Ganga Dussehra 2097
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
- Sunset18:50
- Fasting window (tithi)2097-06-18 · 12:21 → 13:33
- Parana (tithi ends)13:33
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 2097
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2097
- Vasant Panchami — 17 February 2097
- Maha Shivaratri — 12 March 2097
- Holika Dahan — 27 March 2097
- Holi — 28 March 2097
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 13 April 2097
- Ram Navami — 20 April 2097
- Akshaya Tritiya — 14 May 2097
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 11 July 2097
- Guru Purnima — 24 July 2097
- Nag Panchami — 12 August 2097
- Raksha Bandhan — 22 August 2097
- Krishna Janmashtami — 30 August 2097
- Hartalika Teej — 8 September 2097
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 9 September 2097
- Anant Chaturdashi — 20 September 2097
- Pitru Paksha begins — 22 September 2097
- Sharad Navratri begins — 6 October 2097
- Durga Ashtami — 13 October 2097
- Maha Navami — 14 October 2097
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 15 October 2097
- Karwa Chauth — 24 October 2097
- Dhanteras — 1 November 2097
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 3 November 2097
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 3 November 2097
- Govardhan Puja — 5 November 2097
- Bhai Dooj — 6 November 2097
- Chhath Puja — 10 November 2097
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 19 November 2097
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 19 November 2097
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