Ganga Dussehra 1972
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:08
- Sunset18:51
- Fasting window (tithi)1972-06-20 · 12:04 → 14:21
- Parana (tithi ends)14:21
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 1972
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1972
- Vasant Panchami — 21 January 1972
- Maha Shivaratri — 13 February 1972
- Holika Dahan — 28 February 1972
- Holi — 1 March 1972
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 16 March 1972
- Ram Navami — 23 March 1972
- Akshaya Tritiya — 15 May 1972
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 12 July 1972
- Guru Purnima — 26 July 1972
- Nag Panchami — 14 August 1972
- Raksha Bandhan — 24 August 1972
- Krishna Janmashtami — 31 August 1972
- Hartalika Teej — 10 September 1972
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 11 September 1972
- Anant Chaturdashi — 22 September 1972
- Pitru Paksha begins — 24 September 1972
- Sharad Navratri begins — 8 October 1972
- Durga Ashtami — 15 October 1972
- Maha Navami — 17 October 1972
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 17 October 1972
- Karwa Chauth — 25 October 1972
- Dhanteras — 3 November 1972
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 4 November 1972
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 5 November 1972
- Govardhan Puja — 7 November 1972
- Bhai Dooj — 8 November 1972
- Chhath Puja — 12 November 1972
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 20 November 1972
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 20 November 1972
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