Ganga Dussehra 2019
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)2019-06-11 · 20:19 → 18:28
- Parana (tithi ends)18:28
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 2019
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2019
- Vasant Panchami — 10 February 2019
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 2019
- Holika Dahan — 20 March 2019
- Holi — 21 March 2019
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 6 April 2019
- Ram Navami — 13 April 2019
- Akshaya Tritiya — 7 May 2019
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 4 July 2019
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 2019
- Nag Panchami — 5 August 2019
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 2019
- Krishna Janmashtami — 23 August 2019
- Hartalika Teej — 1 September 2019
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 2019
- Anant Chaturdashi — 12 September 2019
- Pitru Paksha begins — 15 September 2019
- Sharad Navratri begins — 29 September 2019
- Durga Ashtami — 6 October 2019
- Maha Navami — 7 October 2019
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 2019
- Karwa Chauth — 17 October 2019
- Dhanteras — 25 October 2019
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 27 October 2019
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 27 October 2019
- Govardhan Puja — 29 October 2019
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 2019
- Chhath Puja — 2 November 2019
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 12 November 2019
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 12 November 2019
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