The Olympics have come and gone, but fret not, for the Paralympics is now upon us. With India having returned from the Tokyo Games with a record 19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze), expectations are high for the largest contingent the nation has ever sent to a Paralympics. While fans look forward to seeing a bigger tally in Paris 2024, it can get a bit overwhelming to keep track of what each of the 84 athletes are doing. Don't worry, though, ESPN India has you covered.
Here are the important dates (and timings) for all of India's athletes and the events they are participating in so that you can plan your schedule around it (of course, you can do it via ESPN India's coverage).
Note 1 - All the timings are in IST.
Note 2 - For certain events like badminton, we have mentioned session starting times. Once schedules of the participating Indian athletes are confirmed, the same will be updated on our daily live schedules.
Note 3 - Events marked past 12 AM happen late that same night. i.e. an event marked 12.22 AM on August 27 happens late on August 27 night.
28 Aug, Wednesday
Opening Ceremony at 11:30 PM.
29 Aug, Thursday
India medal possibilities
Taekwondo: Aruna in K44 - 47kg (W). Rounds start at 1:30 PM, final at 12:04 AM.
Cycling: Jyoti Gaderia in C-1 3000m pursuit (W). Qualis at 4:25 PM, medal matches 7:54 PM and 8:11 PM.
Others:
Badminton: group stages at 12:00 PM and 7:30 PM.
Archery: Ranking rounds -- Sarita and Sheetal Devi in compound open (W) at 4:30 PM, Harvinder Singh in recurve open (M) at 4:30 PM, Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Swami in compound open (M) at 8:30 PM and Pooja in recurve open (M) at 8:30 PM.
30 Aug, Friday
India medal possibilities
Shooting: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal in R2 10m rifle standing (W). Qualis at 12:30 PM, final at 3:15 PM.
Shooting: Manish Narwal and Rudransh Khandelwal in P1 - 10m pistol SH1 (M). Qualis at 2:45 PM, final at 5:30 PM.
Shooting: Sriharsha Ramakrishna in R4 - Mixed 10m air rifle standing. Qualis at 5:00 PM, final at 7:45 PM.
Athletics: Sakshi Kasana and Karam Jyoti in discus F55 final (W) at 1:30 PM.
Athletics: Manu in shot put F37 final (M) at 12:20 AM.
Cycling: Arshad Shaikh in C-2 3000m pursuit (M). Qualis at 4:24 PM, medal matches 7:11 PM and 7:19 PM.
Others
Badminton: group stages and select quarterfinals at 12:00 PM and 7:30 PM.
Archery: Early knockout rounds -- Sarita and Sheetal Devi in compound open (W) at 12:30 PM, Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Swami in compound open (M) at 7:00 PM.
Rowing: Anita and Narayana K in PR 3 mixed doubles sculls heats.
31 Aug, Saturday
India medal possibilities
Shooting: Mahavir Unhalkar in 10m rifle standing SH1 (M). Qualis at 1:00 PM, final at 3:45 PM. Cycling: Jyoti Gaderia in C1-3 1000m time trials (W). Qualis at 1:30 PM, final at 5:05 PM.
Cycling: Arshad Shaikh C1-3 1000m time trials (M). Qualis at 1:49 PM, final at 5:32 PM.
Table tennis: Bhavinaben Patel and Sonalben Patel in Women's doubles WD10. Semis at 1:30 PM, final at 10:45 PM.
Shooting: Rubina Francis in P2 10m pistol SH1 (W). Qualis at 3:30 PM, final at 6:15 PM.
Archery: Sheetal Devi, Sarita in compound open (W). Pre-QF to semi at 7:00 PM and 10.24 PM, medal matches at 11:13 PM and 11:30 PM.
Athletics: Parveen Kumar in javelin throw F57 final (M) at 10:30 PM.
Others
Badminton: group stages and select quarterfinals at 12:00 PM and 7:30 PM.
Badminton: Nitesh Kumar, Sivarajan Solaimalai, Suhas Yathiraj, Palak Kohli, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Nithya Sre Sivan in SL3-SU6 semifinals at 7:30 PM.
Rowing: Anita and Narayana K at 2:40 PM.
