# Dashami

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**Dashami** (Sanskrit: दशमी, *Daśamī*) is the [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit) word for "tenth",[1] and is the tenth day in the lunar fortnight (*[Paksha](/source/Paksha)*) of the [Hindu calendar](/source/Hindu_calendar). Each month has two Dashami days, being the tenth day of the "bright" (*Shukla*) and of the "dark" (*Krishna*) fortnights respectively.[2] Dashami occurs on the tenth and the twenty-fifth day of each month.

## Occasions

The Hindu observance of [Vijayadashami](/source/Vijayadashami), celebrated during the festival of [Navarati](/source/Navrati), falls on a dashami.[3]

## References

1. [*Sanskrit Bhagavad Gita Grammar: An Introductory Course Based on Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī's Śrī Hārināmāmṛta-vyākaraṇam*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bEZjAAAAMAAJ&q=Da%C5%9Bam%C4%AB+tenth). Shri Krishna Balarama Mandir. 2001. p. 33.

1. Manish Verma (2013). [*Fasts and Festivals of India*](https://books.google.com/books?id=z4gzFFLdBoYC&pg=PA10). New Delhi: Diamond Pocket Books. p. 10. ISBN 9788171820764.

1. Anne T. Mocko (2016). [*Demoting Vishnu: Ritual, Politics, and the Unraveling of Nepal's Hindu Monarchy*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3wNREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA147). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780190275228.

- Pt. Vilas Thuse. ["Dasara - Vijaya Dashami"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213925/http://panditjiusa.com/dasara_info.htm). *Holy World of Astrology and Pooja Vidhi*. Pt. Vilas Thuse. Archived from [the original](http://www.panditjiusa.com/dasara_info.htm) on June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2015.

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