Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Thursday, 14 September 1769

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.

From the pañchāṅga

Śukla Caturdaśī begins14 Sep, 6:37 AM

Ends15 Sep, 5:48 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 (14 September 1769)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:31 AM86° E

Sunset6:44 PM273° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise5:28 PM96° E

Moonset4:50 AM261° W

Rāhu Kāla

2:09 PM – 3:41 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:31 AM – 8:03 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:14 PM – 1:02 PM

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

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