Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Monday, 8 September 2014

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 begins7 Sep, 2:31 PM

Ends8 Sep, 10:48 AM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

By local reckoning this is kept on Sunday, 7 September or Monday, 8 September 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 (8 September 2014)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:08 AM84° E

Sunset6:26 PM276° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise5:48 PM96° E

Moonset5:06 AM262° W

Rāhu Kāla

7:40 AM – 9:12 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

10:45 AM – 12:17 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:53 AM – 12:41 PM

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

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