Ganga Dussehra 2090
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
- Sunset18:46
- Fasting window (tithi)2090-06-06 · 20:11 → 18:11
- Parana (tithi ends)18:11
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 2090
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- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 2090
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 2090
- Holika Dahan — 15 March 2090
- Holi — 16 March 2090
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 1 April 2090
- Ram Navami — 8 April 2090
- Akshaya Tritiya — 2 May 2090
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 29 June 2090
- Guru Purnima — 11 July 2090
- Nag Panchami — 31 July 2090
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 2090
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 2090
- Hartalika Teej — 27 August 2090
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 28 August 2090
- Anant Chaturdashi — 7 September 2090
- Pitru Paksha begins — 9 September 2090
- Sharad Navratri begins — 24 September 2090
- Durga Ashtami — 30 September 2090
- Maha Navami — 2 October 2090
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 2 October 2090
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 2090
- Dhanteras — 20 October 2090
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 22 October 2090
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 22 October 2090
- Govardhan Puja — 23 October 2090
- Bhai Dooj — 24 October 2090
- Chhath Puja — 28 October 2090
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 7 November 2090
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 7 November 2090
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