Akshaya Tritiya 2024: Date, Time, Significance and Rituals

Akshaya Tritiya is an auspicious Hindu festival that commemorates new beginnings and prosperity. Hindus commemorate the festival of Akshaya Tritiya 2024, which typically occurs in late April or early May, in both India and Nepal. For farmers, it signifies the start of the planting season for numerous crops, hence it has a particular meaning.

On this auspicious day, people also purchase gold and other valuables because they think it will bring them endless riches and good fortune.

In certain areas, it’s observed as the birthday of Lord Parasurama, who was Lord Vishnu’s sixth incarnation. All things considered, the celebration represents hope, prosperity, and fresh starts.

Akshaya Tritiya 2024: Auspicious Date and Timings

The auspicious timings for purchasing gold, a car, real estate, or any other valuable thing this year on Akshaya Tritiya 2024 are as follows:

Akshaya Tritiya 2024: 10th May 

Shubh Mahurat: 06:03 AM to 10:54 AM

Shubh Mahurat: 12:31 PM to 02:08 PM

Shubh Mahurat: 05:22 PM to 06:59 PM

Shubh Mahurat: 09:45 PM to 11:08 PM

Significance of Akshaya Tritiya Festival

Akshaya Tritiya is said to bestow wealth and success; purchasing gold on this auspicious day is also highly recommended since it promotes harmony. Purchased gold is thought to hold its worth and not disappear. The astronomical movements can cause Akshaya Tritiya  2024 to fall one day earlier than usual, but it usually coincides with Parashurama Jayanti, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

This is the day that is thought to be ideal for any major investment or fresh start, such as purchasing a new home, getting married, purchasing a new vehicle, etc. On this day, young women in a few regions fast to distribute fruits and find a suitable marriage.

In the region, the day holds particular significance for women, regardless of their marital status, who offer prayers for the welfare of their significant others or prospective companions. They distribute fresh fruits, chocolates, and sprouts (germinating gram) after prayers.

For additional information regarding the significance of this festival, speak to astrologer Rahul Shastri Ji in India.

Rituals Associated with Akshaya Tritiya 

• Akshaya Tritiya is celebrated differently around the nation, everyone observes the day with greater fervor. The following are some of the main customs connected to Akshaya Tritiya this year: 
• Lord Vishnu worshippers commemorate the day by keeping a fast and giving to the less fortunate in the form of food, clothes, and oil. 
• Lord Vishnu loves Tulsi, which is used in many of the foods that are dedicated to the god and then served as prasad. 
• In eastern India, the harvest season is said to have begun on Akshaya Tritiya, when people pray for an abundant crop. 
• To acknowledge the relationship of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi with prosperity, businesspeople undertake a special puja called Halkhata to seek their blessings before the start of the new fiscal year. 
• Since the day represents wealth and plenty, buying gold and silver jewelry is customarily done as a good luck charm. 
• A major ceremony that draws devotees to the ghats of Haridwar and Varanasi is bathing in the holy waters of the Ganges. 
• In Jainism, Akshaya Tritiya is significant because some adherents break their fast with sugarcane juice to mark the end of their year-long penance or tapasya. 
• In the belief that applying sandalwood paste to Lord Krishna’s idol allows one to enter heaven, devotees do so. 

How to Celebrate Akshaya Tritiya 2024:

Please adhere to the following customs on this auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya. Included in the Akshaya Tritiya 2024 puja vidhi is:

• Present Lord Vishnu and Goddess Parvati with flowers and sandalwood paste.
• Make prayers to Lakshmi, the God of Wealth, and Goddess Kubera.
• While you worship, provide grains, lentils, wheat, milk, and garments.
• Say Vishnu Sahastranam out loud.
• Offer it to Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna after performing Pooja.
• Give greenery as a donation to Brahmins, those living in poverty, and cows. Sesame, beds, fabric, sandalwood, vermilion, betel nut, coconut, buttermilk, and water are among the items you can offer him.