Day of Sunday 20 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
06:33 sunrisesunset 17:33
06:0908:0910:0912:0914:0916:0918:09
0 of 660 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 1996
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 117 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Sunday 20 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 660 minutes covered
Day of Monday 21 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
117 of 658 minutes covered, the first 117
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 10:50 on Mon 21 Oct to 08:30 on Tue 22 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 14:18 on Sun 20 Oct to 12:46 on Mon 21 Oct. They are together from 10:50 on Mon 21 Oct to 12:46 on Mon 21 Oct.
1996-10-21T02:49:32Z → 1996-10-21T04:46:15Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:33–17:33 on the 20th, 06:34–17:31 on the 21st.
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 0 of 660 minutes on the 20th and 117 of 658 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one day qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 7003 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 1996: Monday 21 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1996 falls on Monday 21 October. Daśamī runs from 10:50 on Mon 21 Oct to 08:30 on Tue 22 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 117 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 21 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 21 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 21 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 21st | Covered | Sunrise 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:50 → 21:46 | 07:04 | 0 min | 07:05 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Chicago | 21:50 → 23:46 | 07:11 | 0 min | 07:12 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Jersey City | 22:50 → 00:46 | 07:15 | 0 min | 07:16 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 22:50 → 00:46 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| London | 03:50 → 05:46 | 07:35 | 0 min | 07:37 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Durban | 04:50 → 06:46 | 05:12 | 94 min | 05:11 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Dubai | 06:50 → 08:46 | 06:20 | 117 min | 06:21 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Delhi | 08:20 → 10:16 | 06:26 | 117 min | 06:27 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Kolkata | 08:20 → 10:16 | 05:36 | 117 min | 05:36 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:50 → 12:46 | 06:47 | 117 min | 06:47 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Sydney | 12:50 → 14:46 | 05:07 | 117 min | 05:06 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 14:50 → 16:46 | 05:34 | 117 min | 05:33 | 0 min | 21 Oct |