Day of Thursday 18 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
06:18 sunrisesunset 17:40
Daśamī begins 14:59:05
05:5407:5409:5411:5413:5415:5417:54
161 of 682 minutes covered, the last 161
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 2018
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 161 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Thursday 18 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
161 of 682 minutes covered, the last 161
Day of Friday 19 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 680 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 14:59 on Thu 18 Oct to 17:27 on Fri 19 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 20:58 on Wed 17 Oct to 00:04 on Fri 19 Oct. They are together from 14:59 on Thu 18 Oct to 00:04 on Fri 19 Oct.
2018-10-18T09:59:05Z → 2018-10-18T19:03:44Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:18–17:40 on the 18th, 06:19–17:39 on the 19th.
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 161 of 682 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 680 on the 19th.
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 9659 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Multan, 2018: Thursday 18 October.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2018 falls on Thursday 18 October. Daśamī runs from 14:59 on Thu 18 Oct to 17:27 on Fri 19 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 161 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 18 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 18 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 18 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 18th | Covered | Sunrise 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:59 → 12:04 | 07:01 | 303 min | 07:02 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:59 → 14:04 | 07:07 | 417 min | 07:08 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:59 → 15:04 | 07:11 | 473 min | 07:12 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:59 → 15:04 | 05:55 | 545 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| London | 10:59 → 20:04 | 07:30 | 422 min | 07:31 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Durban | 11:59 → 21:04 | 05:15 | 368 min | 05:14 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:59 → 23:04 | 06:19 | 230 min | 06:19 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:29 → 00:34 | 06:24 | 139 min | 06:24 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:29 → 00:34 | 05:34 | 100 min | 05:35 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:59 → 03:04 | 06:48 | 53 min | 06:47 | 0 min | 18 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:59 → 06:04 | 06:11 | 0 min | 06:10 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Suva | 21:59 → 07:04 | 05:36 | 0 min | 05:35 | 89 min | 19 Oct |