Ganga Dussehra 1932
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)1932-06-13 · 12:14 → 09:42
- Parana (tithi ends)09:42
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 1932
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1932
- Vasant Panchami — 11 February 1932
- Maha Shivaratri — 5 March 1932
- Holi — 23 March 1932
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 7 April 1932
- Ram Navami — 15 April 1932
- Akshaya Tritiya — 8 May 1932
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 5 July 1932
- Guru Purnima — 17 July 1932
- Nag Panchami — 7 August 1932
- Raksha Bandhan — 16 August 1932
- Krishna Janmashtami — 24 August 1932
- Hartalika Teej — 3 September 1932
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 4 September 1932
- Anant Chaturdashi — 13 September 1932
- Pitru Paksha begins — 15 September 1932
- Sharad Navratri begins — 1 October 1932
- Durga Ashtami — 7 October 1932
- Maha Navami — 8 October 1932
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 8 October 1932
- Karwa Chauth — 18 October 1932
- Dhanteras — 27 October 1932
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 28 October 1932
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 29 October 1932
- Govardhan Puja — 30 October 1932
- Bhai Dooj — 31 October 1932
- Chhath Puja — 3 November 1932
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 13 November 1932
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 13 November 1932
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