Lunar month 2 of 12 · Vasanta (spring)
Vaishakha Maas वैशाख
Vaishakha, the second month, deepens the spring warmth. Sacred to Vishnu as Madhava, it is a month of charity, sacred bathing and some of the year's most auspicious days.
- Presiding deity
- Vishnu (Madhava)
- Season (ritu)
- Vasanta (spring)
- Order
- Month 2 of 12
Significance
Its Shukla Tritiya is Akshaya Tritiya, an 'imperishable' day when any good deed or purchase is said to bear undiminished fruit; its full moon is Buddha Purnima.
Festivals in Vaishakha
- Akshaya Tritiya
- Narasimha Jayanti
- Buddha Purnima
Observances
Highly favourable for gold purchases, weddings, donations of water, fans and cooling foods, and beginning lasting ventures - especially on Akshaya Tritiya.