Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Tuesday, 31 August 1773

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 begins30 Aug, 10:38 AM

Ends31 Aug, 9:51 AM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

By local reckoning this is kept on Monday, 30 August or Tuesday, 31 August across the world, the date above is for your location.

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.

Read Festival Significance→

Today's Sky (31 August 1773)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:31 AM81° E

Sunset6:54 PM279° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise6:18 PM99° E

Moonset5:34 AM259° W

Rāhu Kāla

3:48 PM – 5:21 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:37 AM – 11:10 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:18 PM – 1:06 PM

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

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