Chapter 42 points out a specific detail about the lunar day of Baba's passing. Can you explain the difference between the day being Vijayadashami and the time of departure being Ekadashi?

Certainly. Chapter 42 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra highlights a nuanced chronological detail about Sai Baba's Mahasamadhi. While the day was celebrated as Vijayadashami (Dussehra), which corresponds to the tenth lunar day (Dashami tithi), the text clarifies that the Dashami period officially concluded at twelve-thirty in the afternoon. At the precise moment of Sainath's departure, the next lunar day, Ekadashi, had just begun. Therefore, as Chapter 42 meticulously records, even though the sunrise tithi made the day Vijayadashami for practical purposes, the actual time of his final departure from his body fell within the Ekadashi tithi.