Chopda Pujan: Why Gujarati businesses men worship their account books on Deepawali

Chopda Pujan (also called Chopada Pujan, Vahi Pujan, Sharda Pujan, or Muhurat Pujan) is a centuries-old Gujarati (and broader western/northern Indian trading community) Deepawali ritual in which business owners and traders worship their accounting ledgers, or modern equivalents, to close the old business year and inaugurate a new one under the Vikram Samvat calendar. Diwali night has a second ritual: Chopda Pujan, the first entry in the new account book, with 'Shubh-Laabh' on page one. Keep a ne

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