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How to use Shubh Muhurat
Auspicious dates and exact time windows for weddings, griha pravesh, a new vehicle, property, gold and other milestones, in your city.
Open Shubh MuhuratStep by step
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Choose the occasion
Each occasion has its own classical rules for tithi, nakshatra, weekday and season.
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Choose the city
Timings depend on sunrise and the Moon at your location, so pick where the event will happen.
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Choose the range
Look a few weeks or several months ahead.
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Compare the windows
Each date shows its exact start and end time, with the tithi, nakshatra and yoga that make it auspicious.
What happens behind the scenes
Every day is checked
For each day in the range, the tithi, nakshatra, weekday, yoga and karana are tested against the rules for your occasion, minute by minute.
Inauspicious periods are removed
Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Bhadra are cut out of every window, and seasons that tradition sets aside (such as Kharmas, Chaturmas and Adhik Maas, or a combust Jupiter or Venus for weddings) are excluded.
Why lists differ between Panchangs
Regional customs differ, for example on Holashtak or which month system is used. The rules applied are listed under the results, so you can compare.
Reading your results and tips
Reading your results
- A longer window gives your priest more room to fix the exact moment of the rite.
- The rules panel shows exactly which checks each date passed.
- For a wedding, also check both partners’ charts; the family priest usually fixes the final moment.
Tips
- Wedding season runs roughly from Devuthani Ekadashi to the start of Chaturmas, with a pause for Kharmas.
- Run the search for the city where the event happens, not where you live.
Words to know
- Muhurat (auspicious time)A muhurat is an auspicious window chosen for an important beginning, such as a wedding or griha pravesh. The word also names a unit of time: one-fifteenth of the day or the night, about 48 minutes.
- Vivah muhurat (wedding date)A vivah muhurat is the auspicious date and time chosen for a Hindu wedding. It combines a suitable nakshatra, tithi and weekday with the right season and, in many families, the couple’s own Tarabala and Chandrabala.
- Griha Pravesh (housewarming)Griha Pravesh is the ceremony of entering a home for the first time, held at a chosen muhurat. Tradition favours fixed and soft nakshatras, the months of Magha, Phalguna, Vaishakha and Jyeshtha, and days clear of Holashtak and Adhik maas.
- Kharmas (Kharmaas)Kharmas is the name for two month-long spells each year, when the Sun is in Sagittarius (Dhanu) or Pisces (Meena). Weddings, griha pravesh and similar ceremonies are traditionally avoided then, especially in North India.
- Chaturmas (Chaturmasya)Chaturmas is the four-month period from Devshayani Ekadashi in Ashadha to Devuthani (Prabodhini) Ekadashi in Kartika, when Vishnu is said to rest. Weddings and similar ceremonies are traditionally paused.
- Rahu Kaal (Rahu Kalam)Rahu Kaal is a daily period of about 90 minutes, one-eighth of the time from sunrise to sunset, that tradition avoids for starting new work. Which eighth it is depends on the weekday.