Anant Chaturdashi

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14 September 2027

When is it? Tuesday 318 days to go The date follows the tithi in the panchang; when a tithi shortens or lengthens, some places keep the festival a day earlier or later.

Why it is celebrated Anant Chaturdashi is the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada, and it carries three observances that most people meet as one day. The oldest of them is the Anant vrat: a fast kept for Vishnu in his form as Anant — the one without end — worshipped here as Anant Padmanabha, reclining on the serpent Shesha on the ocean of milk.

The story and belief The katha read on this day is told in nearly every household that keeps the vrat, and it is a story about the difference between receiving a blessing and recognising it. Sushila, daughter of the sage Sumantu, was married to the sage Kaundinya.

The story and belief · continued Travelling with her husband, she came upon a group of women on a riverbank keeping the Anant vrat. She asked what it was, was told, and kept it herself — tying the fourteen-knot sutra on her arm.

Main rituals • Bathe and prepare the place • Install Anant • Take the sankalp • Prepare and worship the sutra • Offer the puja The puja is done in the first half of the day in most households, after a bath and before the main meal, and it is a Vishnu puja from beginning to end — the yellow of Vishnu runs through it, in the thread, the flowers, the cloth and the offering.

Across India • Maharashtra — the largest visarjan day of the year. • Gujarat and Rajasthan — the vrat is kept mainly as a Vishnu vrat, with the sutra and the fourteen-fold offering. • Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and the Hindi belt — Anant Chaudas is a household vrat, remembered above all for the thread. Customs differ from home to home and region to region; these are the main forms, not a rule everywhere.

Often asked What is the visarjan muhurat on Anant Chaturdashi? It differs by city and by year, because it is derived from your local sunrise and that day’s Rahu Kaal and choghadiya — which is why no time is printed here. The practical rule most families follow is to complete the aarti and farewell in the day and avoid starting the immersion inside Rahu Kaal.

Often asked · answer continued Check the live panchang for your own city on the morning of the day.

Key facts

Anant Chaturdashi Tithi — Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturdashi Deity — Vishnu as Anant Padmanabha; Ganesha on the visarjan side of the day Read the full guide

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