1 Sep, Sunday
India medal possibilities
Shooting: Avani Lekhara and Sidhartha Babu in R3 - Mixed 10m rifle prone SH1. Qualis at 1 PM, final at 4:30 PM.
Shooting: Sriharsha Ramakrishna in R5 - Mixed 10m rifle prone SH2. Qualis at 3:00 PM, final at 6:30 PM.
Athletics: Ravi Rangoli in Shot put F40 final (M) at 3:09 PM.
Archery: Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Swami in compound open (M). Pre-QF to semis at 7:00 PM and 10.24 PM, medal matches at 11:13 PM and 11:30 PM.
Athletics: Nishad Kumar and Ram Pal in high jump F47 final (M) at 10:58 PM.
Athletics: Preethi Pal in 200m T35 final (W) at 11:08 PM.
Others
Badminton: Manoj Sarkar, Nitesh Kumar in SL3 semis (M), Manasi Joshi, Mandeep Kaur in SL3 semis (W), Suhas Yathiraj, Sukant Kadam, Tarun in SL4 semis (M), Palak Kohli in SL4 semis (W), Krishna Nagar, Sivarajan Solaimalai in SH6 semis (M), Nithya Sre Sivan in SH6 semis (W), Thulasimathi Murugesan, Manisha Ramadass in SU5 semis (W). Session starts at 8:10 PM.
Athletics: Rakshita Raju in 1500m T11 round 1 (W).
Table Tennis: Early knockouts Singles (W).
2 Sep, Monday
India medal possibilities
Badminton: Manoj Sarkar, Nitesh Kumar in SL3 final (M), Manasi Joshi, Mandeep Kaur in SL3 final (W), Suhas Yathiraj, Sukant Kadam, Tarun in SL4 final (M), Palak Kohli in SL4 final (W), Krishna Nagar, Sivarajan Solaimalai in SH6 final (M), Nithya Sre Sivan in SH6 final (W), Thulasimathi Murugesan, Manisha Ramadass in SU5 final (W). Two sessions, at 12:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
Shooting: Amir Ahmad Bhat and Nihal Singh in P3 - Mixed 25m pistol. Precision qualis at 12:30 PM, rapid qualis at 4:30 PM, final at 8:15 PM.
Athletics: Yogesh Kathuniya in Discus throw final F56 (M) final at 1:35 PM.
Athletics: Rakshita Raju 1500m - T11 final (W) at 1:40 PM.
Archery: Rakesh Kumar, Sheetal Devi/Shyam Swami, Sarita in compound open (mixed team). Pre-QF to semis at 7:00 PM, medal matches at 10:35 PM and 10:55 PM.
Athletics: Sumit Antil, Sandeep, Sandip Sargar in javelin F64 final (M) at 10:30 PM.
Athletics: Kanchan Lakhani in Discus throw final F53 (W) at 10:34 PM.
Others
Table Tennis: Early knockouts Singles (W).
Athletics: Deepthi Jeevanji in 400m T20 - round 1 (W) at 11:50 PM.
3 Sep, Tuesday
India medal possibilities
Archery: Pooja in individual recurve open (W). Early knockouts at 12:30 PM, quarters and semis at 8:30 PM, medal matches at 10:27 PM and 10:44 PM.
Shooting: Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal in R8 - 50m rifle 3P SH1 (W). Qualis at 1:00 PM, final at 7:30 PM.
Athletics: Bhagyashri Jadhav in Shot put F34 - final (W) at 2:26 PM.
Athletics: Deepthi Jeevanji in 400m T20 - final (W) at 10:38 PM.
Athletics: Mariyappan Thangavelu, Shailesh Kumar, Sharad Kumar in High jump - T63 final (M) at 11:40 PM.
Athletics: Ajeet Singh, Rinku, Sundar Singh Gurjar in Javelin throw F46 (M) final at 12:10 AM.
Others
Table Tennis: Early knockouts Singles (W).
4 Sep, Wednesday
India medal possibilities
Cycling: Arshad Shaikh in C2 Individual time trial (M) and Jyoti Gaderia in C1-3 Individual time trial (W) at 11:30 AM.
