Day of Saturday 11 October
Qualifies with 43 of 673 minutes. Not taken.
05:50 sunrisesunset 17:03
Daśamī begins 16:19:41
05:2607:2609:2611:2613:2615:2617:26
43 of 673 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 1902
Boundaryin Daqing, 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 11 October
Qualifies with 43 of 673 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 673 minutes covered, the last 43
Day of Sunday 12 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
442 of 669 minutes covered, the first 442
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 16:20 on Sat 11 Oct to 17:38 on Sun 12 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 11:15 on Sat 11 Oct to 13:14 on Sun 12 Oct. They are together from 16:20 on Sat 11 Oct to 13:14 on Sun 12 Oct.
1902-10-11T08:19:41Z → 1902-10-12T05:13:31Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:50–17:03 on the 11th, 05:52–17:01 on the 12th.
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 43 of 673 minutes on the 11th and 442 of 669 on the 12th.
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 2599 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Daqing, 1902: Sunday 12 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1902 falls on Sunday 12 October. Daśamī runs from 16:20 on Sat 11 Oct to 17:38 on Sun 12 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 442 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 43 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 12 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 12 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 12 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 11th | Covered | Sunrise 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:20 → 21:14 | 05:55 | 690 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:20 → 23:14 | 05:58 | 679 min | 05:59 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:20 → 00:14 | 06:03 | 681 min | 06:04 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:20 → 01:14 | 05:55 | 716 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| London | 08:20 → 05:14 | 06:16 | 538 min | 06:18 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Durban | 09:50 → 06:44 | 04:54 | 463 min | 04:53 | 111 min | 11 Oct |
| Dubai | 12:01 → 08:55 | 05:56 | 337 min | 05:56 | 178 min | 11 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:41 → 10:35 | 06:10 | 247 min | 06:11 | 264 min | 12 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:41 → 10:35 | 05:22 | 206 min | 05:23 | 312 min | 12 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:15 → 12:09 | 05:44 | 154 min | 05:44 | 385 min | 12 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:20 → 15:14 | 05:21 | 0 min | 05:20 | 594 min | 12 Oct |
| Suva | 20:15 → 17:09 | 05:37 | 0 min | 05:36 | 693 min | 12 Oct |