Akshaya Tritiya Auspicious Timings & Date | How to celebrate Akshaya Tritiya the Gold Rush Day

Akshaya Tritiya is one of the auspicious day which is celebrated by the hindus all over the world. It is believed that one should buy at least a gram of gold. People believe that buying gold brings prosperity and wealth throughout their lives.  Akshaya Tritiya is a Sanskrit word. The meaning of 'Akshaya'  is eternal and 'Tritiya' stands for 'third lunar day'. 

Akshaya Tritiya 2022

This year Akshaya Tritiya falls on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
Tritiya tithi begins on May 3, 2022, at 05:18 AM
Tritiya tithi ends on May 4, 2022, at 07:32 AM

Significance of Akshaya Tritiya

People take a head bath on this day and clean the house to perform poojas. They perform poojas to Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi. Some people perform Lakshmi kubera homa on this day. It is good to worship Lakshmi Kubera the God of wealth on this day. People clean the house and light the lamp in pooja room then they light agarbathis and sambranis to fill the house with good fragrance. The symbol of purity is white so people wear white costumes, jasmine flowers and also do pal payasam.

How to celebrate Akshaya Tritiya

According to the hindu scripture each and every individual should celebrate the day by doing the following things to bring peace, prosperity and happiness:

• One can donate money, food or clothes to any orphanage

• Buy food and donate to the poor.

• Donate money for temples or educational institutions.

• Auspicious day to begin any new venture. 

• Buy gold and silver ornaments, if you cannot buy in sovereigns atleast buy in grams.

• Buy your monthly provisions

April 2020 Auspicious dates Lucky dates 2020 April festival dates Muhurtham Rahu Kalam Yamagandam

Everyone would like to start an important function on an auspicious day. Some of they would tend to start a new occasion on a lucky and auspicious date and time. Below you can find the list of auspicious days and lucky numbers for April 2020. This would be useful for those starting a new business, fixing an important function etc. 

Auspicious days in April 2020

01 Wednesday - April Fool's Day , Durga Ashtami Vrat , Financial Year Start , Budh Ashtami                                         Vrat, Ashoka Ashtami
02 Thursday -  Ram Navami , Swaminarayan Jayanti , Mahatara Jayanti
04 Saturday -  Kamada Ekadashi
05 Sunday -  Babu Jagjivan Rams Birthday , Palm Sunday , Pradosh Vrat
06 Monday -  Mahavir Jayanti
07 Tuesday -  Purnima Vrat , Sri Satyanarayan Puja , Shri Satyanarayan Vrat , World Health Day
08 Wednesday - Hanuman Jayanthi , Purnima
09 Thursday -  Maundy Thursday
10 Friday - Good Friday
11 Saturday -  Sankashti Chaturthi
12 Sunday -  Easter
13 Monday -  Mesha Sankranthi , Baisakhi , Bengali New Year
14 Tuesday -  Tamil New Year, Ambedkar's Birthday , Kalashtami
18 Saturday -  Varuthini Ekadashi , Vallabhacharya Jayanti
20 Monday -  Pradosh Vrat , Som Pradosh Vrat
21 Tuesday -  Masik Shivaratri
22 Wednesday - Earth Day , Amavasya
24 Friday -  Ramadan Fasting Starts , Chandra Darshan
25 Saturday -  Parashurama Jayanti
26 Sun Akshaya Tritiya , Matangi Jayanti , Rohini Vrat
27 Mon Somvar Vrat , Vinayaga Chaturthi
28 Tue Surdas Jayanti , Shasti
30 Thu Ganga Saptami

Lucky numbers in April 2020

     Date                 Day         Lucky Numbers

01-04-2020 Wednesday 9 1 5 4
02-04-2020 Thursday  5 3 7 4
03-04-2020 Friday         2 3 6 7
04-04-2020 Saturday         3 4 8 4
05-04-2020 Sunday         4 5 1 6
06-04-2020 Monday         5 6 2 9
07-04-2020 Tuesday         6 7 9 3
08-04-2020 Wednesday      7 8 5 2
09-04-2020 Thursday         8 9 3 4
10-04-2020 Friday         9 1 6 7
11-04-2020 Saturday         1 2 8 4
12-04-2020 Sunday         2 3 1 4
13-04-2020 Monday         3 4 2 7
14-04-2020 Tuesday         4 5 9 3
15-04-2020 Wednesday 5 6 2 7
16-04-2020 Thursday         6 7 3 9
17-04-2020 Friday         7 8 6 3
18-04-2020 Saturday         8 9 2 4
19-04-2020 Sunday         9 1 4 3
20-04-2020 Monday         1 2 7 5
21-04-2020 Tuesday         2 3 9 6
22-04-2020 Wednesday 3 4 5 7
23-04-2020 Thursday   4 5 3 2
24-04-2020 Friday         5 6 7 1
25-04-2020 Saturday         6 7 8 4
26-04-2020 Sunday         7 8 1 5
27-04-2020 Monday         8 9 2 7
28-04-2020 Tuesday         9 1 3 6
29-04-2020 Wednesday 1 2 5 7
30-04-2020 Thursday         2 3 6 4

