When is Dussehra 2027?
Dussehra 2027 is on Saturday, October 9, 2027.
Dates follow the Hindu calendar for New Delhi, India. In North America some festivals are kept one day earlier because of the time difference; check with your temple.
Celebrates the victory of good over evil. In many towns, huge effigies of the demon king Ravana are burned at dusk.
How the date is set: The tenth day of the bright half of Ashvin, after Navratri.
The date in other years
A short history
Vijayadashami (Sanskrit: विजयदशमी, romanized: Vijayadaśamī), more commonly known as Dasara, or Dassahra, or Dussehra, and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Nepali, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri. It is observed on the tenth day of the waxing moon (Shukla Paksha) in the month of Ashvin, the seventh in the Hindu lunisolar calendar, and falls in the Gregorian calendar months of September and October. Vijayadashami is observed for different reasons and celebrated differently in various parts of India and Nepal. In the southern, eastern, northeastern, and some northern states of India, Vijayadashami marks the end of Durga Puja, commemorating goddess Durga's victory against Mahishasura to restore and protect dharma.
From Wikipedia’s article Vijayadashami, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Related days
Sources
- Drik Panchang festival calendar (New Delhi) Dates
- Wikipedia: Vijayadashami Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)