Both traditions
Akshaya Tritiya
The first proper alms-giving. Prince Shreyamsa of Hastinapur pours sugar-cane juice into Rishabhdev’s cupped hands, ending a fast of about thirteen months. Varshitap — roughly thirteen and a half months of alternating fast days, begun on Fagan Vad 8 — has its parana today, a ceremonial feeding with sugarcane juice at a Rishabha temple.
- Both traditions
- kept by
- One day
- how long
- 19 April 2026
- when it falls
What is done
The first proper alms-giving. Prince Shreyamsa of Hastinapur pours sugar-cane juice into Rishabhdev’s cupped hands, ending a fast of about thirteen months. Varshitap — roughly thirteen and a half months of alternating fast days, begun on Fagan Vad 8 — has its parana today, a ceremonial feeding with sugarcane juice at a Rishabha temple.
Why two sources give two days
Worth knowing if you compare this against a computed panchang: Shukla Tritiya is the tithi at sunrise on 20 April 2026 at Mumbai, not 19 April. It begins at 10:49 on 19 April, so it covers midday on the 19th and has ended by 07:27 on the 20th. The published date follows the madhyahna rule rather than the sunrise rule. It is the published date that governs.
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