Nagula Chavithi · Nagara Chaturthi Festival The fourth day of the bright fortnight of Kartika, when milk, eggs and sesame are poured at the anthill or the snake mound and the naga is asked to keep the family free of skin disease, childlessness and the fear of snakes.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Nagula Chavithi · Nagara Chaturthi
- తెలుగు
- నాగుల చవితి
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ನಾಗರ ಚತುರ್ಥಿ
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What the day is
The fourth day of the bright fortnight of Kartika, when milk, eggs and sesame are poured at the anthill or the snake mound and the naga is asked to keep the family free of skin disease, childlessness and the fear of snakes. Women fast for their children and circle the mound.
- Deity
- Nagas, Subrahmanya
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
Kartika Shukla Chaturthi at sunrise; the offering is made in the early morning at the anthill or the temple naga stone.
The fast
A fast until the offering, broken with chalimidi (rice flour and jaggery) and the milk offered to the naga.
Where the regions differ
Andhra and Telangana keep Nagula Chavithi in Kartika; Karnataka and the north keep Nag Panchami in Shravana instead, and Tamil Nadu keeps the monthly Ayilyam day for the nagas.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.