Day of Saturday 6 October
Qualifies with 126 of 695 minutes. Not taken.
06:18 sunrisesunset 17:54
Śravaṇa begins 15:47:23
05:5407:5409:5411:5413:5415:5417:5419:54
126 of 695 minutes covered, the last 126
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 1973
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 6 October
Qualifies with 126 of 695 minutes. Not taken.
126 of 695 minutes covered, the last 126
Day of Sunday 7 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
344 of 693 minutes covered, the first 344
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 10:11 on Sat 6 Oct to 12:03 on Sun 7 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 15:47 on Sat 6 Oct to 18:04 on Sun 7 Oct. They are together from 15:47 on Sat 6 Oct to 12:03 on Sun 7 Oct.
1973-10-06T07:47:24Z → 1973-10-07T04:03:22Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:18–17:54 on the 6th, 06:19–17:52 on the 7th.
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 126 of 695 minutes on the 6th and 344 of 693 on the 7th.
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 7580 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 1973: Sunday 7 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1973 falls on Sunday 7 October. Daśamī runs from 10:11 on Sat 6 Oct to 12:03 on Sun 7 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 344 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 126 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 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 7 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 6th | Covered | Sunrise 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:47 → 21:03 | 06:51 | 699 min | 06:52 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:47 → 23:03 | 06:53 | 690 min | 06:54 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:47 → 00:03 | 06:58 | 692 min | 06:59 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:47 → 00:03 | 05:55 | 718 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 08:47 → 05:03 | 07:09 | 580 min | 07:11 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 09:47 → 06:03 | 05:29 | 492 min | 05:28 | 36 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:47 → 08:03 | 06:13 | 373 min | 06:13 | 110 min | 6 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:17 → 09:33 | 06:17 | 284 min | 06:17 | 196 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:17 → 09:33 | 05:30 | 242 min | 05:30 | 243 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:17 → 11:33 | 06:20 | 188 min | 06:20 | 313 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:47 → 14:03 | 05:27 | 14 min | 05:25 | 518 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 19:47 → 16:03 | 05:45 | 0 min | 05:44 | 619 min | 7 Oct |