DHANTERAS JHADU TIME
Dhanteras 2025 Shopping Guide: Full list of things to buy for wealth and prosperity
On October 18, 2025, marks the onset of Dhanteras, anticipating the vibrant celebrations of Diwali. It's a day steeped in tradition where devotees pay homage to Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Kubera, revered as the guardians of wealth. The custom of acquiring gold, silver, and even modern electronics is thought to usher in prosperity.
Fast and festive: Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart & Zepto sales surge on Dhanteras
Besides coins, there has also been a surge in the purchase of brooms, which is also considered auspicious on this day. "We learned that it is auspicious to buy jhadu (brooms) today when brooms got stocked out at all our dark stores on Dhanteras 2 years ago," Dhindsa tweeted later, with a graph showing the increase in sales of brooms as compared to last Friday.
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Dhanteras: Sales of gold coins, silver coins and brooms surge on Blinkit
“Dhanteras muhurat (auspicious time) hasn’t even started and we’re already close to hitting half of the gold and silver coins sales from last year,” Albinder Dhindsa, chief executive of Blinkit, wrote in a post on X.
