Vijayā Daśamī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Daśamī runs from 09:23 on Thu 14 Oct to 08:33 on Fri 15 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 00:05 on Thu 14 Oct to 23:46 on Thu 14 Oct. They are together from 09:23 on Thu 14 Oct to 23:46 on Thu 14 Oct.

   2021-10-14T13:22:51Z → 2021-10-15T03:46:02Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:41–17:51 on the 14th, 05:41–17:51 on the 15th.

   daytime: sunrise-to-sunset · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
3. ३Step 3, Rule

   Where Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time, that day is taken. Together they cover 508 of 730 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 730 on the 15th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
4. ४Step 4, Tie-break

   Only one day qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

   priority: unstated → only-day · margin 13305 s
5. ५Step 5, Ruling

   Vijayā Daśamī, Manaus, 2021: Thursday 14 October.

   confidence: determinate

In Manaus, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2021 falls on Thursday 14 October. Daśamī runs from 09:23 on Thu 14 Oct to 08:33 on Fri 15 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 508 minutes.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

Month

Āśvina, amānta

Pakṣa · aṅga

Śukla · Daśamī

Kāla

Madhyāhna

Priority

Unstated

Tie-break

Longer coverage, as a boundary

First

With Śravaṇa in the day time

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.