Ganga Dussehra 2058
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
- Sunset18:44
- Fasting window (tithi)2058-06-01 · 08:55 → 09:17
- Parana (tithi ends)09:17
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 2058
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2058
- Vasant Panchami — 28 January 2058
- Maha Shivaratri — 21 February 2058
- Holika Dahan — 9 March 2058
- Holi — 11 March 2058
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 25 March 2058
- Ram Navami — 2 April 2058
- Akshaya Tritiya — 25 April 2058
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 23 June 2058
- Guru Purnima — 6 July 2058
- Nag Panchami — 26 July 2058
- Raksha Bandhan — 4 August 2058
- Krishna Janmashtami — 10 August 2058
- Hartalika Teej — 22 August 2058
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 23 August 2058
- Anant Chaturdashi — 1 September 2058
- Pitru Paksha begins — 2 October 2058
- Sharad Navratri begins — 18 October 2058
- Durga Ashtami — 25 October 2058
- Maha Navami — 26 October 2058
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 26 October 2058
- Karwa Chauth — 3 November 2058
- Dhanteras — 13 November 2058
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 15 November 2058
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 15 November 2058
- Govardhan Puja — 17 November 2058
- Bhai Dooj — 17 November 2058
- Chhath Puja — 21 November 2058
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 30 November 2058
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 30 November 2058
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