Day of Saturday 4 October
Qualifies with 64 of 696 minutes. Not taken.
05:41 sunrisesunset 17:17
Śravaṇa begins 16:13:00
05:1707:1709:1711:1713:1715:1717:1719:17
64 of 696 minutes covered, the last 64
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 1919
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 4 October
Qualifies with 64 of 696 minutes. Not taken.
64 of 696 minutes covered, the last 64
Day of Sunday 5 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
75 of 693 minutes covered, the first 75
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 06:37 on Sat 4 Oct to 06:57 on Sun 5 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 16:13 on Sat 4 Oct to 16:52 on Sun 5 Oct. They are together from 16:13 on Sat 4 Oct to 06:57 on Sun 5 Oct.
1919-10-04T08:13:00Z → 1919-10-04T22:57:13Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:41–17:17 on the 4th, 05:42–17:15 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 64 of 696 minutes on the 4th and 75 of 693 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 3820 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Daqing, 1919: Sunday 5 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1919 falls on Sunday 5 October. Daśamī runs from 06:37 on Sat 4 Oct to 06:57 on Sun 5 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 75 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 64 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 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 4th | Covered | Sunrise 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:13 → 15:57 | 06:49 | 548 min | 06:50 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:13 → 17:57 | 06:50 | 667 min | 06:51 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:13 → 18:57 | 06:55 | 700 min | 06:56 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:13 → 18:57 | 05:55 | 720 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 08:13 → 22:57 | 06:04 | 561 min | 06:06 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 10:13 → 00:57 | 05:32 | 465 min | 05:31 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:54 → 02:38 | 05:53 | 351 min | 05:53 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:43 → 04:27 | 06:15 | 262 min | 06:16 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:43 → 04:27 | 05:29 | 219 min | 05:29 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:13 → 05:57 | 05:51 | 163 min | 05:51 | 6 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:13 → 08:57 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:29 | 208 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 20:13 → 10:57 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:47 | 311 min | 5 Oct |