Understanding auspicious timing

Abhijit Muhurat

The one Muhurat that recurs daily: Abhijit Muhurat falls around local solar noon, roughly 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after the sun's zenith, and is considered auspicious for most undertakings except on Wednesdays. Because it depends on your exact location's sunrise and sunset, the clock time shifts through the year and by city — a local Panchang gives you the precise minutes for today.

Vivah Muhurat (wedding dates)

Auspicious wedding dates depend on the couple's birth charts (Nakshatra, Rashi and planetary positions) as well as the calendar — certain stretches of the year, like Chaturmas (roughly mid-July to early November) and periods when Jupiter or Venus are in retrograde or combust, are traditionally avoided. Because this requires matching two individual charts, we don't publish generic "best wedding dates" here — a family priest or professional astrologer can give you dates that are actually correct for your chart, not just the calendar.

Griha Pravesh & other Muhurats

House-warming, Vahan Kharidi (vehicle purchase), Mundan, and Namakaran each have their own traditional rules of thumb — for instance, Griha Pravesh is traditionally avoided during Chaturmas and on a Tuesday. As with weddings, exact dates are best confirmed against a Panchang for your city and, ideally, your own birth Nakshatra.

What we can tell you precisely

Fixed astronomical events — Amavasya, Purnima, and Ekadashi — don't depend on your birth chart and are the same for everyone in a region. See our Amavasya, Purnima and Ekadashi calendars for 2026. For the daily inauspicious window many avoid, read our guide to Rahu Kalam.