Ganga Dussehra 1959
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:50
- Fasting window (tithi)1959-06-15 · 20:30 → 18:10
- Parana (tithi ends)18:10
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 1959
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1959
- Vasant Panchami — 12 February 1959
- Maha Shivaratri — 7 March 1959
- Holika Dahan — 24 March 1959
- Holi — 25 March 1959
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 9 April 1959
- Ram Navami — 17 April 1959
- Akshaya Tritiya — 10 May 1959
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 8 July 1959
- Guru Purnima — 20 July 1959
- Nag Panchami — 9 August 1959
- Raksha Bandhan — 18 August 1959
- Krishna Janmashtami — 26 August 1959
- Hartalika Teej — 5 September 1959
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 6 September 1959
- Anant Chaturdashi — 16 September 1959
- Pitru Paksha begins — 18 September 1959
- Sharad Navratri begins — 3 October 1959
- Durga Ashtami — 9 October 1959
- Maha Navami — 10 October 1959
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 11 October 1959
- Karwa Chauth — 20 October 1959
- Dhanteras — 29 October 1959
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 31 October 1959
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 31 October 1959
- Govardhan Puja — 1 November 1959
- Bhai Dooj — 2 November 1959
- Chhath Puja — 6 November 1959
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 15 November 1959
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 15 November 1959
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