Chapter 42 mentions a discrepancy between the tithi (lunar day) of Dussehra and the time of Baba's passing. Can you clarify this?

Yes, Chapter 42 addresses this specific detail. It explains that while the day was considered Dussehra (Vijayadashami), which is the tenth lunar day (Dashami), the period of the Dashami tithi was completed at twelve-thirty in the afternoon. At that moment, the eleventh lunar day, Ekadashi, dawned. Therefore, the Satcharitra clarifies that although the tithi at sunrise determined the day's festival as Dussehra, the actual time of Sainath's departure occurred during the Ekadashi tithi, which had just begun.