Ganga Dussehra 2100
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)00:06 → 21:31
- Parana (tithi ends)21:31
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 2100
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2100
- Vasant Panchami — 14 February 2100
- Maha Shivaratri — 9 March 2100
- Holika Dahan — 25 March 2100
- Holi — 26 March 2100
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 10 April 2100
- Ram Navami — 18 April 2100
- Akshaya Tritiya — 12 May 2100
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 9 July 2100
- Guru Purnima — 21 July 2100
- Nag Panchami — 10 August 2100
- Raksha Bandhan — 19 August 2100
- Krishna Janmashtami — 27 August 2100
- Hartalika Teej — 7 September 2100
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 7 September 2100
- Anant Chaturdashi — 17 September 2100
- Pitru Paksha begins — 19 September 2100
- Sharad Navratri begins — 4 October 2100
- Durga Ashtami — 10 October 2100
- Maha Navami — 11 October 2100
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 12 October 2100
- Karwa Chauth — 21 October 2100
- Dhanteras — 30 October 2100
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 1 November 2100
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 1 November 2100
- Govardhan Puja — 2 November 2100
- Bhai Dooj — 3 November 2100
- Chhath Puja — 7 November 2100
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 16 November 2100
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 16 November 2100
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