Ganga Dussehra 1907
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:08
- Sunset18:51
- Fasting window (tithi)1907-06-20 · 19:52 → 18:28
- Parana (tithi ends)18:28
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 1907
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1907
- Vasant Panchami — 18 January 1907
- Maha Shivaratri — 12 March 1907
- Holika Dahan — 29 March 1907
- Holi — 30 March 1907
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 13 April 1907
- Ram Navami — 22 April 1907
- Akshaya Tritiya — 15 May 1907
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 12 July 1907
- Guru Purnima — 25 July 1907
- Nag Panchami — 14 August 1907
- Raksha Bandhan — 23 August 1907
- Krishna Janmashtami — 30 August 1907
- Hartalika Teej — 10 September 1907
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 11 September 1907
- Anant Chaturdashi — 20 September 1907
- Pitru Paksha begins — 22 September 1907
- Sharad Navratri begins — 8 October 1907
- Durga Ashtami — 14 October 1907
- Maha Navami — 15 October 1907
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 16 October 1907
- Karwa Chauth — 24 October 1907
- Dhanteras — 3 November 1907
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 4 November 1907
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 5 November 1907
- Govardhan Puja — 6 November 1907
- Bhai Dooj — 7 November 1907
- Chhath Puja — 11 November 1907
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 19 November 1907
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 19 November 1907
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