Month by month
Birthstones by Month: Your Stone, Its Urdu Name and How to Pick One پیدائشی پتھر
In short: Each month has a birthstone on the modern list: January garnet, February amethyst, March aquamarine, April white sapphire or white topaz, May emerald, June pearl or moonstone, July ruby, August peridot, September sapphire, October opal or tourmaline, November topaz or citrine, and December feroza or tanzanite.
Your birthstone comes from your birth month and nothing else. January is garnet, February amethyst, March aquamarine, April white sapphire or white topaz, May emerald, June pearl or moonstone, July ruby, August peridot, September sapphire, October opal or tourmaline, November topaz or citrine, and December feroza or tanzanite. Tap your month for its own guide.
Pages in this guide
- جنوری January Birthstone: Garnet, or Yaqoot-e-Rumani Garnet Read
- فروری Amethyst (Jamunia): The February Birthstone Amethyst Read
- مارچ Aquamarine (Beruj): The March Birthstone Aquamarine Read
- اپریل April Birthstone: Natural White Sapphire and White Topaz Birthstones by month Read
- مئی May Birthstone: Emerald (Zamurd) Buying Guide Emerald Read
- جون June Birthstone: Pearl (Moti) and Moonstone Guide Birthstones by month Read
- جولائی July Birthstone: Ruby, the Yaqoot Ruby Read
- اگست August Birthstone: Peridot, the Zabarjad Peridot Read
- ستمبر September Birthstone: Sapphire, the Neelam Sapphire Read
- اکتوبر Opal and Tourmaline: The October Birthstones Birthstones by month Read
- نومبر November Birthstone: Topaz or Citrine November Read
- دسمبر December Birthstone: Feroza and Tanzanite Guide Birthstones by month Read
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Traditional belief vs gemmology: anything on this page about luck, protection, planets, healing or religious tradition describes traditional and cultural beliefs — not proven effects, religious rulings or medical advice. A stone's identity, hardness, treatment and origin are gemmology, which a lab can test; the references at the end of the page cover that side.
Twelve months, twelve stones
| Month | Birthstone | What we call it here |
|---|---|---|
| January | Garnet | Yaqoot-e-Rumani |
| February | Amethyst | Jamunia |
| March | Aquamarine | Beruj |
| April | White sapphire or white topaz | Safed Pukhraj (white sapphire) |
| May | Emerald | Zamurd, Panna |
| June | Pearl or moonstone | Moti |
| July | Ruby | Yaqoot |
| August | Peridot | Zabarjad |
| September | Sapphire | Neelam |
| October | Opal or tourmaline | Opal, Turmali |
| November | Topaz or citrine | Sunehla |
| December | Feroza or tanzanite | Feroza |
This is the modern list. Jewellers settled on it in 1912 and it has been adjusted a few times since. April is traditionally diamond, but we don't stock diamonds, so for April birthdays we point people to natural white sapphire or white topaz. Both are colourless and hard enough to wear daily. If you want the background to the list, our piece Birthstones explained covers it, and What is my birthstone? is a quick lookup with the Urdu names.
Your birthstone is not the same as your rashi stone
People mix these up all the time at the counter. A birthstone comes from the calendar: the month you were born, nothing more. A rashi stone comes from Vedic astrology, worked out from your zodiac sign and the planet that rules it. So one person can end up with two different answers. A July baby has ruby as a birthstone, while a rashi reading might suggest something else entirely. In a lot of Pakistani homes both are used side by side: the month stone as a gift or a personal piece, and the rashi stone when someone wants to wear a gem for astrological reasons. For that second list, see our zodiac gemstones guide.
When people give birthstones
- Birthdays. A loose stone is personal without being fussy. Later, your family jeweller can set it in gold or silver as a ring, pendant or pair of earrings.
- Eid. Tucked in with Eidi, a small birthstone outlasts the cash by decades. Leave a little time: we dispatch within 1 working day of confirming, Karachi usually gets it in 1–2 working days, and other cities in 2–7 depending on where you are.
- Weddings. Some couples swap birthstones, or pick the stone for the wedding month, as a mooh dikhai gift or a nikah ring.
- New babies. A few families buy a birthstone when a child is born and keep it until the child is old enough to wear it.
Working to a budget? The budget filters in the shop narrow things quickly, or message us on WhatsApp with the month and the amount you have in mind and we'll send a few options.
What you get when you buy from us
Every stone we list is natural, not synthetic or lab-grown, and we write any treatment we know about on the listing. Each listing is one actual stone, photographed as it is. You can pay Cash on Delivery anywhere in Pakistan, open the parcel in front of the rider and look at the stone before you pay. Unused stones can come back within 7 days, and if you want an independent lab to test your stone, you are welcome to. Read how we check every stone and our delivery details.
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