Silver for the rituals that mark the year.

A calendar of auspicious buying.

Indian households have always read the year in two registers — the secular calendar of birthdays and anniversaries, and the lunar calendar of festivals and rites. Silver belongs to the second. It enters the home on Akshaya Tritiya in April, returns on Dhanteras in November, accompanies a bride at Karwa Chauth, blesses a newborn at Annaprashan, and waits on the threshold of a new house at Griha Pravesh.

We have arranged seven of these occasions below. Each page is a small guide — the ritual, the pieces, the timing, the care. Read first, then write to us. Paridhi replies to every message on WhatsApp herself.