Midday of Sunday 23 October
Taken. The only midday Daśamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 1966
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 174 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 23 October
Taken. The only midday Daśamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 24 October
Daśamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 04:11 on Sun 23 Oct to 06:28 on Mon 24 Oct.
1966-10-22T20:11:29Z → 1966-10-23T22:28:26Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 24th.
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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.
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 10442 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 1966: Sunday 23 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1966 falls on Sunday 23 October. Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so madhyāhna decides. Daśamī runs from 04:11 on Sun 23 Oct to 06:28 on Mon 24 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 23 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 23 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 23 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 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:11 → 15:28 | 12:13 | 0 min | 12:13 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 15:11 → 17:28 | 12:11 | 0 min | 12:11 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Jersey City | 16:11 → 18:28 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:11 → 18:28 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| London | 21:11 → 22:28 | 12:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Durban | 22:11 → 00:28 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:11 → 02:28 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 01:41 → 03:58 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 01:41 → 03:58 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:41 → 05:58 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:11 → 08:28 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 08:11 → 10:28 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 23 Oct |