Akshaya Tritiya 2024 Puja Muhurat, Best Time to Buy Gold, Rituals and Vrat Katha

Akshaya Tritiya will be celebrated on May 10, 2024. This highly auspicious day starts early with the Tritiya Tithi beginning at 04:17 AM and ending at 02:50 AM the following day.

Akshaya Tritiya Puja Muhurat 2024

For those planning to conduct rituals, the Akshaya Tritiya Puja Muhurat is set from 05:33 AM to 12:18 PM. This 6-hour and 44-minute window is considered the most auspicious time to perform pujas and offer prayers to invoke divine blessings for everlasting success and prosperity.
In addition to religious activities, Akshaya Tritiya is famously considered most auspicious time to buy gold, a symbol of wealth and fortune. The timings for purchasing gold on this day stretch generously from 05:33 AM on May 10 to 02:50 AM on May 11, allowing a broad 21-hour and 16-minute window for transactions. This period is traditionally believed to enhance the auspiciousness of gold, ensuring that investments made during these hours bring sustained prosperity and growth.

Akshaya Tritiya Vrat Katha

Here is the shorter version of Akshaya Tritiya Vrat Katha:

Lord Krishna explains to Yudhishthira about Mahoday, a truthful and devout Vaishya who revered the Akshaya Tritiya. On learning about its significance—that deeds done on this day, particularly when combined with Rohini Nakshatra and a Wednesday, yield eternal rewards—Mahoday performed rituals and charity on the Ganges banks. He offered water for ancestral worship and donated various items to Brahmins, ensuring his spiritual merits were immense.

In a later life, reborn as a wealthy Kshatriya in Kushawapuri, Mahoday used his wealth for extensive charity and religious ceremonies, his prosperity a direct result of his past life's devout actions. The Akshaya Tritiya mantra he followed symbolizes this eternal charity:

"Esha Dharmaghato Datto BrahmavishnushivatmakahAsya Pradanattripyantu Pitaro'pi PitamahahGandhodakatilaimishram Sannam Kumbham Sakshinam Pitribhyah Sampradasyami Akshayyamupatishthatu"

Meaning "I donate this vessel in the name of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. May it eternally satisfy my ancestors and forefathers with its offering of scents, sesame seeds, and food."