Ganga Dussehra 1951
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)1951-06-14 · 11:43 → 10:17
- Parana (tithi ends)10:17
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 1951
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1951
- Vasant Panchami — 11 February 1951
- Maha Shivaratri — 6 March 1951
- Holika Dahan — 22 March 1951
- Holi — 24 March 1951
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 7 April 1951
- Ram Navami — 15 April 1951
- Akshaya Tritiya — 9 May 1951
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 6 July 1951
- Guru Purnima — 18 July 1951
- Nag Panchami — 8 August 1951
- Raksha Bandhan — 17 August 1951
- Krishna Janmashtami — 24 August 1951
- Hartalika Teej — 4 September 1951
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 5 September 1951
- Anant Chaturdashi — 14 September 1951
- Pitru Paksha begins — 16 September 1951
- Sharad Navratri begins — 2 October 1951
- Durga Ashtami — 8 October 1951
- Maha Navami — 9 October 1951
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 9 October 1951
- Karwa Chauth — 18 October 1951
- Dhanteras — 28 October 1951
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 29 October 1951
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 30 October 1951
- Govardhan Puja — 31 October 1951
- Bhai Dooj — 1 November 1951
- Chhath Puja — 4 November 1951
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 13 November 1951
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 13 November 1951
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