Dashami

 ( Hindu Calendar ) 

Dashami () is the Sanskrit word for "tenth", and is the tenth day in the lunar fortnight ( Paksha) of the Hindu calendar. Each month has two Dashami days, being the tenth day of the "bright" ( Shukla) and of the "dark" ( Krishna) fortnights respectively.

Dashami occurs on the tenth and the twenty-fifth day of each month.

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Occasions The Hindu observance of Vijayadashami, celebrated during the festival of Navrati, falls on a dashami.

Anne T. Mocko (2025). 9780190275228, Oxford University Press. . ISBN 9780190275228

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