Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Tuesday, 1 September 2020

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 begins31 Aug, 8:49 AM

Ends1 Sep, 9:39 AM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

By local reckoning this is kept on Monday, 31 August or Tuesday, 1 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 (1 September 2020)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:08 AM81° E

Sunset6:30 PM278° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise6:10 PM106° ESE

Moonset5:15 AM252° WSW

Rāhu Kāla

3:24 PM – 4:57 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:13 AM – 10:46 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:55 AM – 12:43 PM

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

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