🪷 गङ्गा दशहरा · Gaṅgā Daśaharā
📅 When is Gaṅgā Daśaharā?
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-06-05 | Thursday |
| 2026 (this year) | 2026-05-26 | Tuesday |
| 2027 | 2027-06-13 | Sunday |
Tradition
Tradition: Pan-Hindu
Vrata: Yes (fasting day)
How the day is decided
Jyeṣṭha śukla daśamī in the pūrvāhṇa, with the ten yogas (Jyeṣṭha, the bright half, daśamī, Wednesday, Hasta, Vyatīpāta, Gara, Ānanda, the Moon in Kanyā, the Sun in Vṛṣa); on both days the one with more; with an adhika Jyeṣṭha, kept in the adhika month, not the śuddha.
Source: Dharmasindhu, Daśaharā (OCR 2799-2807), Hemādri after Ṛṣyaśṛṅga. Computed on the Sūrya Siddhānta's sunrise, tithi and Moon at Ujjayinī (a city's page uses that city's sunrise).
Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)
{
"tithi_number": 10,
"tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
"lunar_month": "Jyeṣṭha",
"kala_rule": "ganga-dasahara",
"adhika_kept": true
}Sources
- Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla-Kāṇḍa 42-44
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output
Sources and Connected Observances
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