Ganga Dussehra 1960
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)1960-06-04 · 09:47 → 08:57
- Parana (tithi ends)08:57
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 1960
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1960
- Vasant Panchami — 1 February 1960
- Maha Shivaratri — 25 February 1960
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 1960
- Holi — 14 March 1960
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 28 March 1960
- Ram Navami — 5 April 1960
- Akshaya Tritiya — 28 April 1960
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 1960
- Guru Purnima — 8 July 1960
- Nag Panchami — 29 July 1960
- Raksha Bandhan — 7 August 1960
- Krishna Janmashtami — 13 August 1960
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 1960
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 1960
- Anant Chaturdashi — 4 September 1960
- Pitru Paksha begins — 6 September 1960
- Sharad Navratri begins — 21 September 1960
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 1960
- Maha Navami — 29 September 1960
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 30 September 1960
- Karwa Chauth — 8 October 1960
- Dhanteras — 18 October 1960
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 1960
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 19 October 1960
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 1960
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 1960
- Chhath Puja — 25 October 1960
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 3 November 1960
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 3 November 1960
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