Day of Saturday 12 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
06:23 sunrisesunset 18:03
Daśamī begins 10:59:00
05:5907:5909:5911:5913:5915:5917:5919:59
424 of 701 minutes covered, the last 424
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2024
Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 116 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Saturday 12 October
Taken. The only day Daśamī with Śravaṇa reaches.
424 of 701 minutes covered, the last 424
Day of Sunday 13 October
Daśamī with Śravaṇa is absent from the day time. Not taken.
0 of 699 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 10:59 on Sat 12 Oct to 09:09 on Sun 13 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 05:25 on Sat 12 Oct to 04:28 on Sun 13 Oct. They are together from 10:59 on Sat 12 Oct to 04:28 on Sun 13 Oct.
2024-10-12T05:29:01Z → 2024-10-12T22:57:43Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 06:23–18:03 on the 12th, 06:23–18:03 on the 13th.
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 424 of 701 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 699 on the 13th.
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 6934 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Ujjain, 2024: Saturday 12 October.
confidence: determinate
In Ujjain, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2024 falls on Saturday 12 October. Daśamī runs from 10:59 on Sat 12 Oct to 09:09 on Sun 13 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 424 minutes.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 12 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 12 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 12 Oct |
| Rashtriya Panchang | Principal festivals, 2024-25 | Sat 12 Oct |
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 12th | Covered | Sunrise 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:29 → 15:58 | 06:57 | 541 min | 06:57 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Chicago | 00:29 → 17:58 | 07:00 | 657 min | 07:02 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Jersey City | 01:29 → 18:58 | 07:05 | 674 min | 07:06 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:29 → 18:58 | 05:55 | 715 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| London | 06:29 → 23:58 | 07:20 | 652 min | 07:22 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Durban | 07:29 → 00:58 | 05:21 | 635 min | 05:20 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:29 → 02:58 | 06:16 | 505 min | 06:16 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:59 → 04:28 | 06:20 | 415 min | 06:21 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:59 → 04:28 | 05:32 | 374 min | 05:33 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Singapore | 13:29 → 06:58 | 06:49 | 324 min | 06:48 | 9 min | 12 Oct |
| Sydney | 16:29 → 09:58 | 06:18 | 157 min | 06:17 | 221 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 17:29 → 10:58 | 05:40 | 37 min | 05:39 | 319 min | 13 Oct |