Ganga Dussehra 2032
The descent of the Ganga — snan and daan on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami.
Today's Panchang
Kashi reference · computed live- Tithi
- Ashtami
- till 18:59
- Nakshatra
- Bharani
- till 20:18
- Yoga
- Ganda
- Karana
- Balava
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- Sunset
- 18:40
- Moon sign
- Aries
- Sun sign
- Cancer
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:50
- Fasting window (tithi)2032-06-17 · 22:54 → 23:46
- Parana (tithi ends)23:46
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 2032
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2032
- Vasant Panchami — 15 February 2032
- Maha Shivaratri — 10 March 2032
- Holika Dahan — 26 March 2032
- Holi — 28 March 2032
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 11 April 2032
- Ram Navami — 18 April 2032
- Akshaya Tritiya — 12 May 2032
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 9 July 2032
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 2032
- Nag Panchami — 11 August 2032
- Raksha Bandhan — 21 August 2032
- Krishna Janmashtami — 27 August 2032
- Hartalika Teej — 8 September 2032
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 8 September 2032
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 2032
- Pitru Paksha begins — 20 September 2032
- Sharad Navratri begins — 5 October 2032
- Durga Ashtami — 12 October 2032
- Maha Navami — 13 October 2032
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 14 October 2032
- Karwa Chauth — 21 October 2032
- Dhanteras — 31 October 2032
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 2 November 2032
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 2 November 2032
- Govardhan Puja — 4 November 2032
- Bhai Dooj — 5 November 2032
- Chhath Puja — 9 November 2032
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 17 November 2032
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 17 November 2032
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