Day of Wednesday 1 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
06:48 sunrisesunset 18:31
06:2408:2410:2412:2414:2416:2418:2420:24
0 of 703 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2025
Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 112 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Wednesday 1 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 703 minutes covered
Day of Thursday 2 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
112 of 700 minutes covered, the first 112
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 08:32 on Wed 1 Oct to 08:41 on Thu 2 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 22:43 on Wed 1 Oct to 23:05 on Thu 2 Oct. They are together from 22:43 on Wed 1 Oct to 08:41 on Thu 2 Oct.
2025-10-02T03:43:28Z → 2025-10-02T13:41:28Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:48–18:31 on the 1st, 06:49–18:30 on the 2nd.
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 0 of 703 minutes on the 1st and 112 of 700 on the 2nd.
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 6734 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Chicago, 2025: Thursday 2 October.
confidence: determinate
In Chicago, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2025 falls on Thursday 2 October. Daśamī runs from 08:32 on Wed 1 Oct to 08:41 on Thu 2 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 112 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 2 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 2 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 2 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago. | ||
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 2nd | Covered | Sunrise 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:43 → 06:41 | 06:49 | 0 min | 06:50 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:43 → 08:41 | 06:49 | 112 min | 06:50 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:43 → 09:41 | 06:54 | 167 min | 06:55 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:43 → 09:41 | 05:55 | 226 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| London | 04:43 → 14:41 | 07:03 | 458 min | 07:05 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Durban | 05:43 → 15:41 | 05:33 | 598 min | 05:32 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:43 → 17:41 | 06:12 | 598 min | 06:12 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:13 → 19:11 | 06:15 | 532 min | 06:15 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:13 → 19:11 | 05:29 | 489 min | 05:29 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:43 → 21:41 | 06:51 | 433 min | 06:51 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:43 → 23:41 | 05:31 | 255 min | 05:30 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 15:43 → 01:41 | 05:48 | 140 min | 05:47 | 0 min | 2 Oct |