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AkshayTrutiya,alsoknownasAkti(InChhattisgarh)and
AkhaTeej(InGujarat)(InRajasthanalso),isaholydayfor AkshayaTritiya
HindusandJains.ItfallsonthethirdTithi(lunarday)of Observedby HindusandJains
BrightHalf(ShuklaPaksha)ofthepanIndianmonthof
Type Hindu,Jain
Vaishakhaandoneofthefourmostimportantdaysfor
Hindus.[1][2]ItisanauspiciousdayofthebirthdayofLord Celebrations 1day
ParasuramawhoisthesixthincarnationofLordVishnu.On Observances HindusworshipGaneshaand
thisdayVedaVyasbegantowriteMahabharata.Jains LakshmiwhereaswithJainsthe
celebratethisdaytocommemorateTirthankara imageofTirthankaraRishabhadevais
Rushabhanatha'sendingofoneyearfastbyconsuming givenaceremonialbath(Abhisheka)
sugarcanejuicepouredintohiscuppedhands.
andaspecialworshipritualis
InJainandHinducalendars,somedaysofthemonthare performed.
absentincountingandsomedays(tithiinlunarcalendars) Begins Vaisakha
comeextra,butAkshaytritiyaisonedaywhichisnever
Date lateAprilearlyMay
"absent"fromthelunarcalendar.
2016date 9May
Theword"Akshay"meanstheneverdiminishingin 2017date 28April
Samskrutamandthedayisbelievedtobringgoodluckand
success.Itisbelievedthatifyoudocharityonthisdayyou Frequency annual
willbeblessed.OnAkshayTrutiya,Mrutikaisworshiped.

Thedayisconsideredauspiciousforstartingnewventures:anyventureinitiatedontheauspiciousdayof
AkshayTrutiyaisassumedtogrowandbringprosperity.Hence,newventures,likestartingabusiness,
construction,etc.isperformedonAkshayTrutiya.

Contents
1 Astrologicalsignificance
2 Seealso
3 Notes
4 References

Astrologicalsignificance
AsperHinduelectionalastrology(Muhurta)threelunardays(tithis)areauspicious.ThesearecalledSadeTeen
Muhurtasalso.TheseTithisarefirstTithiofBrightHalfofChaitra(startingofnewyear),tenthTithiofBright
HalfofAshvina(VijayDashmi),thirdTithiofBrightHalfofVaishakha(AkshayTritiyaParshuJyanti)itis
alsoLingayatismfounderlordBasveshvaraJayantiandfirstTithiofBrightHalfofKarttikaarecalledSade
Teen(3)Muhurt.ThefirstthreetithisarecountedasfullandthelastoneashalfTithiandconstituteSade
TeenMuhurt.Sunandmoonareastrologicallybelievedtobeattheirmostexaltedequalbrightnessonthisday.

AkshayaTritiyaisalsocalledNavannaParvam.AkshayaTritiyafallingonaRohinistarMondayisconsidered
moreauspicious.

OnAkshayTrutiya,akingorthosewhohavetheresponsibilityoftakingcareofthesubjects,shouldperform
puja,withgratitudeanddevotion,ofthepictureofVaibhavLakshmiwithSreeVishnuasithelpstomake
thesubjectshappyandprosperous."WearenotgracedbyGoddessLakshmiassheisthedivineenergy
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(shakti)ofSreeVishnu.HowcanHisdivineenergycomehereandblessusifSreeVishnuisnotinvited?
Therefore,beforeworshipingSreeLakshmiinanyofherforms,firstinviteSreeVishnuandtheninviteSree
LakshmiastheworshipergetsmaximumbenefitofLakshmitattva"(principle).[3]

Onthisdaypeoplewhoobservetheyearlongalternative
dayfastingknownasVarshitapfinishtheirTapasyaby
doingparanabydrinkingsugarcanejuice.[4][5][6]

Seealso
ElectionalAstrology
Panchangam
Panjika

Notes KingShreyansofferingsugarcanejuiceto
Rishabhanatha
1.Gupte1994,p.5
2.Gopal,Madan(1990).K.S.Gautam,ed.Indiathroughthe
ages.PublicationDivision,MinistryofInformationandBroadcasting,GovernmentofIndia.p.65.
3.ImportanceofworshippingthepictureofVaibhavLakshmiwithSreeVishnu,onthedayofAkshayTrutiya(http://
www.hindujagruti.org/articles/27.html)
4."HindusandJainscelebrateAkshayaTritiyafortheirownreasons".Merinews.RetrievedMay13,2013.
5."It'sAkshayaTritiyatoday".DNAIndia.RetrievedMay13,2013.
6."AkshayaTritiyaSignificance".TourismOnlineIn.RetrievedApril21,2016.

References
Gupte,B.A.(1994),HinduHolidaysandCeremonials,Delhi:AsianEducationalServices,ISBN8120609530
(AESreprint).

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