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Vijaya Dashami Tika Times 2026: Nepal and Diaspora Guide

Nepal's calendar committee set the auspicious tika time at 10:26 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21 in Kathmandu. In North America and Europe the Dashami tithi falls a day earlier, on Tuesday, October 20, and each city has its own set time.

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Vijaya Dashami Tika Times 2026: Nepal and Diaspora Guide

Key points

  • Vijaya Dashami, the main day of Dashain, falls on Wednesday, October 21 in Nepal, and the auspicious time to receive tika is 10:26 a.m., according to the Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Bikas Samiti, the…
  • For Nepali families in North America and Europe, Vijaya Dashami falls a day earlier, on Tuesday, October 20.
  • Set by the International Panchanga Decision Committee and published in its 2083 list:

Vijaya Dashami, the main day of Dashain, falls on Wednesday, October 21 in Nepal, and the auspicious time to receive tika is 10:26 a.m., according to the Nepal Panchanga Nirnayak Bikas Samiti, the national calendar committee. The goddess statue is immersed at 8:49 a.m. that morning, those receiving tika should face west, and the committee's chair, Dr Purushottam Bhattarai, has said tika can be received through the whole day. The 10:26 time is the best moment, not a deadline.

Why the date changes abroad

For Nepali families in North America and Europe, Vijaya Dashami falls a day earlier, on Tuesday, October 20. The Dashami tithi ends earlier relative to sunrise in western time zones, so the International Panchanga Decision Committee in Kathmandu sets separate auspicious times city by city. Families abroad should use their own city's time, not the Kathmandu time converted.

Tika times by city

Set by the International Panchanga Decision Committee and published in its 2083 list:

  • Kathmandu, Nepal: Wednesday, October 21, 10:26 a.m.
  • New Delhi, India: Wednesday, October 21, 9:11 a.m.
  • New York, USA: Tuesday, October 20, 10:11 a.m.
  • Washington, D.C., USA: Tuesday, October 20, 10:21 a.m.
  • Texas, USA: Tuesday, October 20, 10:27 a.m.
  • Toronto, Canada: Tuesday, October 20, 10:41 a.m.
  • Vancouver, Canada: Tuesday, October 20, 10:55 a.m.
  • London, United Kingdom: Tuesday, October 20, 10:55 a.m.
  • San Francisco and Los Angeles, USA: Tuesday, October 20, 9:51 a.m.
  • Tokyo, Japan: Wednesday, October 21, 10:17 a.m.
  • Doha, Qatar: Wednesday, October 21, 9:41 a.m.
  • Singapore: Wednesday, October 21, 10:31 a.m.
  • Sydney, Australia: Wednesday, October 21, 9:21 a.m.

The road to tika day

Dashain opened with Ghatasthapana on October 11, when jamara was sown. Phulpati fell on October 17, Maha Ashtami on October 18, and Maha Navami follows on Tuesday, October 20 in Nepal. On Vijaya Dashami elders place tika, a mix of rice, curd and vermilion, on the foreheads of younger family members along with jamara, and give dakshina. The festival closes with Kojagrat Purnima on Sunday, October 25.

For the diaspora, the city list above is the practical heart of the festival this year: one morning, at different hours on two different dates, the same blessing moves around the world.

Timeline

  1. Oct 11, 2026Ghatasthapana opens Dashain 2083, with jamara sown at 11:47 a.m.
  2. Oct 20, 2026Maha Navami in Nepal. In North America and Europe, the Dashami tithi falls on this date, so diaspora families receive tika today at their city's set time.
  3. Oct 21, 2026Vijaya Dashami in Nepal. The auspicious tika time is 10:26 a.m. in Kathmandu, facing west, after Devi Visarjan at 8:49 a.m.

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