Ganga Dussehra 2067
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)2067-06-21 · 19:12 → 19:05
- Parana (tithi ends)19:05
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 2067
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2067
- Vasant Panchami — 19 January 2067
- Maha Shivaratri — 12 February 2067
- Holika Dahan — 28 February 2067
- Holi — 31 March 2067
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 14 April 2067
- Ram Navami — 22 April 2067
- Akshaya Tritiya — 16 May 2067
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 13 July 2067
- Guru Purnima — 26 July 2067
- Nag Panchami — 15 August 2067
- Raksha Bandhan — 24 August 2067
- Krishna Janmashtami — 31 August 2067
- Hartalika Teej — 11 September 2067
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 12 September 2067
- Anant Chaturdashi — 22 September 2067
- Pitru Paksha begins — 23 September 2067
- Sharad Navratri begins — 9 October 2067
- Durga Ashtami — 16 October 2067
- Maha Navami — 17 October 2067
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 17 October 2067
- Karwa Chauth — 25 October 2067
- Dhanteras — 4 November 2067
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 5 November 2067
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 6 November 2067
- Govardhan Puja — 7 November 2067
- Bhai Dooj — 8 November 2067
- Chhath Puja — 12 November 2067
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 20 November 2067
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 20 November 2067
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