Akshaya Tritiya 2026 Date, Time & Shubh Muhurat (April 30)

Akshaya Tritiya 2026 falls on Thursday, 30 April 2026. The Tritiya Tithi begins at 05:42 AM on April 30 and ends at 02:13 AM on May 1 (IST), so the full day qualifies as auspicious.

City-by-city Shubh Muhurat windows (IST, indicative):

• Mumbai: 06:32 AM – 12:12 PM (Abhijit 11:51–12:43)
• Delhi: 06:04 AM – 12:04 PM (Abhijit 11:51–12:45)
• Chennai: 05:54 AM – 12:01 PM
• Kolkata: 05:15 AM – 11:24 AM
• Bengaluru: 06:10 AM – 12:15 PM
• Hyderabad: 06:01 AM – 12:08 PM

Times shift by a few minutes depending on your exact locality. If you cannot catch the Abhijit Muhurat, jewelers run gold purchase windows from sunrise to well past midnight on this day. Retailers historically report 20–30% of their annual gold volume on this single date.

What counts as "buying gold" on Akshaya Tritiya?

Advance booking (tokens), digital gold purchases, SIP-style gold savings plan installments, and same-day jewelry pickups all qualify in popular practice. If the muhurat is hard to catch, pre-ordering digital gold the night before and settling payment within the tithi is common.

Use the main planner on this site to work out how many grams your budget buys at current rates, before you walk into the store.