Ganga Dussehra 2092
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
- Sunset18:49
- Fasting window (tithi)2092-06-14 · 18:01 → 15:45
- Parana (tithi ends)15:45
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 2092
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2092
- Vasant Panchami — 12 February 2092
- Maha Shivaratri — 6 March 2092
- Holika Dahan — 23 March 2092
- Holi — 24 March 2092
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 7 April 2092
- Ram Navami — 16 April 2092
- Akshaya Tritiya — 9 May 2092
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 6 July 2092
- Guru Purnima — 19 July 2092
- Nag Panchami — 8 August 2092
- Raksha Bandhan — 17 August 2092
- Krishna Janmashtami — 24 August 2092
- Hartalika Teej — 4 September 2092
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 5 September 2092
- Anant Chaturdashi — 14 September 2092
- Pitru Paksha begins — 16 September 2092
- Sharad Navratri begins — 2 October 2092
- Durga Ashtami — 8 October 2092
- Maha Navami — 9 October 2092
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 10 October 2092
- Karwa Chauth — 19 October 2092
- Dhanteras — 28 October 2092
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 29 October 2092
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 30 October 2092
- Govardhan Puja — 31 October 2092
- Bhai Dooj — 1 November 2092
- Chhath Puja — 5 November 2092
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 14 November 2092
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 14 November 2092
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