Day of Thursday 8 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
05:48 sunrisesunset 18:02
05:2407:2409:2411:2413:2415:2417:2419:24
734 of 734 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 1981
Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 294 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Thursday 8 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
734 of 734 minutes covered
Day of Friday 9 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 734 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 22:52 on Wed 7 Oct to 23:19 on Thu 8 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 00:54 on Thu 8 Oct to 01:53 on Fri 9 Oct. They are together from 00:54 on Thu 8 Oct to 23:19 on Thu 8 Oct.
1981-10-07T23:53:45Z → 1981-10-08T22:18:34Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:48–18:02 on the 8th, 05:47–18:01 on the 9th.
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 734 of 734 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 734 on the 9th.
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 17647 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Luanda, 1981: Thursday 8 October.
confidence: determinate
In Luanda, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 1981 falls on Thursday 8 October. Daśamī runs from 22:52 on Wed 7 Oct to 23:19 on Thu 8 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 734 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 8 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
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 | 16:54 → 15:19 | 06:52 | 95 min | 06:53 | 506 min | 8 Oct |
| Chicago | 18:54 → 17:19 | 06:54 | 0 min | 06:55 | 623 min | 8 Oct |
| Jersey City | 19:54 → 18:19 | 06:59 | 0 min | 07:00 | 678 min | 8 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:54 → 18:19 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:55 | 717 min | 8 Oct |
| London | 00:54 → 23:19 | 07:11 | 0 min | 07:13 | 670 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 01:54 → 00:19 | 05:28 | 0 min | 05:26 | 754 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:54 → 02:19 | 06:13 | 0 min | 06:14 | 705 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 05:24 → 03:49 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:18 | 701 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 05:24 → 03:49 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:30 | 707 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:24 → 05:49 | 06:20 | 0 min | 06:20 | 661 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:54 → 08:19 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:24 | 489 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 11:54 → 10:19 | 05:44 | 0 min | 05:43 | 371 min | 8 Oct |