Vivah Muhurat

Why timing matters for this event

In the Vedic calendar, a vivah is not only a social occasion but a samskara — a rite performed at a chosen moment. The classical texts treat the muhurat as the meeting point of the day's panchang with the couple's own horoscopes. This page explains the day-level rules behind the Vivah Muhurat list so that you can read the dates with understanding, and then sit with your family priest to fix the exact time.

The list itself is computed from the panchang for New Delhi. It answers one question: does this day's weekday, tithi and nakshatra qualify for vivah, and is there a clean window of at least 48 minutes outside Rahu kaal? It does not look at the individuals. That is deliberate. Day-level rules are shared and public; personal judgement belongs with your jyotishi.

How to read the date list

Each date on the page carries a time window. The window runs from sunrise to the next sunrise, because weddings can continue through the night. Within that span, the listed hours are those when both the nakshatra and the tithi qualify, and Rahu kaal is excluded.

• Nakshatra: Rohini, Mrigashira, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati.
• Tithi: any except Chaturthi, Navami and Chaturdashi (the Rikta tithis) and Amavasya.
• Weekday: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
• Month: any, subject to the exclusions below.
• Minimum window: at least 48 minutes.

A date appears only when all of these hold together. If the nakshatra qualifies but the tithi does not, or the window falls inside Rahu kaal, the day is not listed. This is why the number of dates varies from year to year.

Rules applied

The computation follows the classical checks in sequence. First, the weekday and month must pass. Second, none of the following periods may be running:

• Adhik (extra) lunar month
• Pitru Paksha
• Jupiter or Venus combust (asta)
• Kharmas — the Sun in Dhanu or Meena
• Chaturmas — from Devshayani Ekadashi to Dev Uthani Ekadashi
• Holashtak

Third, for at least 48 minutes, both the nakshatra and the tithi must be on the qualifying lists, and that stretch must fall outside Rahu kaal.

Traditions differ on some of these points. North Indian and South Indian panchangas may reckon the lunar month differently (purnimanta and amanta), and Smarta and Vaishnava households observe Chaturmas and Ekadashi with slight variations. Where such differences exist, the family's own custom and the priest's reading take precedence over any general list.

What if no muhurat suits

Some years offer fewer windows than families would like, and some windows fall at inconvenient hours. If no listed date suits your family, that is not a failure — it is simply the shape of that year's panchang.

In such cases, families commonly:

• Ask their priest to examine the birth charts directly, since Tarabala, Chandrabala and the lagna at the chosen time are checked separately from this list.
• Consider a date that passes the day-level rules but sits at an unusual hour, since the window extends to the next sunrise.
• Discuss with the priest whether a family custom or a different regional panchanga offers an alternative.

A date on this list is a starting point, not a final decision. The list checks the day-level panchang only. Personal factors — the birth charts involved, Tarabala and Chandrabala, the lagna at the chosen time and family custom — are checked by your priest or jyotishi before the time is fixed. For any personal guidance, consult a qualified jyotishi.