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Default Installing ceiling fan with 10" joists

What I've done in the past is buy one of those round "pancake"
electrical boxes and screw it directly to the joist. You still have
plenty of room to tuck the wires in the housing of the fan. Of course
this would only work if the joist was centered in the room, but in
your case your talking only being off by a maximum of 5" off center
being that your joists are 10" apart.