Muhurtham Days in April 2020

09-Apr-2020 - Thursday, Muhurtham

17-Apr-2020 - Friday, Muhurtham

26-Apr-2020 - Sunday, Subha Muhurtham

27-Apr-2020 - Monday, Subha Muhurtham

29-Apr-2020 - Wednesday, Subha Muhurtham

Pournami/Amavasai in April 2020

08-Apr-2020 - Wednesday, Pournami

23-Apr-2020 - Thursday, Amavasai

Rahu Kalam Yamagandam in April 2020

Day: Sunday
Rahu Kalam: 16:30-18:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 15:00-16:30
Yamgandam: 12:00-13:30

Day:  Monday
Rahu Kalam: 07:30-09:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 13:30-15:00
Yamgandam: 10:30-12:00

Day: Tuesday
Rahu Kalam: 15:00-16:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 12:00-13:30
Yamgandam: 09:00-10:30

Day: Wednesday
Rahu Kalam: 12:00-13:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 10:30-12:00
Yamgandam: 07:30-09:00

Day: Thursday
Rahu Kalam: 13:30-15:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 09:00-10:30
Yamgandam: 06:00-07:30

Day: Friday
Rahu Kalam: 10:30-12:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 07:30-09:00
Yamgandam: 15:00-16:30

Day: Saturday
Rahu Kalam: 09:00-10:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 06:00-07:30

Yamgandam: 13:30-15:00

Districts of Tamilnadu

As on date Tamilnadu has 38 districts. In the last one year 6 districts were newly added to the list. The new district that was created as on date was Mayiladuthurai. Below are the details of the districts present in Tamilnadu. 

Districts of Tamilnadu

1.  Ariyalur
2.  Chengalpet
3.  Chennai
4.  Coimbatore
5.  Cuddalore
6.  Dharmapuri
7.  Dindigul
8.  Erode
9.  Kallakurichi
10. Kancheepuram
11. Karur
12. Krishnagiri
13. Madurai
14. Nagapattinam
15. Kanyakumari
16. Namakkal
17. Perambalur
18. Pudukottai
19. Ramanathapuram
20. Ranipet
21. Salem
22. Sivagangai
23. Tenkasi
24. Thanjavur
25. Theni
26. Thiruvallur
27. Thiruvarur
28. Tuticorin
29. Trichirappalli
30. Thirunelveli
31. Tirupattur
32. Tiruppur
33. Thiruvannamalai
34. The Nilgiris
35. Vellore
36. Viluppuram
37. Virudhunagar
38. Mayiladuthurai

GST Tax Filing Dates Extended due to COVID-19

Government has extended dates for GST filings due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Below are the detailed dates for different categories.

1. Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B

a.Taxpayers having aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY

Tax period	Late fees waived if return filed on or before
Feb, 2020	24th June, 2020
March, 2020	24th June, 2020
April, 2020	24th June, 2020
May, 2020	27th June, 2020 (extended due date for filing)

b.Taxpayers having aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. and upto 5 Cr. in

 preceding FY

Tax period	Late fees waived if return filed on or before
Feb, 2020	29th June, 2020
March, 2020	29th June, 2020
April, 2020	30th June, 2020

c.Taxpayers having aggregate turnover of upto Rs. 1.5 crores in 

preceding FY

Return/Tax period	Late fees waived if return filed on or before
Feb, 2020	30th June, 2020
March, 2020	03rd July, 2020
April, 2020	6th July, 2020

d.Taxpayers having aggregate turnover of upto Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY

Tax period	Extended date and no late fees if return filed on or before	Principal place of business is in State/UT
May, 2020  Group 1 States/UTs	12th July, 2020	Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra,  Karnataka, Goa,  Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana,  Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar  Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands,  Lakshadweep
May, 2020  Group 2 States/UTs	14th July, 2020	Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana,  Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim,  Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,  Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal,  Jharkhand,Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh,  Chandigarh, Delhi

