Ganga Dussehra 1926
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)1926-06-20 · 07:16 → 08:12
- Parana (tithi ends)08:12
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 1926
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1926
- Vasant Panchami — 18 January 1926
- Maha Shivaratri — 12 March 1926
- Holika Dahan — 28 March 1926
- Holi — 30 March 1926
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 13 April 1926
- Ram Navami — 21 April 1926
- Akshaya Tritiya — 14 May 1926
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 12 July 1926
- Guru Purnima — 25 July 1926
- Nag Panchami — 13 August 1926
- Raksha Bandhan — 23 August 1926
- Krishna Janmashtami — 29 August 1926
- Hartalika Teej — 10 September 1926
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 11 September 1926
- Anant Chaturdashi — 20 September 1926
- Pitru Paksha begins — 22 September 1926
- Sharad Navratri begins — 7 October 1926
- Durga Ashtami — 15 October 1926
- Maha Navami — 15 October 1926
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 16 October 1926
- Karwa Chauth — 24 October 1926
- Dhanteras — 2 November 1926
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 4 November 1926
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 5 November 1926
- Govardhan Puja — 6 November 1926
- Bhai Dooj — 7 November 1926
- Chhath Puja — 11 November 1926
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 19 November 1926
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 19 November 1926
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