Ganga Dussehra 1941
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:46
- Fasting window (tithi)1941-06-04 · 12:58 → 10:36
- Parana (tithi ends)10:36
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 1941
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1941
- Vasant Panchami — 1 February 1941
- Maha Shivaratri — 24 February 1941
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 1941
- Holi — 14 March 1941
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 28 March 1941
- Ram Navami — 6 April 1941
- Akshaya Tritiya — 29 April 1941
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 1941
- Guru Purnima — 8 July 1941
- Nag Panchami — 29 July 1941
- Raksha Bandhan — 7 August 1941
- Krishna Janmashtami — 14 August 1941
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 1941
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 1941
- Anant Chaturdashi — 4 September 1941
- Pitru Paksha begins — 6 September 1941
- Sharad Navratri begins — 22 September 1941
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 1941
- Maha Navami — 29 September 1941
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 29 September 1941
- Karwa Chauth — 9 October 1941
- Dhanteras — 18 October 1941
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 1941
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 20 October 1941
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 1941
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 1941
- Chhath Puja — 25 October 1941
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 3 November 1941
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 3 November 1941
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