Ganga Dussehra 1965
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:47
- Fasting window (tithi)03:44 → 1965-06-09 · 03:09
- Parana (tithi ends)03:091965-06-09
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 1965
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1965
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1965
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 1965
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 1965
- Holi — 18 March 1965
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 1965
- Ram Navami — 10 April 1965
- Akshaya Tritiya — 4 May 1965
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1965
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 1965
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 1965
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 1965
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 1965
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1965
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 1965
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 1965
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 1965
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1965
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 1965
- Maha Navami — 4 October 1965
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 1965
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1965
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1965
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1965
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 1965
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1965
- Bhai Dooj — 26 October 1965
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 1965
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1965
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1965
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