5 Things You Must Never Give or Take on Akshaya Tritiya—Sacred Code of Prosperity
Ankit Gupta | Apr 29, 2025, 20:30 IST
Akshaya Tritiya is a rare cosmic gateway where every action multiplies in impact. While it's known for gold purchases and divine blessings, few know the powerful don’ts that can quietly drain your fortune.
"Akshaya" means that which never diminishes. It is the day when the seeds of your karmas are said to yield infinite fruits. A single good deed multiplies. But so does ignorance.
Among the many sacred observances in Sanatan Dharma, Akshaya Tritiya holds a special place in the heart of every seeker of both spiritual liberation and material well-being. It is not just a date in the calendar—it is a cosmic window, a divine alignment where the merits of our actions echo through time.
Celebrated on the third lunar day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the Vaisakha month, this day is said to be so auspicious that any noble act done today becomes eternal and inexhaustible—Akshaya. However, with such great spiritual potency comes a sacred responsibility: to avoid actions that bring spiritual demerit. While buying gold, making donations, and worshipping Vishnu and Lakshmi are highly recommended, there are certain things that are best not given or taken on this day. These are not mere superstitions—they are refined karmic truths, encoded by sages to protect your inner and outer fortune.
Let us explore the five things you should never give or take on Akshaya Tritiya, and why doing so can dilute the divine vibrations of this blessed day.
On the surface, gifting or purchasing a vehicle may seem like an auspicious act of abundance. But there is a subtle karmic caution embedded in this gesture. A vehicle is not just a means of transport; in Vedic symbolism, it represents your life’s momentum, journey, and direction.
If you must purchase a vehicle, do it with full puja and intention, invoking Vishnu or Ganesha, and only for self-use. But avoid selling or gifting one today unless it is a charitable offering to someone in dire need, done with detachment.
Colors have vibrations. What you wear on Akshaya Tritiya reflects what you invite into your aura. Black and blue, though elegant in fashion terms, are deeply symbolic in the spiritual domain.
Your clothing on this day should radiate sattva—purity, clarity, and divine magnetism.
Perhaps one of the most commonly known and often overlooked restrictions is the avoidance of tamasic food on Akshaya Tritiya. This includes onions, garlic, meat, fish, eggs, and even overly processed or stale foods.
On this day, your digestive fire becomes subtle enough to transform even simple food into divine nourishment—if consumed with reverence.
While this may seem obvious to spiritual seekers, it must be clearly stated—consuming or offering alcohol, cigarettes, or any intoxicants on Akshaya Tritiya invites great spiritual harm.
The scriptures stress Shaucha (cleanliness)—not just external, but internal cleanliness. Akshaya Tritiya is a day when even the gods descend to bless those who are pure in intention and vibration. Intoxication and divinity cannot coexist in the same field.
This rule is both symbolic and practical. On Akshaya Tritiya, Lakshmi herself is believed to walk the earth, showering prosperity. Lending money today—unless absolutely necessary—is considered giving away your own fortune.
This is a day to become a channel of divine flow, not a carrier of financial karma.
Akshaya Tritiya is not just about buying gold or doing puja—it is about entering alignment with the cosmic principle of growth without end. Every thought, action, and gesture today is amplified. Hence, awareness is more important than activity.
Avoiding these five things is not about fear, but about wisdom. By doing so, you clear the channels through which divine grace flows:
Instead, fill this sacred day with japa, daan, meditation, simplicity, and gratitude. Worship Vishnu and Lakshmi with a clean body, clean food, and a clean heart. Everything you sow today will return not in addition—but in multiplication.
Akshaya Tritiya is the spiritual stock market where every good action is a compound investment. Invest wisely.
The Infinite Echo of Righteousness
Celebrated on the third lunar day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the Vaisakha month, this day is said to be so auspicious that any noble act done today becomes eternal and inexhaustible—Akshaya. However, with such great spiritual potency comes a sacred responsibility: to avoid actions that bring spiritual demerit. While buying gold, making donations, and worshipping Vishnu and Lakshmi are highly recommended, there are certain things that are best not given or taken on this day. These are not mere superstitions—they are refined karmic truths, encoded by sages to protect your inner and outer fortune.
Let us explore the five things you should never give or take on Akshaya Tritiya, and why doing so can dilute the divine vibrations of this blessed day.
1. Do Not Give or Take a Car or Vehicle
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On the surface, gifting or purchasing a vehicle may seem like an auspicious act of abundance. But there is a subtle karmic caution embedded in this gesture. A vehicle is not just a means of transport; in Vedic symbolism, it represents your life’s momentum, journey, and direction.
