Day of Tuesday 20 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
06:09 sunrisesunset 19:12
Daśamī begins 18:20:55
05:4507:4509:4511:4513:4515:4517:4519:45
51 of 784 minutes covered, the last 51
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2026
Determinatein Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 51 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 Tuesday 20 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
51 of 784 minutes covered, the last 51
Day of Wednesday 21 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 786 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 18:21 on Tue 20 Oct to 19:42 on Wed 21 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 21:09 on Mon 19 Oct to 23:32 on Tue 20 Oct. They are together from 18:21 on Tue 20 Oct to 23:32 on Tue 20 Oct.
2026-10-20T07:20:56Z → 2026-10-20T12:32:20Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:09–19:12 on the 20th, 06:07–19:13 on the 21st.
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 51 of 784 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 786 on the 21st.
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 3072 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Sydney, 2026: Tuesday 20 October.
confidence: determinate
In Sydney, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2026 falls on Tuesday 20 October. Daśamī runs from 18:21 on Tue 20 Oct to 19:42 on Wed 21 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 51 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 20 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 20th | Covered | Sunrise 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:21 → 05:32 | 07:03 | 0 min | 07:03 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:21 → 07:32 | 07:09 | 23 min | 07:10 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:21 → 08:32 | 07:13 | 79 min | 07:14 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:21 → 08:32 | 05:56 | 157 min | 05:56 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 08:21 → 13:32 | 07:33 | 311 min | 07:35 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 09:21 → 14:32 | 05:13 | 311 min | 05:12 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:21 → 16:32 | 06:20 | 311 min | 06:20 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:51 → 18:02 | 06:25 | 295 min | 06:26 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:51 → 18:02 | 05:35 | 256 min | 05:36 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:21 → 20:32 | 06:47 | 211 min | 06:47 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:21 → 23:32 | 06:09 | 51 min | 06:07 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 19:21 → 00:32 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:34 | 0 min | 21 Oct |