24 October 2023
Kept on the day its tithi runs in the afternoon (aparahna).
- Tithi
- Shukla Dashami · until 15:14
- Nakshatra
- Dhanishta
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 06:40 – 18:07
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 12:00 – 12:46
Festival · 2023
Vijayadashami · Dussehra 2023
Falls on 24 October 2023 in Ahmedabad, as computed from the real sky for that city.
The portal of Festivals
Today's three riddles
Turn a card. Answer all three rightly and this portal is sealed in your sky. New riddles every morning.
The day, for Ahmedabad
The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.
What the day is
Victory on the tenth. Ravana was learned, powerful and devout — the tradition burns him anyway, because none of that survives what he did.
One act for the day
Name the thing in you that is intelligent and still wrong. Burn something written, and begin a new learning today — the day is classically for starting study.