📅 6 November 2026
Dhanteras धनतेरस
Dhanvantari / Lakshmi / Kubera · No fasting required
First day of Diwali week. Worship of Dhanvantari (god of Ayurveda) and Lakshmi. Buying gold, silver, utensils, brooms today believed to multiply wealth 13-fold.
Rituals (vidhi)
- 1.Buy gold, silver, or new utensil
- 2.Yamadeepdan (oil lamp facing south) at sunset
- 3.Lakshmi-Kubera pujan in evening
- 4.Aushadhi (medicine) puja for health
Significance
India's peak retail day — single largest day of gold sales nationally. Auspicious abujh muhurat.
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