Day of Thursday 2 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
05:48 sunrisesunset 18:04
Śravaṇa begins 15:43:27
05:2407:2409:2411:2413:2415:2417:2419:24
140 of 736 minutes covered, the last 140
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2025
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 140 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Thursday 2 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
140 of 736 minutes covered, the last 140
Day of Friday 3 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 737 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 01:32 on Thu 2 Oct to 01:41 on Fri 3 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 15:43 on Thu 2 Oct to 16:05 on Fri 3 Oct. They are together from 15:43 on Thu 2 Oct to 01:41 on Fri 3 Oct.
2025-10-02T03:43:28Z → 2025-10-02T13:41:28Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:48–18:04 on the 2nd, 05:47–18:04 on the 3rd.
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 140 of 736 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 737 on the 3rd.
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 8420 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Suva, 2025: Thursday 2 October.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2025 falls on Thursday 2 October. Daśamī runs from 01:32 on Thu 2 Oct to 01:41 on Fri 3 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 140 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 2 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 2 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 2 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 2nd | Covered | Sunrise 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:43 → 06:41 | 06:49 | 0 min | 06:50 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:43 → 08:41 | 06:49 | 112 min | 06:50 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:43 → 09:41 | 06:54 | 167 min | 06:55 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:43 → 09:41 | 05:55 | 226 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| London | 04:43 → 14:41 | 07:03 | 458 min | 07:05 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Durban | 05:43 → 15:41 | 05:33 | 598 min | 05:32 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:43 → 17:41 | 06:12 | 598 min | 06:12 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:13 → 19:11 | 06:15 | 532 min | 06:15 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:13 → 19:11 | 05:29 | 489 min | 05:29 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:43 → 21:41 | 06:51 | 433 min | 06:51 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:43 → 23:41 | 05:31 | 255 min | 05:30 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 15:43 → 01:41 | 05:48 | 140 min | 05:47 | 0 min | 2 Oct |