अक्षय तृतीया · અક્ષય તૃતીયા
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Sunday · Shukla Tritiya
Most auspicious day of the year. New ventures, marriages, gold purchases and donations on this day never diminish.
Akshaya means that which never decreases. The Treta Yuga began on this day; Vyasa began dictating the Mahabharata to Ganesha; the Ganga descended; Krishna gave Draupadi the akshaya patra, the vessel that never emptied; and Sudama's handful of poha, offered to Krishna, returned as endless abundance.
No muhurat is needed for anything, weddings, business openings, property registration and new ventures all cluster here. Gold and silver are bought. Charity is emphasised, particularly of water, food and fans. In Jainism it ends the year-long fast of Rishabhanatha, broken with sugarcane juice.
Sattu, cooling foods, sugarcane juice. In the south, panakam and buttermilk.
In Odisha it is the day rice sowing begins and the Puri Rath Yatra chariot-building starts. Bengal keeps it as Halkhata, when traders open new account books. The gold-buying custom is strongest in the west and south.
