Ganga Dussehra 2095
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
- Sunset18:48
- Fasting window (tithi)2095-06-11 · 20:01 → 22:17
- Parana (tithi ends)22:17
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 2095
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2095
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 2095
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 2095
- Holika Dahan — 20 March 2095
- Holi — 22 March 2095
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 2095
- Ram Navami — 12 April 2095
- Akshaya Tritiya — 6 May 2095
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 3 July 2095
- Guru Purnima — 17 July 2095
- Nag Panchami — 5 August 2095
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 2095
- Krishna Janmashtami — 22 August 2095
- Hartalika Teej — 2 September 2095
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 2095
- Anant Chaturdashi — 13 September 2095
- Pitru Paksha begins — 14 September 2095
- Sharad Navratri begins — 29 September 2095
- Durga Ashtami — 7 October 2095
- Maha Navami — 8 October 2095
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 8 October 2095
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 2095
- Dhanteras — 25 October 2095
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 27 October 2095
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 27 October 2095
- Govardhan Puja — 29 October 2095
- Bhai Dooj — 30 October 2095
- Chhath Puja — 3 November 2095
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 11 November 2095
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 11 November 2095
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