Day of Saturday 4 October
Qualifies with 52 of 698 minutes. Not taken.
06:18 sunrisesunset 17:56
Śravaṇa begins 17:04:18
05:5407:5409:5411:5413:5415:5417:5419:54
52 of 698 minutes covered, the last 52
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2098
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 4 October
Qualifies with 52 of 698 minutes. Not taken.
52 of 698 minutes covered, the last 52
Day of Sunday 5 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
64 of 696 minutes covered, the first 64
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 04:56 on Sat 4 Oct to 07:23 on Sun 5 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 17:04 on Sat 4 Oct to 20:04 on Sun 5 Oct. They are together from 17:04 on Sat 4 Oct to 07:23 on Sun 5 Oct.
2098-10-04T09:04:18Z → 2098-10-04T23:22:37Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:18–17:56 on the 4th, 06:19–17:55 on the 5th.
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 52 of 698 minutes on the 4th and 64 of 696 on the 5th.
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 3109 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Baoding, 2098: Sunday 5 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2098 falls on Sunday 5 October. Daśamī runs from 04:56 on Sat 4 Oct to 07:23 on Sun 5 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 64 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 52 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 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 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 4th | Covered | Sunrise 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:04 → 16:23 | 06:51 | 572 min | 06:52 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:04 → 18:23 | 06:52 | 690 min | 06:53 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:04 → 19:23 | 06:57 | 695 min | 06:58 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:04 → 19:23 | 05:55 | 719 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 10:04 → 00:23 | 07:08 | 506 min | 07:09 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 11:04 → 01:23 | 05:31 | 415 min | 05:30 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:04 → 03:23 | 06:13 | 298 min | 06:13 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:34 → 04:53 | 06:16 | 209 min | 06:17 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:34 → 04:53 | 05:30 | 167 min | 05:30 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:04 → 07:23 | 06:51 | 112 min | 06:51 | 32 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 19:04 → 10:23 | 05:29 | 0 min | 06:27 | 235 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 21:04 → 11:23 | 05:46 | 0 min | 05:46 | 337 min | 5 Oct |