Ananta Caturdaśī

Worship of Lord Ananta Padmanābha and Fourteenth Day of Gaṇeśa Visarjana

Tuesday, 20 September 1763

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 begins20 Sep, 5:55 AM

Ends21 Sep, 8:09 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.

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Today's Sky (20 September 1763)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:31 AM88° E

Sunset6:41 PM271° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise5:43 PM102° ESE

Moonset4:57 AM256° WSW

Rāhu Kāla

3:38 PM – 5:09 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:34 AM – 11:05 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:12 PM – 1:00 PM

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

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