Which day is Agastya Arghya observed on?

It's fixed by the sky rather than the calendar, the day the star Canopus, identified with the sage Agastya, becomes visible again before dawn after being lost in the Sun's glare. Usually late August or early September. A water offering is made, and the star's return is traditionally said to purify water, which lines up with the rivers clearing at that point in the monsoon.

Agastya Arghya

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13 August 2027

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Offering of arghya to the star Agastya (Canopus) at its heliacal rising.

Falls on: Fixed by astronomy, not tithi, the heliacal rising of the star Canopus (Agastya), around late August or early September

What it is

The sage Agastya is identified with Canopus, the second-brightest star. Its reappearance in the pre-dawn sky after weeks of invisibility is marked with an arghya, a water offering. The star's rising is traditionally held to purify water, and it coincides with the point in the monsoon when rivers start to clear.

Food

Water offering; no particular food.

Common questions

Which day is Agastya Arghya observed on?: It's fixed by the sky rather than the calendar, the day the star Canopus, identified with the sage Agastya, becomes visible again before dawn after being lost in the Sun's glare. Usually late August or early September. A water offering is made, and the star's return is traditionally said to purify water, which lines up with the rivers clearing at that point in the monsoon.

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