Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Thursday, 15 September 2016

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 begins15 Sep, 5:27 AM

Ends16 Sep, 3:15 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.

Read Festival Significance→

Today's Sky (15 September 2016)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:08 AM87° E

Sunset6:20 PM273° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise5:17 PM99° E

Moonset4:30 AM259° W

Rāhu Kāla

1:46 PM – 3:17 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:08 AM – 7:40 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:50 AM – 12:38 PM

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

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