Day of Saturday 4 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
05:42 sunrisesunset 17:15
05:1807:1809:1811:1813:1815:1817:1819:18
0 of 694 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2003
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 286 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Saturday 4 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 694 minutes covered
Day of Sunday 5 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
405 of 690 minutes covered, the first 405
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 13:13 on Sat 4 Oct to 12:28 on Sun 5 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 22:44 on Sat 4 Oct to 22:51 on Sun 5 Oct. They are together from 22:44 on Sat 4 Oct to 12:28 on Sun 5 Oct.
2003-10-04T14:44:06Z → 2003-10-05T04:27:56Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:42–17:15 on the 4th, 05:43–17:13 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 0 of 694 minutes on the 4th and 405 of 690 on the 5th.
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 17133 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Daqing, 2003: Sunday 5 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2003 falls on Sunday 5 October. Daśamī runs from 13:13 on Sat 4 Oct to 12:28 on Sun 5 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 405 minutes.
| 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 | 07:44 → 21:28 | 06:50 | 649 min | 06:50 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 09:44 → 23:28 | 06:51 | 523 min | 06:52 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 10:44 → 00:28 | 06:56 | 470 min | 06:57 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 10:44 → 00:28 | 05:55 | 431 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 15:44 → 05:28 | 07:06 | 168 min | 07:07 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 16:44 → 06:28 | 05:32 | 74 min | 05:30 | 57 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 18:44 → 08:28 | 06:12 | 0 min | 06:12 | 135 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 20:14 → 09:58 | 06:16 | 0 min | 06:16 | 222 min | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 20:14 → 09:58 | 05:29 | 0 min | 05:29 | 269 min | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 22:44 → 12:28 | 06:51 | 0 min | 06:51 | 337 min | 5 Oct |
| Sydney | 00:44 → 14:28 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:28 | 540 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 02:44 → 16:28 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:46 | 642 min | 5 Oct |