Day of Saturday 11 October
Qualifies with 165 of 667 minutes. Not taken.
05:53 sunrisesunset 17:00
Daśamī begins 14:15:36
05:2907:2909:2911:2913:2915:2917:29
165 of 667 minutes covered, the last 165
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 2081
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 11 October
Qualifies with 165 of 667 minutes. Not taken.
165 of 667 minutes covered, the last 165
Day of Sunday 12 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
468 of 664 minutes covered, the first 468
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 14:16 on Sat 11 Oct to 16:29 on Sun 12 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 11:02 on Sat 11 Oct to 13:43 on Sun 12 Oct. They are together from 14:16 on Sat 11 Oct to 13:43 on Sun 12 Oct.
2081-10-11T06:15:36Z → 2081-10-12T05:42:44Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:53–17:00 on the 11th, 05:54–16:58 on the 12th.
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 667 minutes on the 11th and 468 of 664 on the 12th.
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 9873 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Daqing, 2081: Sunday 12 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2081 falls on Sunday 12 October. Daśamī runs from 14:16 on Sat 11 Oct to 16:29 on Sun 12 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 468 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 12 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 12 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 12 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 11th | Covered | Sunrise 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:16 → 22:43 | 06:56 | 687 min | 06:57 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:16 → 00:43 | 07:00 | 674 min | 07:01 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:16 → 01:43 | 07:05 | 676 min | 07:06 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 02:16 → 01:43 | 05:55 | 715 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| London | 07:16 → 06:43 | 07:19 | 655 min | 07:21 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Durban | 08:16 → 07:43 | 05:22 | 588 min | 05:21 | 141 min | 11 Oct |
| Dubai | 10:16 → 09:43 | 06:16 | 459 min | 06:16 | 206 min | 11 Oct |
| Delhi | 11:46 → 11:13 | 06:20 | 370 min | 06:21 | 292 min | 11 Oct |
| Kolkata | 11:46 → 11:13 | 05:32 | 329 min | 05:32 | 340 min | 12 Oct |
| Singapore | 14:16 → 13:43 | 06:49 | 278 min | 06:49 | 414 min | 12 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:16 → 16:43 | 06:19 | 110 min | 06:18 | 625 min | 12 Oct |
| Suva | 18:16 → 17:43 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:40 | 723 min | 12 Oct |