Muhurat finder: good days for a new beginning

What a muhurat is

In Jyotish the quality of a moment is read from the sky: the tithi (the Moon’s phase), the nakshatra the Moon is in, the weekday and the hour. A muhurat is a stretch of time when these line up well for one beginning, such as entering a new home or signing a document. It is a way to choose the better of the available days, not a promise about the outcome.

Finding one means leaving out what the texts avoid and keeping what they favour. The finder works from the day’s panchang at sunrise for your city, so the same date can differ in Chandigarh, Chennai and Toronto. A muhurat narrows the days; the exact time, and any custom of your family or community, is fixed by the family pandit.

The rules we apply, in plain words

• Tithi: the lunar day at sunrise must be one the texts count as fit. Amavasya, Ashtami, Shukla Pratipada and the rikta tithis (Chaturthi, Navami, Chaturdashi) are left out.
• Nakshatra: each beginning has its own list of suitable nakshatras, and the day’s nakshatra at sunrise must be on it.
• Weekday: Tuesdays and Saturdays are left out, and Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are favoured.
• Bhadra: a karana the texts avoid; a day with Bhadra at sunrise is left out.
• Rahu kaal: the window the texts avoid each day, worked out from that day’s sunrise and sunset. Each good day shows its good window and says where Rahu kaal falls, so you can keep clear of it.
• Kharmas: while the Sun is in Dhanu or Meena, new beginnings are left out; for signing or registering documents, starting a journey and joining a new job it is only noted.
• Chaturmas: the four months from Devshayani to Prabodhini Ekadashi. They are left out for griha pravesh, bhoomi pujan, a wedding and a mundan, and only noted for the other beginnings.
• Combustion: for griha pravesh, a wedding and a mundan, days when Guru or Shukra is too close to the Sun are left out.
• Tara bala and chandra bala: these compare each day’s Moon with your own birth Moon, so they belong to the full list for your chart.

Beginnings the finder knows

A new beginning

16 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas (a soft rule).

Griha pravesh

Entering a new home. 8 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas, Guru or Shukra combust. Waning Moon only up to the 5th tithi.

Bhoomi pujan

Starting construction. 14 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas. Waning Moon only up to the 5th tithi.

A wedding

11 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas, Guru or Shukra combust. Waning Moon only up to the 5th tithi.

Buying a vehicle

13 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas (a soft rule).

Opening a shop, office or business

15 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas (a soft rule).

Signing or registering documents

14 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas (a soft rule), Chaturmas (a soft rule). In office hours, leaving out Sundays and national holidays.

A naming ceremony

16 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas (a soft rule). Waning Moon only up to the 5th tithi.

A mundan

11 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas, Guru or Shukra combust. Waning Moon only up to the 5th tithi.

Starting studies or a course

11 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas, Chaturmas (a soft rule).

Starting a journey

9 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas (a soft rule), Chaturmas (a soft rule).

Joining a new job

16 of the 27 nakshatras suit it. Avoids Kharmas (a soft rule), Chaturmas (a soft rule). In office hours, leaving out Sundays and national holidays.

Try it free

This narrows the days; the family pandit fixes the exact time. For a wedding in particular, the muhurat is settled from both charts and more rules than these, so take the days here as ones to discuss.