Ganga Dussehra 1970
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)00:10 → 1970-06-15 · 01:00
- Parana (tithi ends)01:001970-06-15
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 1970
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1970
- Vasant Panchami — 10 February 1970
- Maha Shivaratri — 6 March 1970
- Holika Dahan — 22 March 1970
- Holi — 24 March 1970
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 7 April 1970
- Ram Navami — 14 April 1970
- Akshaya Tritiya — 8 May 1970
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 5 July 1970
- Guru Purnima — 18 July 1970
- Nag Panchami — 7 August 1970
- Raksha Bandhan — 17 August 1970
- Krishna Janmashtami — 23 August 1970
- Hartalika Teej — 4 September 1970
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 4 September 1970
- Anant Chaturdashi — 14 September 1970
- Pitru Paksha begins — 16 September 1970
- Sharad Navratri begins — 1 October 1970
- Durga Ashtami — 8 October 1970
- Maha Navami — 9 October 1970
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 10 October 1970
- Karwa Chauth — 17 October 1970
- Dhanteras — 27 October 1970
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 29 October 1970
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 29 October 1970
- Govardhan Puja — 31 October 1970
- Bhai Dooj — 1 November 1970
- Chhath Puja — 5 November 1970
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 13 November 1970
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 13 November 1970
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