Ganga Dussehra 2096
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
- Sunset18:43
- Fasting window (tithi)2096-05-30 · 18:24 → 20:20
- Parana (tithi ends)20:20
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 2096
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2096
- Vasant Panchami — 29 January 2096
- Maha Shivaratri — 22 February 2096
- Holika Dahan — 8 March 2096
- Holi — 10 March 2096
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 25 March 2096
- Ram Navami — 1 April 2096
- Akshaya Tritiya — 25 April 2096
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 22 June 2096
- Guru Purnima — 5 July 2096
- Nag Panchami — 24 July 2096
- Raksha Bandhan — 4 August 2096
- Krishna Janmashtami — 9 September 2096
- Hartalika Teej — 19 September 2096
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 20 September 2096
- Anant Chaturdashi — 1 October 2096
- Pitru Paksha begins — 2 October 2096
- Sharad Navratri begins — 17 October 2096
- Durga Ashtami — 24 October 2096
- Maha Navami — 25 October 2096
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 26 October 2096
- Karwa Chauth — 3 November 2096
- Dhanteras — 12 November 2096
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 13 November 2096
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 14 November 2096
- Govardhan Puja — 15 November 2096
- Bhai Dooj — 17 November 2096
- Chhath Puja — 21 November 2096
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 29 November 2096
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 29 November 2096
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