Ganga Dussehra 1915
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)05:31 → 1915-06-23 · 03:06
- Parana (tithi ends)03:061915-06-23
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 1915
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1915
- Vasant Panchami — 20 January 1915
- Maha Shivaratri — 12 February 1915
- Holika Dahan — 1 March 1915
- Holi — 2 March 1915
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 16 March 1915
- Ram Navami — 25 March 1915
- Akshaya Tritiya — 17 May 1915
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 14 July 1915
- Guru Purnima — 26 July 1915
- Nag Panchami — 15 August 1915
- Raksha Bandhan — 24 August 1915
- Krishna Janmashtami — 1 September 1915
- Hartalika Teej — 12 September 1915
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 12 September 1915
- Anant Chaturdashi — 22 September 1915
- Pitru Paksha begins — 24 September 1915
- Sharad Navratri begins — 9 October 1915
- Durga Ashtami — 16 October 1915
- Maha Navami — 16 October 1915
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 17 October 1915
- Karwa Chauth — 26 October 1915
- Dhanteras — 5 November 1915
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 6 November 1915
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 6 November 1915
- Govardhan Puja — 8 November 1915
- Bhai Dooj — 9 November 1915
- Chhath Puja — 12 November 1915
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 21 November 1915
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 21 November 1915
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