2.Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-1

Tax Period	Due Date	Waiver of late fee if return filed on or before
March 2020	11.04.2020	30.06.2020
April 2020	11.05.2020	30.06.2020
May 2020	11.06.2020	30.06.2020
Quarterly Tax Payers Jan to Mar 2020	30.04.2020	30.06.2020

3.Opt in for Composition in FY 2020-21

Normal Taxpayers wanting to opt for Composition should not file 
GSTR3B and GSTR 1 for any tax period of FY 2020-21 from any
of the GSTIN on the associated PAN.

Form	Tax period (FY)	Extended Date
GST CMP-02	2020-21	30.06.2020
GST ITC-03	2019-20 (As on 31-3-2020)	31.07.2020

4.Compliances for Composition taxpayers:

Form	Tax period	Extended Date
GST CMP-08	Jan to March 2020	07.07.2020
GSTR-4	FY 2019-20	15.07.2020

5.NRTP, ISD, TDS & TCS taxpayers:

	Return Type, Form	To be filed by	Tax Period	Due Date	Extended Date
	GSTR-5	Non Resident  Taxpayers	March,  April  &  May,  2020	20th of succeeding  month	30th June,  2020
	GSTR-6	Input Service  Distributors	-do-	13th of succeeding  month	30th June,  2020
	GSTR-7	Tax Deductors at Source  (TDS deductors)	-do-	10th of succeeding  month	30th June,  2020
	GSTR-8	Tax Collectors at Source  (TCS collectors)	-do-	10th of succeeding  month	30th June,  2020

6.Extension of validity period of EWB:

E-way bills (EWB), whose expiry date lies between 20th March, 2020, and
15th April, 2020, would also be deemed to be valid till 30th April, 2020.

For more information visit GST Tax Filing Extended due to COVID-19

38th District of TamilNadu Mayiladuthurai

The State Government of Tamil Nadu has released an official order regarding the formation of a new district Mayiladuthurai. Mayiladuthurai will be the 38th district of Tamilnadu. Mayliaduthurai was earlier part of the Nagappattinam district. Mayiladuthurai has around 12 lakh resident.

The imporatant announcement was given by Chief Minister of Tamilnadu E. Palaniswamy in the Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly. This has been long pending and people of Mayiladuthurai will be very happy on hearing the news.

The Revenue Administration Commissioner will take the responsibility for the activities against the coronavirus spread as a new collector for the district is yet to be announced.

6 new districts have been formed in the state of Tamil Nadu in the last one year. Tamilnadu has 38 districts

Taluks of Mayiladuthurai

38th District of TamilNadu Mayiladuthurai has 4 Taluks

1. Mayiladuthurai
2. Kutralam
3. Seerkazhi and
4. Tharangambadi.

Corona Virus COVID-19 Test Centres and Helpline in Tamilnadu

Below are the Corona Virus test centres that are available in TamilNadu.

King’s Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai
Government Medical College, Thiruvarur
Government Medical College, Theni
Government Medical College, Tirunelveli

Below is the Corona Virus Helpline available.

044-29510500

Tamilnadu Teachers Eligibility Test 2019 TNTET 2019

Applications are invited online for Tamilnadu Teachers Eligibility Test TNTET 2019. The teachers eligibility test is for paper 1 and paper 2 2019.

For more information visit the below link.

TNTET 2019

Vodafone new prepaid plan Rs 129

Vodafone one of the largest telecom service providers in india has come up with an all new prepaid data plan. The plan is worth Rs 129. This comes with a validity period of 28. This plan provides the users with unlimited local and national voice calling facility. A total of 2800 local plus national SMS is also allowed with a daily usage cap of 100.

The plan gives the customers with 3G or 4G data of up 1.5GB per day. This recharge plan is available in Chennai, Gujarat and other Vodafone circles.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Online Admissions 2019 Starts Today(01/03/2019)

Kendriya vidyalaya which functuions under the direct control of centrals government has started their school admissions 2019. There are 1199 Kendriya vidyalaya schools throughout india. Tamilnadu has 49 Kendriya vidyalaya schools of which 14 are in chennai and its suburbs.

The online registration for school admissions in Kendriya Vidyalaya admissions 2019 has started today. The admissions are for class1 as there is not LKG and UKG in Kendriya vidyalaya schools.

