Ganga Dussehra 2079
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
- Sunset18:47
- Fasting window (tithi)2079-06-08 · 05:29 → 06:49
- Parana (tithi ends)06:49
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 2079
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2079
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 2079
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 2079
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 2079
- Holi — 18 March 2079
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 2079
- Ram Navami — 9 April 2079
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 2079
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 2079
- Guru Purnima — 14 July 2079
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 2079
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 2079
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 2079
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 2079
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 2079
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 2079
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 2079
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 2079
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 2079
- Maha Navami — 4 October 2079
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 2079
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 2079
- Dhanteras — 22 October 2079
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 2079
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 2079
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 2079
- Bhai Dooj — 26 October 2079
- Chhath Puja — 31 October 2079
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 2079
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 2079
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