💰 Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej) Puja Vidhi — step by step
This is the household vidhi — bath and charity in the morning, Vishnu-Lakshmi puja, purchases/new work in the day, remembrance of Parashurama in the evening.
How to do Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej) — the steps
- Bathe in Brahma Muhurat/at sunrise (time above) (river/Gangajal), wear yellow; sankalp — 'I keep the Akshaya Tritiya vrat and charity for the family's imperishable prosperity.' Fast — fruit/one meal (many homes only puja and charity).
- Vishnu-Lakshmi puja: yellow cloth, a picture of Lakshmi-Narayana, kalash; panchamrit, Tulsi, yellow flowers, sandalwood; bhog of barley/wheat sattu, cucumber, chana dal, mishri; 'Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya' / Vishnu Sahasranama; the Lakshmi mantra 'Om Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah'; remembrance of Kubera.
- Charity (sunrise to noon, best up to Abhijit): a water-filled earthen pot (surahi), fan, umbrella, slippers, sattu, melon-cucumber, rice-dal-jaggery, cow donation/fodder — things that cool in the heat; to a Brahmin/the needy/a water stall; as much as possible, in the 'akshaya' spirit.
- Purchases (during the day, Abhijit best): gold-silver (a coin/ornament — the symbol of Lakshmi; even one gram), a new vessel, a deal for land or a vehicle, account books; place the purchased item at the puja place first with roli-akshat.
- Women (Rajasthan-Malwa 'Akha Teej'): girls' Gauri vrat, flour laddoos and sattu, pot puja, a clay bird with grain; married women's bayana of sattu and a pot.
- Evening (Pradosh): Parashurama Jayanti — remembrance of Vishnu's avatar Parashurama, a lamp; a lamp at the Tulsi platform; Ganga Saptami/the Vaishakha bath continues the next day.
- New work: wedding/engagement/griha pravesh/shop — all day; tarpan water for the ancestors (satisfaction of ancestors in Vaishakha) — charity in the ancestors' name on this day is imperishable.
- Breaking the fast: after the puja and charity; Lakshmi bhajans at night.
Puja samagri checklist
Cooling things for charity and a small piece of gold — the mark of the day; the puja is simple.
- Picture of Lakshmi-Narayana/Vishnu, yellow cloth, wooden seat, kalash-coconut
- Panchamrit, Tulsi, yellow flowers (marigold-champa), sandalwood, roli, akshat, mauli
- Bhog: sattu (barley/chana), cucumber, melon, chana dal, mishri, mango, kheer
- Charity: earthen pot/surahi (filled with water), fan, umbrella, slippers, sattu, fruit, grain-jaggery, cloth, dakshina
- Purchase: gold/silver (coin/ornament), a new vessel/account book
- Akha Teej (Rajasthan): flour laddoos, sattu, a clay bird, a pot; the girls' Gauri vrat
- Lamp, incense, camphor, aarti thali; a Parashurama picture (if available)
- Vishnu Sahasranama/Lakshmi Stotra book
Sattu, cucumber, melon — the imperishable kitchen of summer
The scorching heat of Vaishakha — so the bhog and charity of this day are cool: sattu (of barley and chana, savoury or a jaggery sherbet), cucumber, melon, aam panna, chana dal-mishri; 'Satuan' (the festival of eating sattu) in Bihar-Purvanchal falls around this time.
- Sattu: a sherbet of barley/chana sattu with jaggery water, or a cool mix with salt, lemon and mint; sattu laddoo (sattu-jaggery-ghee)
- Cucumber, melon, watermelon, aam panna, bel sherbet — for both charity and bhog
- Chana dal-mishri (Vishnu bhog), kheer, aamras-poori (Maharashtra-Gujarat), saffron rice
- Rajasthan (Akha Teej): kheer-poori, flour laddoos, sattu, gulgule; Bengal: the sweets and sherbet of Halkhata
- Fasting meal: fruit and milk, sattu; if not fasting, a sattvik meal, charity first
Rules — do's and don'ts
✅ Do
- Charity from sunrise to noon — a pot of water, a fan, sattu, fruit: the needs of summer
- Buy within your means — even a one-gram gold/silver coin or a new vessel is enough; place it in the puja first
- Wedding-griha pravesh-new work — abujh muhurat, even better in Abhijit
- Charity and tarpan in the ancestors' name — imperishable fruit
- Parashurama Jayanti — remembrance and a lamp in the evening
❌ Don't
- Gold on debt — Akshaya Tritiya is a day of faith, not show; not under advertising pressure
- Child marriage (in the name of Akha Teej) — a crime by law and adharma
- Anger, lies, asking for loans, tamasic food on this day — the fruit of the day is imperishable, the bad too
- Nothing spoilt or broken in charity — give what you would take yourself
- No elders or children at the ghat or market in the midday heat
Vrat katha
In the Pandavas' exile Draupadi received the Akshaya Patra from the Sun — the food would not run out until Draupadi had eaten; sage Durvasa came with his disciples asking for food when the vessel was empty; Krishna satis… Read the full katha →
Frequently asked questions
When is Akshaya Tritiya in {Y}?
The date at the top is this year's Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya — from panchang calculations; the Abhijit muhurat for buying and charity and the span of the Tritiya are shown too. If the Tritiya touches the forenoon on two days, the first day.
When to buy gold — any special time?
The whole day is auspicious (abujh); within the Tritiya tithi, Abhijit Muhurat (about 12 noon) is best, avoid Rahu Kaal — times above. If the tithi begins in the morning, from sunrise; if it begins late, after the tithi starts.
Can a wedding be held on this day without a muhurat?
Yes — one of the three-and-a-half abujh muhurats; still keep the wedding lagna at an auspicious time; no child marriage (punishable by law). See the muhurat page.
What to donate on Akshaya Tritiya?
Things for the summer — a water-filled pot/surahi, fan, umbrella, slippers, sattu, melon-cucumber, grain-jaggery, cloth; setting up a water stall; cow donation/gaushala; in the ancestors' name — whatever is given is imperishable.
Are Parashurama Jayanti and Akshaya Tritiya on the same day?
Yes — Parashurama was born in the Pradosh of Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya; so the Jayanti is on that day (the day on which the Tritiya is present in Pradosh — sometimes the next day); remembrance in the evening.
What is Akha Teej?
The folk name of Akshaya Tritiya in Rajasthan-Malwa — mass weddings, the girls' Gauri vrat, sattu and pot, a clay bird; 'Akha' = Akshaya.
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