Midday of Friday 24 October
Taken. The only midday Daśamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 1947
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 436 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 24 October
Taken. The only midday Daśamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 25 October
Daśamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 01:46 on Fri 24 Oct to 03:46 on Sat 25 Oct.
1947-10-23T16:46:24Z → 1947-10-24T18:46:05Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 24th, 12:38–13:26 on the 25th.
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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.
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 26176 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 1947: Friday 24 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1947 falls on Friday 24 October. Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so madhyāhna decides. Daśamī runs from 01:46 on Fri 24 Oct to 03:46 on Sat 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 24 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 | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:46 → 10:46 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:46 → 12:46 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:46 → 13:46 | 11:16 | 18 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:46 → 14:46 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 17:46 → 19:46 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Durban | 18:46 → 20:46 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:46 → 22:46 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:16 → 00:16 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:16 → 00:16 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:16 → 02:16 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:46 → 04:46 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Suva | 04:46 → 06:46 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 24 Oct |