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Akṣaya Tṛtīyā

The Imperishable Third · Golden Day of Eternal Merit

Friday, 20 May 2292

Goddess Mahālakṣmī, Lord Kubera, and Lord Viṣṇu bestowing inexhaustible abundance through the divine Akṣaya Pātra
The Imperishable Third: Goddess Mahālakṣmī and Lord Kubera bless the overflowing Akṣaya Pātra as devotees perform sacred charity (dāna).

From the pañchāṅga

Śukla Tṛtīyā begins19 May, 1:33 PM
Ends20 May, 10:14 AM
ObservanceMadhyāhna, midday worship

By local reckoning this is kept on Thursday, 19 May or Friday, 20 May across the world, the date above is for your location.

Observed on the day Tṛtīyā prevails at midday; some traditions instead take the sunrise tithi, which can fall a day apart in some years.

How it is observed

No fast: the “imperishable third” is kept by beginning auspicious things, giving in charity (dāna), and worshipping Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī; whatever is begun or given today is said never to diminish.

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VrataFasting day

Vināyaka Caturthī

Sacred to Gaṇeśa

Friday, 20 May 2292

Lord Vināyaka worshipped at madhyāhna midday with modakas and sacred dūrvā grass
Vināyaka Caturthī: Worship of Lord Gaṇeśa during midday (madhyāhna) on śukla Caturthī to remove obstacles and bless auspicious beginnings.

From the pañchāṅga

Śukla Caturthī begins20 May, 10:14 AM
Ends21 May, 7:03 AM
ObservanceMadhyāhna, midday worship

Vinayaka Chaturthi: the monthly fast of Lord Gaṇeśa on the śukla Caturthī, observed at midday (madhyāhna). Dates, timings, and observance, computed for your location.

How to keep the fast

A fast with worship of Gaṇeśa at madhyāhna (midday) and the offering of modaka, invoking the remover of obstacles before any new undertaking.

Breaking the fast, Broken after the midday (madhyāhna) worship.

Today's Sky (20 May 2292)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise5:53 AM69° ENE
Sunset6:39 PM291° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise8:28 AM70° ENE
Moonset9:35 PM289° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

10:40 AM – 12:16 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:28 PM – 5:04 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:52 AM – 12:40 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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