Day of Friday 22 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
06:35 sunrisesunset 17:30
Daśamī begins 15:04:42Śravaṇa ends 15:07:59
06:1108:1110:1112:1114:1116:1118:11
3 of 655 minutes covered, the first 3
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2004
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 18 s away. Say “contested”.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Friday 22 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
3 of 655 minutes covered, the first 3
Day of Saturday 23 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 653 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 15:05 on Fri 22 Oct to 13:29 on Sat 23 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 16:18 on Thu 21 Oct to 15:08 on Fri 22 Oct. They are together from 15:05 on Fri 22 Oct to 15:08 on Fri 22 Oct.
2004-10-22T07:04:42Z → 2004-10-22T07:08:00Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:35–17:30 on the 22nd, 06:36–17:29 on the 23rd.
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 3 of 655 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 653 on the 23rd.
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 198 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 2004: Friday 22 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2004 falls on Friday 22 October. Daśamī runs from 15:05 on Fri 22 Oct to 13:29 on Sat 23 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 3 minutes. It is 3 min 18 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 22 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 22nd | Covered | Sunrise 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:05 → 00:08 | 07:05 | 0 min | 07:05 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:05 → 02:08 | 07:12 | 0 min | 07:13 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:05 → 03:08 | 07:16 | 0 min | 07:17 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:05 → 03:08 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 08:05 → 08:08 | 07:37 | 3 min | 07:39 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 09:05 → 09:08 | 05:11 | 3 min | 05:10 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:05 → 11:08 | 06:21 | 3 min | 06:21 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:35 → 12:38 | 06:27 | 3 min | 06:27 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:35 → 12:38 | 05:36 | 3 min | 05:37 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:05 → 15:08 | 06:47 | 3 min | 06:47 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:05 → 17:08 | 05:06 | 3 min | 05:05 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Suva | 19:05 → 19:08 | 05:33 | 0 min | 05:32 | 0 min | 23 Oct |