Lamps lit in a row at dusk.

Festival · 2080

Vijayadashami · Dussehra 2080

Falls on 23 October 2080 in Nagpur, as computed from the real sky for that city.

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Today's three riddles

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The sky that day

The Moon
Shukla Dashami
The Sun is in
Tula
The Moon is in
Kumbha, in Dhanishta

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.

How to keep Vijayadashami · Dussehra

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.

The day, for Nagpur

23 October 2080

Kept on the day its tithi runs in the afternoon (aparahna).

Tithi
Shukla Dashami · until 17:12
Nakshatra
Dhanishta
Sunrise – Sunset
06:12 – 17:42
Abhijit Muhurta
11:34 – 12:20
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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.

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