Day of Saturday 4 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
05:46 sunrisesunset 17:37
Śravaṇa begins 17:44:06
05:2207:2209:2211:2213:2215:2217:2219:22
0 of 711 minutes covered
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) · 2003
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 43 s.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Saturday 4 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 711 minutes covered
Day of Sunday 5 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
101 of 710 minutes covered, the first 101
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 08:13 on Sat 4 Oct to 07:28 on Sun 5 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 17:44 on Sat 4 Oct to 17:51 on Sun 5 Oct. They are together from 17:44 on Sat 4 Oct to 07:28 on Sun 5 Oct.
2003-10-04T14:44:06Z → 2003-10-05T04:27:56Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:46–17:37 on the 4th, 05:47–17:36 on the 5th.
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 0 of 711 minutes on the 4th and 101 of 710 on the 5th.
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 403 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Riyadh, 2003: Sunday 5 October.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2003 falls on Sunday 5 October. Daśamī runs from 08:13 on Sat 4 Oct to 07:28 on Sun 5 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 101 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Sunrise 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:44 → 21:28 | 06:50 | 649 min | 06:50 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 09:44 → 23:28 | 06:51 | 523 min | 06:52 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 10:44 → 00:28 | 06:56 | 470 min | 06:57 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 10:44 → 00:28 | 05:55 | 431 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 15:44 → 05:28 | 07:06 | 168 min | 07:07 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 16:44 → 06:28 | 05:32 | 74 min | 05:30 | 57 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 18:44 → 08:28 | 06:12 | 0 min | 06:12 | 135 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 20:14 → 09:58 | 06:16 | 0 min | 06:16 | 222 min | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 20:14 → 09:58 | 05:29 | 0 min | 05:29 | 269 min | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 22:44 → 12:28 | 06:51 | 0 min | 06:51 | 337 min | 5 Oct |
| Sydney | 00:44 → 14:28 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:28 | 540 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 02:44 → 16:28 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:46 | 642 min | 5 Oct |