Day of Saturday 7 October
Qualifies with 165 of 682 minutes. Not taken.
05:47 sunrisesunset 17:08
Śravaṇa begins 14:23:23
05:2307:2309:2311:2313:2315:2317:23
165 of 682 minutes covered, the last 165
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2000
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 7 October
Qualifies with 165 of 682 minutes. Not taken.
165 of 682 minutes covered, the last 165
Day of Sunday 8 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
451 of 678 minutes covered, the first 451
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 10:55 on Sat 7 Oct to 13:19 on Sun 8 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 14:23 on Sat 7 Oct to 17:14 on Sun 8 Oct. They are together from 14:23 on Sat 7 Oct to 13:19 on Sun 8 Oct.
2000-10-07T06:23:24Z → 2000-10-08T05:18:40Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:47–17:08 on the 7th, 05:48–17:06 on the 8th.
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 165 of 682 minutes on the 7th and 451 of 678 on the 8th.
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 9889 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Daqing, 2000: Sunday 8 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2000 falls on Sunday 8 October. Daśamī runs from 10:55 on Sat 7 Oct to 13:19 on Sun 8 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 451 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 165 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 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 8 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 7th | Covered | Sunrise 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:23 → 22:19 | 06:52 | 696 min | 06:53 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:23 → 00:19 | 06:55 | 686 min | 06:56 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:23 → 01:19 | 07:00 | 688 min | 07:01 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 02:23 → 01:19 | 05:55 | 718 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| London | 07:23 → 06:19 | 07:12 | 660 min | 07:13 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Durban | 08:23 → 07:19 | 05:27 | 577 min | 05:26 | 113 min | 7 Oct |
| Dubai | 10:23 → 09:19 | 06:14 | 456 min | 06:14 | 185 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 11:53 → 10:49 | 06:18 | 366 min | 06:18 | 271 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 11:53 → 10:49 | 05:30 | 325 min | 05:31 | 318 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 14:23 → 13:19 | 06:50 | 272 min | 06:50 | 389 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:23 → 16:19 | 06:25 | 99 min | 06:23 | 595 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 18:23 → 17:19 | 05:44 | 0 min | 05:43 | 696 min | 8 Oct |