Day of Saturday 12 October
Qualifies with 9 of 681 minutes. Not taken.
06:24 sunrisesunset 17:45
Daśamī begins 17:36:08
06:0008:0010:0012:0014:0016:0018:00
9 of 681 minutes covered, the last 9
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 1929
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both days qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Saturday 12 October
Qualifies with 9 of 681 minutes. Not taken.
9 of 681 minutes covered, the last 9
Day of Sunday 13 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
379 of 679 minutes covered, the first 379
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 17:36 on Sat 12 Oct to 19:30 on Sun 13 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 10:11 on Sat 12 Oct to 12:44 on Sun 13 Oct. They are together from 17:36 on Sat 12 Oct to 12:44 on Sun 13 Oct.
1929-10-12T09:36:09Z → 1929-10-13T04:43:35Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:24–17:45 on the 12th, 06:25–17:44 on the 13th.
daytime: sunrise-to-sunset · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Where Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time, that day is taken. Together they cover 9 of 681 minutes on the 12th and 379 of 679 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both days qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 543 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 1929: Sunday 13 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1929 falls on Sunday 13 October. Daśamī runs from 17:36 on Sat 12 Oct to 19:30 on Sun 13 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 379 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 9 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the day they share longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 13 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 13 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 13 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vijaya-dashami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 10 Vijaya dasami (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha, covering one muhurta from sunrise. In other places, if it touches Sravana naksatra in the day time it is observed on that day), Sarasvati visarjana (to be observed in naksatra Sravana), Dasahara.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Daśamī with Śravaṇa | Sunrise 12th | Covered | Sunrise 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:36 → 20:44 | 05:56 | 687 min | 05:57 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:36 → 22:44 | 05:59 | 675 min | 06:01 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:36 → 23:44 | 06:04 | 677 min | 06:05 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:36 → 00:44 | 05:55 | 715 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| London | 09:36 → 04:44 | 06:19 | 458 min | 06:20 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Durban | 11:36 → 06:44 | 05:22 | 387 min | 05:21 | 82 min | 12 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:36 → 08:44 | 06:16 | 259 min | 06:16 | 148 min | 12 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:06 → 10:14 | 06:20 | 169 min | 06:21 | 233 min | 13 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:06 → 10:14 | 05:32 | 128 min | 05:32 | 281 min | 13 Oct |
| Singapore | 16:36 → 11:44 | 05:49 | 78 min | 05:49 | 355 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 19:36 → 14:44 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:18 | 566 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 21:36 → 16:44 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:40 | 664 min | 13 Oct |