Day of Thursday 14 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
05:57 sunrisesunset 17:25
Daśamī begins 15:22:51
05:3307:3309:3311:3313:3315:3317:3319:33
122 of 688 minutes covered, the last 122
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 2021
Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Thursday 14 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
122 of 688 minutes covered, the last 122
Day of Friday 15 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 687 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 15:23 on Thu 14 Oct to 14:33 on Fri 15 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 06:05 on Thu 14 Oct to 05:46 on Fri 15 Oct. They are together from 15:23 on Thu 14 Oct to 05:46 on Fri 15 Oct.
2021-10-14T13:22:51Z → 2021-10-15T03:46:02Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:57–17:25 on the 14th, 05:57–17:24 on the 15th.
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 122 of 688 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 687 on the 15th.
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 668 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Cairo, 2021: Thursday 14 October.
confidence: determinate
In Cairo, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2021 falls on Thursday 14 October. Daśamī runs from 15:23 on Thu 14 Oct to 14:33 on Fri 15 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 122 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 14 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 14 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 14 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo. | ||
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 14th | Covered | Sunrise 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:23 → 20:46 | 06:58 | 681 min | 06:59 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Chicago | 08:23 → 22:46 | 07:02 | 587 min | 07:04 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Jersey City | 09:23 → 23:46 | 07:07 | 534 min | 07:08 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:23 → 23:46 | 05:55 | 506 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| London | 14:23 → 04:46 | 07:23 | 226 min | 07:25 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Durban | 15:23 → 05:46 | 05:19 | 162 min | 05:18 | 28 min | 14 Oct |
| Dubai | 17:23 → 07:46 | 06:17 | 30 min | 06:17 | 89 min | 15 Oct |
| Delhi | 18:53 → 09:16 | 06:21 | 0 min | 06:22 | 174 min | 15 Oct |
| Kolkata | 18:53 → 09:16 | 05:33 | 0 min | 05:33 | 223 min | 15 Oct |
| Singapore | 21:23 → 11:46 | 06:48 | 0 min | 06:48 | 298 min | 15 Oct |
| Sydney | 00:23 → 14:46 | 06:16 | 0 min | 06:14 | 512 min | 15 Oct |
| Suva | 01:23 → 15:46 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:38 | 608 min | 15 Oct |