Ganga Dussehra 2064
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)05:08
- Sunset18:51
- Fasting window (tithi)2064-06-23 · 13:18 → 10:58
- Parana (tithi ends)10:58
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 2064
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2064
- Vasant Panchami — 23 January 2064
- Maha Shivaratri — 15 February 2064
- Holika Dahan — 2 March 2064
- Holi — 4 March 2064
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 19 March 2064
- Ram Navami — 27 March 2064
- Akshaya Tritiya — 19 April 2064
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 16 July 2064
- Guru Purnima — 28 July 2064
- Nag Panchami — 17 August 2064
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 2064
- Krishna Janmashtami — 3 September 2064
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 2064
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 14 September 2064
- Anant Chaturdashi — 24 September 2064
- Pitru Paksha begins — 26 September 2064
- Sharad Navratri begins — 11 October 2064
- Durga Ashtami — 17 October 2064
- Maha Navami — 18 October 2064
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 19 October 2064
- Karwa Chauth — 29 October 2064
- Dhanteras — 6 November 2064
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 2064
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 8 November 2064
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 2064
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 2064
- Chhath Puja — 14 November 2064
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 23 November 2064
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 23 November 2064
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