Day of Thursday 2 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
05:31 sunrisesunset 17:58
Śravaṇa begins 13:43:27
05:0707:0709:0711:0713:0715:0717:0719:07
255 of 747 minutes covered, the last 255
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2025
Determinatein Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 minutes.
Decide it for
33°52′ S 151°12′ E · Australia/Sydney · GeoNames 2147714
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.
255 of 747 minutes covered, the last 255
Day of Friday 3 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 749 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 23:32 on Wed 1 Oct to 23:41 on Thu 2 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 13:43 on Thu 2 Oct to 14:05 on Fri 3 Oct. They are together from 13:43 on Thu 2 Oct to 23:41 on Thu 2 Oct.
2025-10-02T03:43:28Z → 2025-10-02T13:41:28Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:31–17:58 on the 2nd, 05:30–17:59 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 255 of 747 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 749 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 15289 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Sydney, 2025: Thursday 2 October.
confidence: determinate
In Sydney, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2025 falls on Thursday 2 October. Daśamī runs from 23:32 on Wed 1 Oct to 23:41 on Thu 2 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 255 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 Sydney. | ||
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 |