Day of Saturday 8 October
Qualifies with 178 of 689 minutes. Not taken.
06:21 sunrisesunset 17:50
Śravaṇa begins 14:52:21
05:5707:5709:5711:5713:5715:5717:5719:57
178 of 689 minutes covered, the last 178
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2095
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 8 October
Qualifies with 178 of 689 minutes. Not taken.
178 of 689 minutes covered, the last 178
Day of Sunday 9 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
205 of 687 minutes covered, the first 205
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 11:15 on Sat 8 Oct to 09:47 on Sun 9 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 14:52 on Sat 8 Oct to 13:58 on Sun 9 Oct. They are together from 14:52 on Sat 8 Oct to 09:47 on Sun 9 Oct.
2095-10-08T06:52:21Z → 2095-10-09T01:46:42Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:21–17:50 on the 8th, 06:22–17:49 on the 9th.
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 178 of 689 minutes on the 8th and 205 of 687 on the 9th.
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 10681 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 2095: Sunday 9 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2095 falls on Sunday 9 October. Daśamī runs from 11:15 on Sat 8 Oct to 09:47 on Sun 9 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 205 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 178 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 9 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 9 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 9 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 8th | Covered | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:52 → 18:47 | 06:54 | 694 min | 06:54 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:52 → 20:47 | 06:56 | 684 min | 06:57 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:52 → 21:47 | 07:01 | 685 min | 07:02 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 02:52 → 21:47 | 05:55 | 717 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| London | 07:52 → 02:47 | 07:14 | 630 min | 07:15 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 08:52 → 03:47 | 05:26 | 549 min | 05:25 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 10:52 → 05:47 | 06:14 | 426 min | 06:15 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:22 → 07:17 | 06:18 | 337 min | 06:19 | 58 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:22 → 07:17 | 05:31 | 295 min | 05:31 | 105 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 14:52 → 09:47 | 06:50 | 243 min | 06:50 | 177 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:52 → 12:47 | 06:24 | 71 min | 06:22 | 384 min | 9 Oct |
| Suva | 18:52 → 13:47 | 05:43 | 0 min | 05:43 | 484 min | 9 Oct |