Akshaya Tritiya: Sunday, 9 May 2027. Tritiya tithi in New Delhi: 8 May, 11:43 – 9 May, 09:04 IST.
Timings in New Delhi
- Tritiya tithi
- 8 May, 11:43 – 9 May, 09:04
How we calculate this
- Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri) from each city's own sunrise and sunset. Other almanacs can differ by a minute or two.
Akshaya Tritiya (अक्षय तृतीया) is a festival falling in the Hindu lunar month of वैशाख. Its position is fixed by tithi rather than by the Gregorian calendar, so the date moves every year and is computed from the panchang. No fast is prescribed for the day. The observance itself, and its puja vidhi, stay the same each year.
Akshaya Tritiya
अक्षय तृतीया
Hindu month: वैशाख
Panchang Basis (Tithi Rule)
Vaisakha Shukla Tritiya fixes the day, so the English date moves each year.
About This Festival
The 'undiminishing' third — an abujh muhurat when every shubh karya can begin without consulting the panchang. Gold purchase, new ventures, daan, and vivah are all considered akshaya (never-diminishing) when begun today.
अक्षय फल देने वाली तृतीया — एक अबूझ मुहूर्त, जिसमें बिना पंचांग देखे भी विवाह, नया व्यवसाय, स्वर्ण-क्रय और दान किए जाते हैं। आज आरंभ किया गया हर शुभ कार्य अक्षय माना जाता है।
Significance
One of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar — the entire day is a Shubh Muhurat, so no muhurat check is needed before beginning an important work. Treta Yuga is said to have begun on this day. Sudama visited Krishna with a handful of poha and returned to find his poverty transformed into abundance. The Ganges descended to Earth. Sage Vyasa began narrating the Mahabharata to Lord Ganesha, and Draupadi received the Akshaya Patra, the vessel of never-ending food. Buying gold is a symbolic act of inviting Lakshmi's never-diminishing prosperity into the home; equally traditional is daan — giving water, food, and shade in the summer heat — which the shastras regard as the highest form of akshaya merit.
Puja Vidhi (How to Observe)
Wake early and take a holy bath. Perform Lakshmi-Vishnu puja together with tulsi leaves, chandan, and yellow flowers, and chant the Vishnu Sahasranama or "Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya". Buy gold, silver, or another lasting asset — or begin a new venture — as a symbolic act of inviting undiminishing prosperity. Donate generously — water pots, fans, umbrellas, footwear, grain, and clothes are the traditional summer daan items. Feed the poor. Any good deed done today yields infinite (akshaya) merit, so devotees also begin japa practices, savings, and long-term sankalps on this day.
Regional Names
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Akshaya Tritiya celebrated?
Akshaya Tritiya falls on Sunday, 19 April 2026 and on Sunday, 9 May 2027.
Is Akshaya Tritiya a fasting (vrat) day?
No, no fast is prescribed for Akshaya Tritiya.
Dates in recent and coming years
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