Ganga Dussehra 1910
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:50
- Fasting window (tithi)1910-06-16 · 12:38 → 15:01
- Parana (tithi ends)15:01
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 1910
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1910
- Vasant Panchami — 14 February 1910
- Maha Shivaratri — 9 March 1910
- Holika Dahan — 25 March 1910
- Holi — 26 March 1910
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 10 April 1910
- Ram Navami — 17 April 1910
- Akshaya Tritiya — 11 May 1910
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 8 July 1910
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 1910
- Nag Panchami — 10 August 1910
- Raksha Bandhan — 20 August 1910
- Krishna Janmashtami — 27 August 1910
- Hartalika Teej — 6 September 1910
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 7 September 1910
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 1910
- Pitru Paksha begins — 20 September 1910
- Sharad Navratri begins — 4 October 1910
- Durga Ashtami — 12 October 1910
- Maha Navami — 13 October 1910
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 13 October 1910
- Karwa Chauth — 21 October 1910
- Dhanteras — 30 October 1910
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 31 October 1910
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 1 November 1910
- Govardhan Puja — 3 November 1910
- Bhai Dooj — 4 November 1910
- Chhath Puja — 8 November 1910
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 16 November 1910
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 16 November 1910
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