Ganga Dussehra 2027

June 2027

Sunday

Ganga

Descent of the river Ganga

Ganga Dussehra Puja Timings

Ganga Dussehra on Sunday, June 13, 2027

Jyeshtha, Shukla Paksha, Dashami

Begins: 02:44 AM, Jun 13 · Ends: 02:12 AM, Jun 14

Duration: Full day

236 days

About Ganga Dussehra

Ganga Dussehra celebrates the day the river Ganga is believed to have descended from heaven to earth, carried in Lord Shiva's locks.

Devotees bathe in the Ganga and its tributaries, and offer flowers and lamps to the river.

Significance

Celebrated on the tenth day (Dashami) of the bright half of Jyeshtha as the day the river Ganga is believed to have descended to earth, to redeem the ancestors of King Bhagiratha. Popularly, 'Dashahara' is explained as 'destroying ten' — a bath in the Ganga on this day is said to wash away ten kinds of wrongdoing: three of the body, four of speech and three of the mind. It is distinct from Ganga Jayanti (Ganga Saptami), which marks a different event in the river's story.

How to Observe

Bathe in the Ganga at dawn; if you live far away, add a little Ganga water to your bathing water
Offer flowers, akshat, kumkum and turmeric to the river or to an image of Goddess Ganga
Attend or perform the Ganga Aarti, and float lamps (dipa daan) on the water
Chant the Ganga stotra or mantras
Give charity — food, clothes, fruit or sesame — and hand out cooling drinks like sharbat, shikanji or lassi

Regional Variations

Varanasi

Large crowds gather for the bath and for the evening Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat.

Haridwar & Prayagraj

Devotees bathe at Har Ki Pauri and at the Triveni Sangam from the pre-dawn Brahma Muhurta.

Patna

A grand Ganga Aarti is held at Gandhi Ghat, and a very long flower garland is offered to the river at Adalat Ghat.

Mathura & Vrindavan

Goddess Yamuna is worshipped alongside Ganga, with seasonal fruits such as muskmelon, cucumber and mango offered; in places, community kite-flying is also part of the day.

Notes: Date and timings shown are computed for New Delhi, India using Swiss Ephemeris. Computed via the Udaya Tithi (tithi prevailing at sunrise) convention and the purnimanta month naming both already used by /api/panchang and vrat_engine.py's Janmashtami/Shraddha types. A tithi that never touches a sunrise (Kshaya) falls back to a midday-anchor scan instead of returning no date — see module docstring's Kshaya Tithi finding; one spanning two sunrises (Vriddhi) can still produce two consecutive dates, unresolved beyond the plain rule. RESOLVED Sprint 36c: re-checked against 6+ fresh 2026 sources — plain sunrise/Udaya Tithi confirmed correct for the tithi itself; the only real issue was which of 2026's two Jyeshtha occurrences (Adhika Jyeshtha month this year) to report — UNLIKE Vat Purnima above, Ganga Dussehra is classically observed in the earlier/Adhika occurrence (May 25, 2026), not the later/Nija one — see `_ADHIKA_PREFERENCE`'s docstring above for the sourcing (including drikpanchang.com's own page citing the Brahma Purana's reasoning for why this festival specifically prefers Adhika Masa). Sprint 19b's earlier caveat is now stale. Always cross-check with your family priest for a personalised Muhurat.

Panchang for Ganga Dussehra Day Choghadiya Muhurat

Frequently Asked Questions

Ganga Dussehra 2027 mein kab hai?

Ganga Dussehra 2027 mein Sunday, 13 June ko hai (New Delhi ke panchang ke anusaar). Tithi: Jyeshtha, Shukla Paksha, Dashami. Yeh tithi 02:44 AM, Jun 13 se 02:12 AM, Jun 14 tak rehti hai. Apne shehar ke hisaab se samay thoda alag ho sakta hai.

Ganga Dussehra kab se kab tak hai?

Ganga Dussehra 13 June se shuru hota hai. Avadhi: Full day.

Why does this festival's date change every year on the Gregorian calendar?

Most Hindu festivals are set by the lunar Hindu calendar (a specific Tithi within a specific lunar month), not the solar Gregorian calendar used internationally. Since a lunar year runs roughly 11 days shorter than a solar year, the same Tithi lands on a different Gregorian date each year — this is normal and expected, not an error.