Day of Sunday 13 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:26 sunrisesunset 17:43
Daśamī begins 15:48:00
06:0208:0210:0212:0214:0216:0218:02
115 of 677 minutes covered, the last 115
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2013
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 Sunday 13 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
115 of 677 minutes covered, the last 115
Day of Monday 14 October
Qualifies with 65 of 675 minutes. Not taken.
65 of 675 minutes covered, the first 65
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 15:48 on Sun 13 Oct to 13:46 on Mon 14 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 08:52 on Sun 13 Oct to 07:31 on Mon 14 Oct. They are together from 15:48 on Sun 13 Oct to 07:31 on Mon 14 Oct.
2013-10-13T07:48:01Z → 2013-10-13T23:31:11Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:26–17:43 on the 13th, 06:27–17:41 on the 14th.
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 115 of 677 minutes on the 13th and 65 of 675 on the 14th.
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 3880 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 2013: Sunday 13 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2013 falls on Sunday 13 October. Daśamī runs from 15:48 on Sun 13 Oct to 13:46 on Mon 14 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 115 minutes. They are together in the day time on the next day too, for 65 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 13 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 13 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 13 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 13th | Covered | Sunrise 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:48 → 16:31 | 06:57 | 574 min | 06:58 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:48 → 18:31 | 07:01 | 670 min | 07:02 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:48 → 19:31 | 07:06 | 673 min | 07:07 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:48 → 19:31 | 05:55 | 714 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| London | 08:48 → 00:31 | 07:22 | 563 min | 07:23 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Durban | 09:48 → 01:31 | 05:20 | 496 min | 05:19 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:48 → 03:31 | 06:16 | 365 min | 06:17 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:18 → 05:01 | 06:21 | 275 min | 06:21 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:18 → 05:01 | 05:32 | 235 min | 05:33 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:48 → 07:31 | 06:48 | 185 min | 06:48 | 43 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:48 → 10:31 | 06:17 | 19 min | 06:16 | 255 min | 14 Oct |
| Suva | 19:48 → 11:31 | 05:39 | 0 min | 05:39 | 353 min | 14 Oct |