Midday of Thursday 18 October
Daśamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:01 11:49 madhyāhna ends
10:1310:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:37
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2018
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 71 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 18 October
Daśamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 19 October
Taken. The only midday Daśamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 17:59 on Thu 18 Oct to 20:27 on Fri 19 Oct.
2018-10-18T09:59:05Z → 2018-10-19T12:27:23Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:01–11:49 on the 18th, 11:01–11:49 on the 19th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so the rest of the rule applies. Daśamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4238 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Daqing, 2018: Friday 19 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2018 falls on Friday 19 October. Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so madhyāhna decides. Daśamī runs from 17:59 on Thu 18 Oct to 20:27 on Fri 19 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 19 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 19 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 19 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 | Madhyāhna 18th | Covered | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:59 → 05:27 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:59 → 07:27 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:59 → 08:27 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:59 → 08:27 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| London | 10:59 → 13:27 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 18 Oct |
| Durban | 11:59 → 14:27 | 11:17 | 6 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 18 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:59 → 16:27 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 18 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:29 → 17:57 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 18 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:29 → 17:57 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 18 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:59 → 20:27 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 18 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:59 → 23:27 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 19 Oct |
| Suva | 21:59 → 00:27 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 19 Oct |