Akshaya Tritiya 2027

Name: Akshaya Tritiya 2027
Start: 2027-05-09
End: 2027-05-09
Location: India

अक्षय तृतीया

Sun, 09 May, 2027

Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya — the akshaya (undiminishing) tithi on which any meritorious action is held to yield perpetual fruit. Cited in the Bhavishya Purana and Skanda Purana, the day is associated with the descent of Ganga to earth, the birth of Parashurama, and the beginning of the Treta Yuga. Traditionally observed with gold purchases, dana, and the annual reopening of the Badrinath temple doors.

Dates in 2027

Sun, 09 May, 2027 — Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya -- considered an akshaya (undiminishing) tithi on which any meritorious action yields perpetual fruit. Cited in the Bhavishya Purana and the Skanda Purana, the day marks the descent of Ganga to earth, the birth of Parashurama, and the beginning of the Treta Yuga. Traditionally observed with gold purchases, dana, and the opening of the Badrinath temple doors.
Akshaya Tritiyaअक्षय तृतीया
yearly11:43 – 09:03
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Sources (2)
- Matsya Purana — Akshaya-Tritiya-mahatmya (chapter 65), Tritiya-vrata phala (Gita Press ed., lines 31801-31900) — 'महाभाग फलमक्षय्यमश्नुते ... एकामप्युक्तवत् कृत्वा तृतीयां विधिवन्नरः'Defines the tithi as akshaya (undiminishing) — a single Tritiya-vrata done with vidhi yields the phala of all month-wise Tritiya-vratas combined.
- Skanda Purana — Akshaya-Tritiya-mahatmya (Treta-yugadi tithi), Akshaya-tritiya section (Sankshipta ed., lines 65101-65150) — 'यह अक्षय तृतीया इस पृथ्वीपर प्रसिद्ध होगी ... जो मनुष्य पितरोंके उद्देश्यसे अक्षय तृतीयाको श्राद्ध करते हैं, उनका किया हुआ वह श्राद्ध अक्षय'Establishes the Treta-yugadi character — any meritorious karma (snana, dana, shraddha, gold purchase) on this day yields perpetual fruit.