Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Wednesday, 17 September 1766

Lord Ananta Padmanābha on the fourteen-hooded serpent Śeṣanāga as King Yudhiṣṭhira and Draupadī observe Ananta Vrata — Ananta Caturdaśī: Worship of the infinite Lord Ananta Padmanābha with the tying of the sacred fourteen-knotted crimson Ananta-sūtra.

• Madhyāhna Ananta Padmanābha Pūjā Muhūrta

11:24 AM – 1:50 PM

Wednesday, 17 September 17662h 26m

Midday is the traditional hour designated in the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa for tying the 14-knotted sacred thread of Lord Ananta-Viṣṇu (the boundless Lord resting upon the serpent Śeṣa).

From the pañchāṅga

Śukla Caturdaśī begins17 Sep, 3:56 AM

Ends18 Sep, 12:41 AM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

How to keep the fast

Worship of Ananta-Viṣṇu with the tying of the fourteen-knotted sacred thread (ananta-sūtra); many keep a fast through the day. It is also the day the Gaṇeśa festival ends in immersion.

Breaking the fast, Broken after the Ananta worship.

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Today's Sky (17 September 1766)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:31 AM87° E

Sunset6:42 PM272° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise5:42 PM97° E

Moonset4:58 AM259° W

Rāhu Kāla

12:37 PM – 2:08 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

8:03 AM – 9:34 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:13 PM – 1:01 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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