Day of Saturday 7 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
06:59 sunrisesunset 18:27
06:3508:3510:3512:3514:3516:3518:3520:35
688 of 688 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 2000
Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 275 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Saturday 7 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
688 of 688 minutes covered
Day of Sunday 8 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 685 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 22:55 on Fri 6 Oct to 01:19 on Sun 8 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 02:23 on Sat 7 Oct to 05:14 on Sun 8 Oct. They are together from 02:23 on Sat 7 Oct to 01:19 on Sun 8 Oct.
2000-10-07T06:23:24Z → 2000-10-08T05:18:40Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:59–18:27 on the 7th, 07:00–18:25 on the 8th.
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 688 of 688 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 685 on the 8th.
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 16515 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Queens, 2000: Saturday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Queens, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2000 falls on Saturday 7 October. Daśamī runs from 22:55 on Fri 6 Oct to 01:19 on Sun 8 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 688 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 7 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens. | ||
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 | 23:23 → 22:19 | 06:52 | 696 min | 06:53 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:23 → 00:19 | 06:55 | 686 min | 06:56 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:23 → 01:19 | 07:00 | 688 min | 07:01 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 02:23 → 01:19 | 05:55 | 718 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| London | 07:23 → 06:19 | 07:12 | 660 min | 07:13 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Durban | 08:23 → 07:19 | 05:27 | 577 min | 05:26 | 113 min | 7 Oct |
| Dubai | 10:23 → 09:19 | 06:14 | 456 min | 06:14 | 185 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 11:53 → 10:49 | 06:18 | 366 min | 06:18 | 271 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 11:53 → 10:49 | 05:30 | 325 min | 05:31 | 318 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 14:23 → 13:19 | 06:50 | 272 min | 06:50 | 389 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:23 → 16:19 | 06:25 | 99 min | 06:23 | 595 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 18:23 → 17:19 | 05:44 | 0 min | 05:43 | 696 min | 8 Oct |