Ganga Dussehra 2028: Friday, 2 June 2028

Ganga Dussehra in 2028 falls on Friday, 2 June 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Dashami of amanta Jyeshtha.

Why Ganga Dussehra Is on 2 June in 2028

The Shukla Dashami begins at 21:45 on 1 June 2028 and ends at 19:32 on 2 June 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Ganga Dussehra tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 2 June 2028 the Sun rises at 05:23 and sets at 19:15 at New Delhi. The Shukla Dashami is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 2 June 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Shukla Dashami lasts 21 hours 47 minutes, against 25 hours 32 minutes in 2026 and 23 hours 28 minutes in 2027: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 13 hours 52 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.

When the Shukla Dashami begins, the Moon is in Uttara Phalguni, ruled by the Sun.

Ganga Dussehra in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Ganga Dussehra 2028 comes 11 days earlier in the calendar year than Ganga Dussehra 2027. Between Ganga Dussehra 2027 and Ganga Dussehra 2028 the lunation table has 12 new moons, and twelve lunations fall short of a solar year, so the date moves earlier.

In the 2028 table Ganga Dussehra comes 9 days after Shani Jayanti and 1 day before Nirjala Ekadashi.

Within six days of Ganga Dussehra in 2028: Nirjala Ekadashi (3 June).

Related

Every 2028 festival is on the festival dates page, and the year before in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Ganga Dussehra 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.