Ganga Dussehra 1905
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:49
- Fasting window (tithi)03:18 → 1905-06-13 · 00:45
- Parana (tithi ends)00:451905-06-13
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Ganga Dussehra puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaGanga Dussehra — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Ganga Dussehra?
On the Shukla Dashami of Jyeshtha, in the peak of summer just before the monsoon. It usually falls a day before Nirjala Ekadashi. This year's date is shown above.
Why is it called Dussehra?
From dasha-hara — 'the remover of ten' — because a bath in the Ganga on this day is held to wash away ten kinds of sin (three of the body, four of speech, three of the mind). It is unrelated to the autumn Dussehra of Vijayadashami.
Why is everything offered in tens?
For the ten sins the Ganga carries away: ten dips, ten lamps, ten flowers and ten of each offering are made, and dana of ten items is given.
What if I cannot reach the Ganga?
A bath in any sacred river or, failing that, adding Ganga-jal to the home bath water and worshipping the river with remembrance is accepted; the tradition holds even the remembrance of Ganga to be purifying.
Other major festivals in 1905
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1905
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 1905
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 1905
- Holika Dahan — 20 March 1905
- Holi — 22 March 1905
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 1905
- Ram Navami — 14 April 1905
- Akshaya Tritiya — 7 May 1905
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 4 July 1905
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 1905
- Nag Panchami — 5 August 1905
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 1905
- Krishna Janmashtami — 23 August 1905
- Hartalika Teej — 2 September 1905
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 1905
- Anant Chaturdashi — 12 September 1905
- Pitru Paksha begins — 14 September 1905
- Sharad Navratri begins — 29 September 1905
- Durga Ashtami — 6 October 1905
- Maha Navami — 7 October 1905
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 1905
- Karwa Chauth — 17 October 1905
- Dhanteras — 26 October 1905
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 27 October 1905
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 27 October 1905
- Govardhan Puja — 29 October 1905
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 1905
- Chhath Puja — 2 November 1905
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 12 November 1905
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 12 November 1905
- Hindu Festivals 1905 →