Day of Saturday 17 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
06:00 sunrisesunset 16:51
Daśamī begins 15:54:59
05:3607:3609:3611:3613:3615:3617:36
56 of 651 minutes covered, the last 56
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 1953
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 56 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Saturday 17 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
56 of 651 minutes covered, the last 56
Day of Sunday 18 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 648 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 15:55 on Sat 17 Oct to 13:51 on Sun 18 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 01:14 on Sat 17 Oct to 00:18 on Sun 18 Oct. They are together from 15:55 on Sat 17 Oct to 00:18 on Sun 18 Oct.
1953-10-17T07:55:00Z → 1953-10-17T16:18:20Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:00–16:51 on the 17th, 06:01–16:49 on the 18th.
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 56 of 651 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 648 on the 18th.
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 3342 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Daqing, 1953: Saturday 17 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1953 falls on Saturday 17 October. Daśamī runs from 15:55 on Sat 17 Oct to 13:51 on Sun 18 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 56 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 17 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 17 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 17 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 17th | Covered | Sunrise 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:55 → 08:18 | 06:00 | 138 min | 06:01 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:55 → 10:18 | 06:05 | 253 min | 06:06 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:55 → 11:18 | 06:10 | 309 min | 06:11 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:55 → 12:18 | 05:55 | 383 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| London | 07:55 → 16:18 | 06:28 | 503 min | 06:29 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Durban | 09:55 → 18:18 | 05:17 | 492 min | 05:16 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:55 → 20:18 | 06:18 | 355 min | 06:18 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:25 → 21:48 | 06:23 | 265 min | 06:24 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:25 → 21:48 | 05:34 | 225 min | 05:34 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:25 → 23:48 | 06:18 | 177 min | 06:18 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:55 → 02:18 | 05:13 | 14 min | 05:11 | 0 min | 17 Oct |
| Suva | 19:55 → 04:18 | 05:37 | 0 min | 05:36 | 0 min | 18 Oct |