The Reason Behind the Rule
- A vehicle, especially a car, signifies movement of fortune and responsibility. Giving it away on Akshaya Tritiya, when everything given multiplies in effect, could inadvertently symbolize a transfer of your good fortune or direction in life.
- Similarly, receiving a vehicle might bring unintended consequences of karmic baggage from the giver—their destiny, debt, or energy may unknowingly attach itself to yours.
- From a spiritual standpoint, your vehicle is an extension of your will—your journey towards dharma, artha, kama, and moksha. On a day meant to preserve and expand your fortune, this transfer is best avoided.
Exception and Advice
2. Do Not Wear Black or Blue Clothes
Colours of Tamsic Energy
Colors have vibrations. What you wear on Akshaya Tritiya reflects what you invite into your aura. Black and blue, though elegant in fashion terms, are deeply symbolic in the spiritual domain.
The Symbolism of Color in Sanatan Dharma
- Black is associated with Tamas, the guna of inertia, ignorance, and destruction. It is the color of Shani (Saturn), a powerful but stern planet that governs karmic debts and discipline.
- Blue, though sometimes linked to divinity (like Krishna’s skin tone), in clothing often represents austerity and detachment, not joy or abundance, which Akshaya Tritiya celebrates.
- These colors are also connected to mourning in Hindu tradition and are thus inappropriate on a day of celebration, prosperity, and new beginnings.
Recommended Attire for Akshaya Tritiya
- Wear white for peace and purity.
- Wear yellow for wealth and Lakshmi’s grace.
- Wear green for growth and health.
- Wear red or pink for vitality and auspiciousness.
3. Avoid Onion, Garlic, and Non-Veg Food
Preserve the Saatvik State (Image Credit: TOI)
Perhaps one of the most commonly known and often overlooked restrictions is the avoidance of tamasic food on Akshaya Tritiya. This includes onions, garlic, meat, fish, eggs, and even overly processed or stale foods.
Why This Matters Spiritually
- Akshaya Tritiya is considered a sattvic day, ideal for puja, charity, japa, dhyana, and spiritual merit-making. Consuming tamasic food on such a day clouds the mind, aggravates desires, and blocks the flow of subtle blessings.
- According to the Ayurvedic tradition, onion and garlic increase heat and passion, and pull the mind downward. They are useful medicinally, but not spiritually.
- Non-vegetarian food, rooted in violence and harm, is a direct contradiction to the ahimsa (non-violence) principle. Eating such food on Akshaya Tritiya pollutes the karma of the day.
The Sattvic Diet for the Day
- Fresh fruits, milk, ghee, jaggery, sweets, sattvic grains, and prasad.
- Offer everything first to Vishnu or Lakshmi, and then consume with devotion.
4. Abstain from Alcohol and Tobacco
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While this may seem obvious to spiritual seekers, it must be clearly stated—consuming or offering alcohol, cigarettes, or any intoxicants on Akshaya Tritiya invites great spiritual harm.
Why This is Critical
- Akshaya Tritiya is a day when the veils between the material and the spiritual are thinner. Any harmful vibration introduced into your system creates a deeper karmic imprint than on ordinary days.
- Alcohol and tobacco degrade the pranic field, make the mind inert, and push one into self-indulgence rather than self-purification.
- Even offering such substances to someone else on this day is seen as spreading adharma—and the karmic effect of that is long-lasting.
Purity is the Key
5. Avoid Lending or Borrowing Money
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This rule is both symbolic and practical. On Akshaya Tritiya, Lakshmi herself is believed to walk the earth, showering prosperity. Lending money today—unless absolutely necessary—is considered giving away your own fortune.
The Subtle Financial Logic of Karma
- Lending money is a transfer of energetic abundance. On an ordinary day, it is neutral or positive. But on a day where all actions become “Akshaya,” such a transfer could become eternally symbolic of giving your wealth away.
- Similarly, borrowing money on this day may establish a pattern of debt that continues longer than expected.
- The Vedic view of wealth is that it is not owned, but entrusted. How you manage or give it away on a potent day affects the flow of wealth in your life.
What to Do Instead
- Make donations, not loans.
- If someone is in urgent need, give help as charity or emergency support, not as a transaction.
- Do not start new debts or credit purchases today. Instead, focus on closing past debts or offering gratitude for what you have.
Celebrate With Awareness, Not Excess
Avoiding these five things is not about fear, but about wisdom. By doing so, you clear the channels through which divine grace flows:
- Don’t let your vehicle of life go astray.
- Don’t let your colors invite darkness.
- Don’t let your food disrupt your soul.
- Don’t let intoxication cloud your merit.
- Don’t let your wealth become someone else’s karma.
Akshaya Tritiya is the spiritual stock market where every good action is a compound investment. Invest wisely.