Ganga Dussehra 2055
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
- Sunset18:45
- Fasting window (tithi)07:09 → 2055-06-05 · 04:40
- Parana (tithi ends)04:402055-06-05
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 2055
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2055
- Vasant Panchami — 2 February 2055
- Maha Shivaratri — 24 February 2055
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 2055
- Holi — 14 March 2055
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 29 March 2055
- Ram Navami — 6 April 2055
- Akshaya Tritiya — 29 April 2055
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 2055
- Guru Purnima — 8 July 2055
- Nag Panchami — 28 July 2055
- Raksha Bandhan — 7 August 2055
- Krishna Janmashtami — 15 August 2055
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 2055
- Anant Chaturdashi — 4 September 2055
- Pitru Paksha begins — 7 September 2055
- Sharad Navratri begins — 21 September 2055
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 2055
- Maha Navami — 29 September 2055
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 29 September 2055
- Karwa Chauth — 9 October 2055
- Dhanteras — 18 October 2055
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 2055
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 2055
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 2055
- Chhath Puja — 25 October 2055
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 4 November 2055
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 4 November 2055
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