Midday of Wednesday 27 September
Taken. The only midday Daśamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 1944
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 69 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 27 September
Taken. The only midday Daśamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 28 September
Daśamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 07:49 on Wed 27 Sep to 06:02 on Thu 28 Sep.
1944-09-26T22:49:02Z → 1944-09-27T21:02:16Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:45–13:33 on the 27th, 12:45–13:33 on the 28th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so the rest of the rule applies. Daśamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4122 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 1944: Wednesday 27 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1944 falls on Wednesday 27 September. Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so madhyāhna decides. Daśamī runs from 07:49 on Wed 27 Sep to 06:02 on Thu 28 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 27 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 27 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 27 Sep |
| 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 | Madhyāhna 26th | Covered | Madhyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:49 → 14:02 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Chicago | 17:49 → 16:02 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Jersey City | 18:49 → 17:02 | 12:23 | 0 min | 12:23 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 19:49 → 18:02 | 12:33 | 0 min | 12:33 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| London | 23:49 → 22:02 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Durban | 00:49 → 23:02 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Dubai | 02:49 → 01:02 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Delhi | 05:19 → 03:32 | 12:48 | 0 min | 12:48 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Kolkata | 05:19 → 03:32 | 12:04 | 0 min | 12:03 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Singapore | 07:49 → 06:02 | 13:32 | 0 min | 13:32 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Sydney | 08:49 → 07:02 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Suva | 10:49 → 09:02 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 28 Sep |