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Vaikuntha Chaturdashi

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Vaikuntha Chaturdashi in Mangaluru is on Monday, 23 November 2026; Puja window 4:57 – 6:32 AM (India Standard Time, UTC+5:30).

Muhurat for Mon, 23 Nov, Mangaluru

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Monday, 23 November 2026India Standard Time (UTC+5:30)
Kartika (Amanta) · Shukla Paksha
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Chaturdashitill 11:42 PM, then Purnima
NakshatraBharanitill Tue 2:02 AM, then Krittika
YogaVariyantill 7:59 PM, then Parigha
KaranaGarajatill 1:14 PM, then Vanija
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Muhurat

Shubh

Brahma Muhurat – Abhijit Muhurat – Vijaya Muhurat – Aparahna Kaal – Pradosh Kaal – Nishita Kaal –

Ashubh

Rahu Kalam – Yamaganda – Gulika Kalam –
Deities of the dayShastra
WeekdayChandraAll dayAlso: Shakti (Uma)
TithiShiva6:32 AM – 11:42 PMFrom 11:42 PM: ChandraAlso: Kali
NakshatraYama6:32 AM – Tue 2:02 AMFrom 2:02 AM: Agni
Today's observancesShastra

Avoid

Urad – Sesame oil – Red greens –

Preferred

Mustard oil –

A prohibition binds while its tithi runs.

ChoghadiyaPractice (Gujarat–Rajasthan)

Day

Amrit – Kaal · Kaal vela (choghadiya) – Shubh – Rog – Udveg – Char – Labh · Vaar vela – Amrit –

Night

Char – Rog – Kaal – Labh · Kaal ratri – Udveg – Shubh – Amrit – Char –
LagnaShastra · Jyotisha

Sunrise to next sunrise

Vrishchika · Sthira – Dhanu · Dvisvabhava – Makara · Chara – Kumbha · Sthira – Meena · Dvisvabhava – Mesha · Chara – Vrishabha · Sthira – Mithuna · Dvisvabhava – Karka · Chara – Simha · Sthira – Kanya · Dvisvabhava – Tula · Chara – Vrishchika · Sthira –
Sthira (fixed)for work meant to last: entering a new home, installing a deity, a long puja.Chara (movable)for work that moves: a journey, a start meant to keep going.Dvisvabhava (dual)suits both kinds of work, lasting and moving.

Maas

Maas (Purnimanta)Kartika
SamvatVikram 2083 · Shaka 1948
WeekdayMonday
Sun signVrishchika

Puja Vidhi

1
The day's fast

Keep the fast through the day of the Chaturdashi.

2
Vishnu at night

At night, ideally at nishita while Chaturdashi lasts, worship Vishnu with lotuses, tulsi and the sixteen offerings.

3
The exchange of leaves

Offer bilva to Vishnu and tulsi to Shiva.

4
Jagarana

Keep the night awake with kirtan and the reading of the Lord's deeds. Those completing the Kartika vow do its udyapana tonight.

5
Shiva at dawn

At arunodaya, while Chaturdashi lasts, bathe — at Manikarnika in Kashi — and worship Shiva. For this rite the fast is kept on the day before.

6
Parana

Break the fast in the morning.

Festive Food

Phalahar — fruit, milk, makhana

History

Tradition tells that Vishnu came to Kashi on this day to worship Shiva with a thousand lotuses. When one lotus was found missing, he offered one of his own lotus eyes in its place. Shiva, moved, gave him the Sudarshana chakra, and the day became Vaikuntha's, the day of Vishnu's own realm, which is said to open to those who worship on it. The Nirnayasindhu quotes the Sanatkumara-samhita: on this Chaturdashi at dawn Vishveshvara himself bathed at Manikarnika and worshipped. The lotus story is told in the Shiva Purana and the Kartika-mahatmya; those chapters have not yet been read at the page.

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Vaikuntha Chaturdashi in Mangaluru is on Monday, 23 November 2026; Puja window 4:57 – 6:32 AM (India Standard Time, UTC+5:30).

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