For Class 1

The online registration will start from 8:00 AM March 01 2019. It will be available till 4:00 PM March 19 2019.

For Class 2 onwards

The online registration will start from 8:00 AM April 02 2019. It will be available till 4:00 PM April 09 2019.

The website is http://www.kvsonlineadmission.in

Tamilnadu 10th Public Exam Time Table 2018

Tamilnadu Educational Department has released the Time Table for 10th / SSLC Public Examination for the academic year 2017-2018 on June 6th 2017. They had announced this very earlier itself for the benefit of the students. The SSLC Examination will starts from March 16th 2018 and ends on  20th April 2018. Here in All About Tamilnadu we have updated the Xth Public Examination 2018 Time Table.

Tamil 1                     16th March 2018
Tamil 2                     21st March 2018
English 1                       26th March 2018
English 2                      4th April 2018
Mathematics             10th April 2018
Science                     17th April 2018
Social Science             20th April 2018
Elective Paper             12th April 2018

The results for 10th Public exam 2018 will be released on 23rd May 2018.

All the best to students.

Tamilnadu Hikes Bus Fares after six years - Latest update

Tamilnadu government increased fares of government buses. For the past six years there was no hike. They had increased the Minimum fare of Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses in Chennai from Rs. 3 to Rs. 5, and the maximum from Rs 14 to Rs 23. In case of non-metros they have increased from Rs 3 to Rs 19 and for mofussil services, the fare has been increased by nearly a third. This was declared yesterday evening by the state transport department.

2018 Tamilnadu Government Holiday List Declared

Tamilnadu Government has announced the public holidays list for the year 2018. This list consists of 23 holidays in the year 2018.  Read the article below for more information about Tamilnadu Public Holidays 2018 List details.

Tamilnadu Government Holiday 2018 List

S.No	Holiday	Date	Day
1	English New year	01.01.2018	Monday
2	Thai Pongal	14.01.2018	Sunday
3	Mattu Pongal(Thiruvalluvar Day)	15.01.2018	Monday
4	Uzhavar Thirunal	16.01.2018	Tuesday
5	Republic Day	26.01.2018	Friday
6	Telugu New Year	18.03.2018	Sunday
7	Mahavir Jayanthi	29.03.2018	Thursday
8	Good Friday	30.03.2018	Friday
9	Bank Holiday	01.04.2018	Sunday
10	Tamil New Year, Ambedkar Jayanthi	14.04.2018	Saturday
11	May Day	01.05.2018	Tuesday
12	Ramzan	15.06.2018	Friday
13	Independence Day	15.08.2018	Wednesday
14	Bakrid	22.08.2018	Wednesday
15	Janmastami	02.09.2018	Sunday
16	Ganesh Chaturthi	13.09.2018	Thursday
17	Muharram	21.09.2018	Friday
18	Gandhi Jayanthi	02.10.2018	Tuesday
19	Ayudha Pooja	18.10.2018	Thursday
20	Dussehra	19.10.2018	Friday
21	Deepawali	06.10.2018	Tuesday
22	Miladi Nabi	21.10.2018	Wednesday
23	Christmas	25.12.2018	Tuesday

December 2016 Auspicious dates Lucky dates 2016 December festival dates Rahu Kalam Yamagandam

Everyone would like to start an important function on an auspicious day. Some of they would tend to start a new occasion on a lucky and auspicious date and time. Below you can find the list of auspicious days and lucky numbers for December 2016. This would be useful for those starting a new business, fixing an important function etc. 

Auspicious days in December 2016

December 04, 2016 – Vivaha Panchami
December 05, 2016 – Champa Shasthi Viratham
December 05, 2016 – Murugan shasthi Viratham
December 10, 2016 – Ekadasi Viratham celebrated in North India
December 10, 2016 – Gita Jayanthi
December 12, 2016 – Trikarthika celebrated in Kerala
December 12, 2016 – Karthigai Deepam celebrated in Tamilnadu
December 13, 2016 – Dattatreya Jayanti
December 13, 2016 – Purnima – Full moon day
December 14, 2016 – Paush month begins in north indian calendars
December 16, 2016 – Dhanu Sankranti
December 16, 2016 – Karmas begins in North India
December 16, 2016 – Dhanu Masam starts in Malayalam calendar
December 16, 2016 – Margazhi masam starts in Tamil calendar
December 17, 2016 – Paush month begins in bengal calendars
December 17, 2016 – Ganesh Sankashti Chaturthi Vratham
December 20, 2016 – Mother saradha devi jayanthi
December 24, 2016 – Ekadasi Fasting
December 26, 2016– Pradosham Vratham
December 26, 2016– Sabarimala Mandala pooja
December 29, 2016 – Amavasya
December 30, 2016 – Paush month begins in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Calendars

