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Festival · 2082

Vijayadashami · Dussehra 2082

Falls on 30 September 2082 in London, as computed from the real sky for that city.

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The sky that day

The Moon
Shukla Navamithen Shukla Dashami from 12:53, the tithi this festival keeps
The Sun is in
Kanya
The Moon is in
Dhanu, in Uttara Ashadha

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 London

30 September 2082

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

Tithi
Shukla Navami · until 12:53then Shukla Dashami from 12:53, the tithi this festival keeps
Nakshatra
Uttara Ashadha
Sunrise – Sunset
07:00 – 18:39
Abhijit Muhurta
12:26 – 13:13
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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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