Day of Saturday 8 October
Qualifies with 126 of 680 minutes. Not taken.
05:47 sunrisesunset 17:07
Śravaṇa begins 15:01:13
05:2307:2309:2311:2313:2315:2317:23
126 of 680 minutes covered, the last 126
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 1932
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 8 October
Qualifies with 126 of 680 minutes. Not taken.
126 of 680 minutes covered, the last 126
Day of Sunday 9 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
530 of 677 minutes covered, the first 530
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 14:46 on Sat 8 Oct to 14:39 on Sun 9 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 15:01 on Sat 8 Oct to 15:34 on Sun 9 Oct. They are together from 15:01 on Sat 8 Oct to 14:39 on Sun 9 Oct.
1932-10-08T07:01:14Z → 1932-10-09T06:38:45Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:47–17:07 on the 8th, 05:49–17:05 on the 9th.
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 126 of 680 minutes on the 8th and 530 of 677 on the 9th.
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 7564 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Daqing, 1932: Sunday 9 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1932 falls on Sunday 9 October. Daśamī runs from 14:46 on Sat 8 Oct to 14:39 on Sun 9 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 530 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 126 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 9 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 9 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 9 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 8th | Covered | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:01 → 22:39 | 05:53 | 695 min | 05:54 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:01 → 00:39 | 05:55 | 685 min | 05:56 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:01 → 01:39 | 06:00 | 687 min | 06:01 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:01 → 02:39 | 05:55 | 717 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| London | 07:01 → 06:39 | 06:13 | 622 min | 06:14 | 25 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 09:01 → 08:39 | 05:27 | 540 min | 05:25 | 193 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:01 → 10:39 | 06:14 | 417 min | 06:14 | 264 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:31 → 12:09 | 06:18 | 328 min | 06:18 | 350 min | 9 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:31 → 12:09 | 05:30 | 286 min | 05:31 | 398 min | 9 Oct |
| Singapore | 14:01 → 13:39 | 05:50 | 234 min | 05:49 | 469 min | 9 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:01 → 16:39 | 05:24 | 61 min | 05:23 | 676 min | 9 Oct |
| Suva | 19:01 → 18:39 | 05:43 | 0 min | 05:43 | 743 min | 9 Oct |