Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Sunday, 28 August 1757

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 begins27 Aug, 8:07 PM

Ends28 Aug, 4:38 PM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

By local reckoning this is kept on Saturday, 27 August or Sunday, 28 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 (28 August 1757)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:31 AM80° E

Sunset6:56 PM280° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise6:17 PM105° ESE

Moonset5:16 AM253° WSW

Rāhu Kāla

5:23 PM – 6:56 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:43 PM – 2:17 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:19 PM – 1:07 PM

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

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