Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Thursday, 6 September 1759

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 begins5 Sep, 12:12 PM

Ends6 Sep, 9:32 AM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

By local reckoning this is kept on Wednesday, 5 September or Thursday, 6 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 (6 September 1759)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:31 AM83° E

Sunset6:50 PM277° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise6:35 PM104° ESE

Moonset5:38 AM254° WSW

Rāhu Kāla

2:13 PM – 3:46 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:31 AM – 8:04 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:17 PM – 1:05 PM

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

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