Archery: Harvinder Singh in individual recurve open (M). Early knockouts at 12:30 PM, quarters and semis at 9:00 PM, medal matches at 10:54 PM and 11:14 PM.
Shooting: Nihal Singh, Rudransh Khandelwal in P4 - Mixed 50m pistol SH1. Qualis at 1:00 PM, final at 3:45 PM.
Athletics: Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Mohd Yasser, Rohit Kumar in Shot put - F46 final (M) at 1:35 PM.
Athletics: Amisha Rawat in Shot put - F46 final (W) at 3:16 PM.
Powerlifting: Parmjeet Kumar in up to 49kg final (M) at 3:30 PM.
Powerlifting: Sakina Khatun in up to 45kg final (W) at 8:30 PM.
Athletics: Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, Amit Kumar in club throw F51 final (M) at 10:50 PM.
Others
Athletics: Simran in 100m T12 round 1 (W) at 11:00 PM. Table Tennis: Quarterfinals Singles (W).
5 Sep, Thursday
India medal possibilities
Shooting: Mona Agarwal, Sidhartha Babu in R6-Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1. Qualis at 1:00 PM, final at 3:15 PM.
Archery: Harvinder Singh and Pooja in recurve open (mixed team). Early knockouts at 1:30 PM, quarters and semis at 6:30 PM and 7:50 PM, medal matches at 8:45 PM.
Judo: Kokila in 48kg J2 (W). Prelims at 1:30 PM, final block at 7:30 PM.
Judo: Kapil Parmar in 60kg J1 (M). Prelims at 1:30 PM, final block at 7:30 PM.
Powerlifting: Ashok in up to 65kg final (M) at 7:30 PM.
Athletics: Arvind in shot put - F35 final (M) at 11:49 PM.
Others N.A.
6 Sep, Friday
India medal possibilities
Table Tennis: Sonalben Patel in WS3 singles (W). Semis at 1:30 PM, final at 11:45 PM.
Athletics: Dipesh Kumar in Javelin - F54 final (M) at 2:08 PM.
Athletics: Dilip Gavit in 400m - T47 round 1 (M) at 2:47 PM.
Athletics: Praveen Kumar in High jump -T64 final (M) at 3:18 PM.
Powerlifting: Kasthuri Rajamani in up to 67kg final (W) at 8:30 PM.
Athletics: Soman Rana, Hokato Sema in Shot put - F57 final (M) at 10:30 PM.
Athletics: Bhavanaben Chaudhary in Javelin - F46 final (W) at 10:48 PM.
Others
Canoe: Yash Kumar Kayak single 200m - KL1 heats (M) at 1:30 PM, Prachi Yadav in Va'a single 200m - VL2 heats (W) at 1:50 PM, Pooja Ojha Kayak single 200m - KL1 heats (W) at 2:55 PM.
Athletics: Simran in 200m T12 round 1 and semis (W) at 1:39 PM.
7 Sep, Saturday
India medal possibilities
Cycling: Jyoti Gaderia in C1-3 road race (W) at 1:00 PM. Cycling: Arshad Shaikh in C1-3 road race (M) at 1:00 PM.
Swimming: Suyash Jadhav in 50m Butterfly S-7 (M). Heats at 1:00 PM, final at 10:00 PM.
Table Tennis: Bhavinaben Patel in WS4 singles (W). Semis at 1:30 PM, final at 9:30 PM.
Canoe: Yash Kumar in Kayak single 200m - KL 1 (M). Semis at 1:30, final at 2:50 PM. Canoe: Prachi Yadav in Va'a single 200m - VL2 (W). Semis at 1:58 PM, final at 3:22 PM.
Athletics: Navdeep in Javelin throw - F41 final (M) at 10:30 PM. Athletics: Simran in 200m T12 final (W) 11:03 PM.
Athletics: Dilip Gavit in 400m T47 final (M) 12:29 AM.
Others N.A.
8 Sep, Sunday
India medal possibilities
Canoe: Pooja Ojha in Kayak single 200m - KL1 (W). Semis at 1:00 PM, final at 2:55 PM.
Others N.A.
9 Sep, Monday
Closing ceremony at 12:30 AM.