Asian Games 2026: India's Complete 28 September Schedule, Timings & Events

India’s campaign at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan enters another busy day on Monday, September 28, with athletes from several disciplines in action. The day features a combination of medal events, knockout competitions, qualifying rounds and team matches, so the Indian contingent has a lot to look forward to.Athletics will be one of the main attractions, with Avinash Sable, Murali Sreeshankar, Parul Chaudhary, Gulveer Singh and Rohit Yadav among those competing in the medal events. India’s women’s 25m pistol team led by Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat will also be in contention in the shooting, while Pincky Balhara could be in contention for a medal in the women’s 78kg kurash event if she advances from the earlier rounds.There is plenty of action outside of the medal events as well. The Indian men’s cricket team will face Afghanistan in the quarter-finals, while the men’s hockey team will face Bangladesh in a Group A match. Squash teams will play several matches and Indian athletes will also be in action in archery, boxing, sailing, surfing, sepak takraw, volleyball and tennis.With several events starting in the early hours and the action continuing into the evening, Monday promises to be a busy schedule for Indian fans.

Complete Schedule of Asian Games in India for September 28 (All Timings in IST)

3:58 – Surfing: Men Shortboard Round 3 Heat 2 – Sivaraj Babu vs. Jayuard Alciso (Philippines)
4:45 – Archery: Composite Men’s Singles Round of 16 – Sahil Jadhav vs Jamiyangombo Purevdorj (Mongolia); Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru vs Sostar Andaru Rinaldi (Indonesia)
5:25 – Archery: Men’s Compound Individual 1/8 Elimination – Sahil Jadhav (subject to qualification), Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (subject to qualification)
6.10am – Shooting: 25m Pistol Women’s Individual Qualification and Team Final (Quick Stage) – Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rahi Sarnobat
6:30 – Sepak Takraw: Women’s Doubles, Group B – India (Prity Langoljam, Menenu Tsukru, Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam) vs. Japan

Volleyball: Men’s Group C – India Vs. Hong Kong, ChinaSquash: Women’s Team Group C – India VsTennis: Men’s Singles Second Round – Sumit Nagal vs Seongchan Hong (Korea Republic)

6:46 – Surfing: Men Shortboard Round 3 Heat 8 – Kishore Kumar Anbarasu vs Ma Wensong (China)
7.30am – Sailing: Men’s Boat Qualification – Vishnu Saravanan

Sailing: Men’s Skiff Opening Series – Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis

7.40am – Sailing: Women’s Boat Qualifying Series – Nethra Kumanan

Yachting: Women’s Skiff Opening Series – Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma

8:00 – Kurash: Women up to 78 kg quarter-finals – Pincky Balhara vs. It will be confirmed
8.30am – Cruising: Mixed Boat Opening Series – Shraddha Verma, Ravindra Kumar Sharma

Squash: Men’s Team Group A – India Vs. China

9.26am – Surfing: Men’s Shortboard Quarterfinals – Sivaraj Babu (subject to qualification), Kishore Kumar Anbarasu (subject to qualification)
9.45am – Archery: Individual Round of 16 – Jyothi Surekha Vennam Vs. Adel Zhexenbinova (Kazakhstan); Chikitha Taniparthi vs To be confirmed
10:25 – Archery: Composite Women’s 1/8 Elimination – Jyothi Surekha Vennam (subject to qualification), Chikitha Taniparthi (subject to qualification)
10:30 – Kurash: Women up to 78 kg Semi-finals – Pincky Balhara (depending on qualification)

Sepak Takraw: Women’s Doubles Semi-Final – India (subject to qualification)

10.40am – Sailing: Opening Series Girls Boats – Mahi Verma
10:45 – Shooting: 25m Pistol Women’s Individual Final – Manu Bhaker (subject to qualification), Esha Singh (subject to qualification), Rahi Sarnobat (subject to qualification)
Not before 11am – Tennis: Women’s Doubles First Round – Ankita Raina/Rutuja Bhosale Vs. Anna Danilina/Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan)
11:30 – Kurash: Women’s 78 kg final – Pincky Balhara (depending on qualification)
12:00 – Squash: Women’s Team Group C – India Vs. Japan
13:30 – Boxing: women up to 75 kg, quarter-finals – Lovlina Borgohain vs. Suyeon Seong (Republic of Korea)
14:00 – Squash: Men’s Team Group A – India Vs. Republic of Korea
2.35pm – Athletics: Women’s Discus Final – Seema, Sanya Yadav
14:45 – Boxing: women up to 60 kg, quarter-finals – Priya Ghanghas vs. Mijgona Samadov (Tajikistan)
15:09 – Athletics: 4x100m medley relay, round 1, heat 2 – India
15:30 – Hockey: Men, Group A – India vs. Bangladesh
15:45 – Boxing: Men, 90 kg, quarter-finals – Kapil Pokhariya vs. Gichae Kim (Republic of Korea)
15:53 - Athletics: Women’s 400m Hurdles Final – Vithya Ramraj, Anu Raghavan
16:03 – Athletics: Men’s 400m Hurdles Final – Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan
16:13 – Athletics: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final – Avinash Sable
16:25 – Athletics: Men’s Long Jump Final – David Solomon Patturaj, Murali Sreeshankar
16:35 – Athletics: Men’s 1500m Final – Yoonus Shah, Gulveer Singh
16:45 – Athletics: Men’s javelin final – Rohit Yadav, Yash Vir Singh
16:50 – Athletics: Women’s 800m Round 1 – Gowthami Jayaraman (Heat 1), Pooja (Heat 2)
17:13 – Athletics: Women’s 5000m final – Seema, Parul Chaudhary
18:01 – Athletics: Men’s 4x400m Relay, Round 1, Heat 2 – India
18:30 – Shooting: Trap Men’s Individual Qualification & Team Final, Day 2 – Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai, Shapath Bharadwaj

Shooting: Trap Women, Individual Qualification and Team Final Day 2 – Maneesha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Neeru

18:34 – Athletics: Women’s 4x100m relay final – India