Indianapolis, Indiana20 October 202613:30

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:

CanadaUKAustraliaUAESingaporeMalaysiaGermanySouth AfricaNew Zealand

Other festivals in USA:

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

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