Pan-India · April–May
Also known as Akti · Akha Teej
When it’s celebrated
The exact date shifts each year — it’s fixed from the panchang. Cast your free kundli or check the calendar for this year’s muhurat.
Significance
Akshaya Tritiya, where 'akshaya' means imperishable or never-diminishing, is one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar, believed to bring everlasting prosperity to ventures begun on it. It is considered ideal for new beginnings, charity, weddings and the purchase of gold, with the merit of acts performed on this day held never to diminish.
The story
Several sacred events are linked to Akshaya Tritiya: it is regarded as the birthday of Lord Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu; the day the river Ganga descended to earth; the day Vyasa began dictating the Mahabharata to Ganesha; and the day Lord Krishna gifted Draupadi the Akshaya Patra, a vessel that never ran out of food. In the legend of Sudama, the poor friend who visited Krishna with a humble offering returned to find boundless prosperity — embodying the festival's promise of unending abundance.
Rituals
Across India
Akshaya Tritiya is celebrated across India, especially among trading and business communities in the West (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra) where it is also Akha Teej and a day for new account books. In the East (Bengal, Odisha) it marks the start of farming and the construction of Jagannath's chariots for the Rath Yatra, while in the South it is a major day for buying gold and worshipping Lakshmi and Kubera.
Questions
Akshaya Tritiya is celebrated as a day of imperishable prosperity, when anything begun or any merit earned is believed never to diminish. It is considered ideal for new ventures, charity, weddings and buying gold.
Lord Vishnu (especially as Parashurama) and Goddess Lakshmi are worshipped for prosperity, and Kubera, the lord of wealth, is also venerated.
Akshaya Tritiya falls on the third tithi (Tritiya) of the bright fortnight of Vaishakha, usually in April or May. The date changes each year with the Hindu lunar calendar, and the whole day is auspicious.
Because 'akshaya' means never-diminishing, buying gold on this day is believed to bring lasting wealth and prosperity that continues to grow. It is one of the most popular days in India for purchasing gold and valuables.
It is an abujha muhurat, an auspicious day needing no further astrological reckoning, and is linked to sacred events like Parashurama's birth, the Ganga's descent and Krishna's gift of the Akshaya Patra, making any good deed or new start especially blessed.
Book a pooja in your name, find the muhurat, or read the day’s panchang — bring the festival into your own practice.