Lucky numbers for December 2016

01-12-2016  Thursday  1 5 8 9
02-12-2016  Friday  7 1 9 3
03-12-2016 Saturday  6 4 3 8
04-12-2016  Sunday  8 1 5 4
05-12-2016  Monday  5 9 8 5
06-12-2016  Tuesday  6 2 3 1
07-12-2016  Wednesday  2 8 7 6
08-12-2016  Thursday  5 1 8 7
09-12-2016  Friday  9 7 6 2
10-12-2016  Saturday  1 9 8 5
11-12-2016  Sunday  7 1 9 3
12-12-2016  Monday  6 8 3 4
13-12-2016  Tuesday  8 4 5 7
14-12-2016  Wednesday  5 7 8 9
15-12-2016  Thursday  6 2 3 1
16-12-2016  Friday  7 8 2 3
17-12-2016  Saturday  5 1 8 9
18-12-2016  Sunday  6 8 9 5
19-12-2016  Monday  1 3 8 7
20-12-2016  Tuesday  7 8 9 4
21-12-2016  Wednesday  6 5 8 4
22-12-2016  Thursday  8 4 5 7
23-12-2016  Friday  5 9 8 4
24-12-2016  Saturday  6 1 3 2
25-12-2016  Sunday  2 8 7 3
26-12-2016  Monday  8 1 5 6
27-12-2016  Tuesday  9 2 6 1
28-12-2016  Wednesday  1 5 8 7
29-12-2016  Thursday  9 1 7 3
30-12-2016  Friday  3 8 6 4
31-12-2016  Saturday  8 5 1 7

Rahu Kalam Yamagandam in December 2016

Day: Sunday
Rahu Kalam: 16:30-18:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 15:00-16:30
Yamgandam: 12:00-13:30

Day:  Monday
Rahu Kalam: 07:30-09:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 13:30-15:00
Yamgandam: 10:30-12:00

Day: Tuesday
Rahu Kalam: 15:00-16:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 12:00-13:30
Yamgandam: 09:00-10:30

Day: Wednesday
Rahu Kalam: 12:00-13:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 10:30-12:00
Yamgandam: 07:30-09:00

Day: Thursday
Rahu Kalam: 13:30-15:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 09:00-10:30
Yamgandam: 06:00-07:30

Day: Friday
Rahu Kalam: 10:30-12:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 07:30-09:00
Yamgandam: 15:00-16:30

Day: Saturday
Rahu Kalam: 09:00-10:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 06:00-07:30

Yamgandam: 13:30-15:00

2017 Tamilnadu Government Holiday List Declared

Tamilnadu Government has announced the public holidays list for the year 2017. This list consists of 22 holidays in the year 2017.  Read the article below for more information about Tamilnadu Public Holidays 2017 List details.

Tamilnadu Government Holiday 2017 List

S.No	Holiday	Date	Day
1	English New year	01.01.2017	Sunday
2	Thai Pongal	14.01.2017	Saturday
3	Mattu Pongal(Thiruvalluvar Day)	15.01.2017	Sunday
4	Uzhavar Thirunal	16.01.2017	Monday
5	Republic Day	26.01.2017	Thursday
6	Telugu New Year	29.03.2017	Wednesday
7	Bank Year End Closing	01.04.2017	Saturday
8	Mahavir Jayanthi	08.04.2017	Saturday
9	Good Friday , Tamil New Year	14.04.2017	Friday
10	May Day	01.05.2017	Monday
11	Ramzan	26.06.2017	Monday
12	Krishna Jayanthi	14.08.2017	Monday
13	Independence Day	15.08.2017	Tuesday
14	Vinayagar chaturthi	25.08.2017	Friday
15	Bakrid	02.09.2017	Saturday
16	Saraswathi Pooja, Ayudha Pooja	29.09.2017	Friday
17	Vijaya Dasami	30.09.2017	Saturday
18	Muharram	01.10.2017	Sunday
19	Gandhi Jayanthi	02.10.2017	Monday
20	Deepavali	18.10.2017	Wednesday
21	Milad-Un-Nabi	02.12.2017	Saturday
22	Christmas	25.12.2015	Monday