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Akshaya Tritiya

akṣaya tṛtīyā

The imperishable third, the third tithi of the waxing fortnight of Vaishakha, an auspicious day in the panchanga on which merit and ventures begun are believed never to diminish.

Where this term appears

  • The Char Dham Temples

    Roughly from Akshaya Tritiya , the spring festival that falls in April or May, until a little after Diwali in the autumn, the temples are open and the deities receive pilgrims in their mountain seats.

  • The Summer Turn Treatise

    Akshaya Tritiya falls on the third tithi of the bright fortnight of Vaishakha , in late April or early May.

  • The Continuity Question Treatise

    …hts), Mandalakala (the forty-eight-day intensive worship period), the Akshaya Tritiya and other annual ritual moments — is the seasonal framework that all the lineages share.

  • The Shankaracharya Tradition In The Modern Period Treatise

    On April 30, 2025 — the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya , the third lunar day of the bright fortnight of Vaishakha that the Hindu tradition holds as one of the most spiritually generative days of the year — a…

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