Ganga Dussehra 1992
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:48
- Fasting window (tithi)1992-06-09 · 11:36 → 10:19
- Parana (tithi ends)10:19
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 1992
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1992
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 1992
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 1992
- Holika Dahan — 18 March 1992
- Holi — 19 March 1992
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 4 April 1992
- Ram Navami — 11 April 1992
- Akshaya Tritiya — 5 May 1992
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 2 July 1992
- Guru Purnima — 14 July 1992
- Nag Panchami — 3 August 1992
- Raksha Bandhan — 13 August 1992
- Krishna Janmashtami — 21 August 1992
- Hartalika Teej — 30 August 1992
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 31 August 1992
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 1992
- Pitru Paksha begins — 13 September 1992
- Sharad Navratri begins — 27 September 1992
- Durga Ashtami — 4 October 1992
- Maha Navami — 5 October 1992
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 1992
- Karwa Chauth — 15 October 1992
- Dhanteras — 23 October 1992
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 24 October 1992
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 25 October 1992
- Govardhan Puja — 26 October 1992
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 1992
- Chhath Puja — 31 October 1992
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 10 November 1992
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 10 November 1992
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