Dasain tika timing published for Nepalis living abroad

The International Panchang Nirnaya Samiti has published this year's Vijayadashami tika timing for Nepalis and Sanatan Dharma followers living in various countries. The timing has been set according to local time in each location.

The committee, at a meeting held on Asoj 20, fixed separate times for major cities in Nepal and abroad. In Kathmandu, the tika timing is 10:26 am on Kartik 4. In Delhi, India, it is 9:11 am, and in Thimphu, Bhutan, it is 10:14 am.

In the United States, the tika timing is 10:11 am in New York, 10:21 am in Washington DC, 10:27 am in Texas and 9:51 am in California. In Canada, the timing is set at 10:41 am in Toronto and 11:45 am in Vancouver, while in Frankfurt, Germany, it is 10:47 am.

In Japan and Australia, however, the tika timing falls on Kartik 5. In Tokyo, Japan, the timing is 10:17 am. In Australia, it is 9:21 am in Sydney, 9:30 am in Melbourne, 8:25 am in Brisbane, 9:15 am in Adelaide, 9:07 am in Canberra and 8:55 am in Tasmania.

The date and time of the tika vary by country as they have been determined based on local sunrise and the Dashami tithi (lunar date). According to committee member Acharya Laxman Panthi, these timings have been fixed for the convenience of Nepalis living abroad.