The following are some of the days considered auspicious according to the Hindu calendar for gold purchases in India:
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Date Day Occasion Significance
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Sept 5 Sun Pushya Nakshatra Day for new ventures
Sept 11 Sat Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
Oct 3 Sun Pushya Nakshatra Day for new ventures
Oct 17 Mon Dussera Gold buying festival
Nov 3 Wed Dhanteras Gold invokes prosperity
Nov 5 Fri Deepavali/Laxmi Pujan Festival of lights
Nov 26 Fri Pushya Nakshatra Day for new ventures
Dec 23 Thurs Gurupushyamrit Day for new ventures
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The biggest gold buying festival is Dhanteras.
An inauspicious phase -- Shradh -- a period for paying homage to ancestors, is from Sept 24 to Oct 6.
The Hindu calendar has regional variations, but the above dates are broadly followed across the country in the gold trade for planning inventories.
