Tuesday 26 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Daśamī runs from 10:23 on Tue 26 Oct to 11:48 on Wed 27 Oct.

   1982-10-26T15:23:24Z → 1982-10-27T16:48:18Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 26th, 11:28–12:16 on the 27th.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   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 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 20 of 48 on the 27th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1213 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Vijayā Daśamī, Lima, 1982: Tuesday 26 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Lima, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1982 falls on Tuesday 26 October. Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time on neither day, so madhyāhna decides. Daśamī runs from 10:23 on Tue 26 Oct to 11:48 on Wed 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 20 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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