Kundli & astrology

Shubh Vivah Muhurat 2026–2027

Find auspicious Hindu wedding dates for your city. Every day is checked for tithi, nakshatra and weekday, skipping Kharmas, Chaturmas, Adhik maas, Holashtak and the weeks when Venus or Jupiter is combust.

Find auspicious wedding dates

Pick the city of the wedding and the months you are considering.

Sunrise and nakshatra times are worked out for this city.

Months to search

 

Devshayani to Devuthani Ekadashi (about July to November). Many South Indian families don't observe it for weddings.

While the Sun is in Dhanu or Meena (mid-December to mid-January, mid-March to mid-April).

Private by design: everything is worked out in your browser. Nothing you choose is saved or sent anywhere.

Your auspicious dates will appear here

Every day in your range is checked against the classical rules for a Hindu wedding.

What we check

  • Tithi
  • Nakshatra
  • Weekday
  • Kharmas
  • Chaturmas
  • Adhik maas & Holashtak
  • Venus & Jupiter combust

How it works

  1. 1

    Choose your city and months

    Pick the city where the wedding will be held and how far ahead to look — from three months to a year and a half.

  2. 2

    Every day is checked

    For each day we work out sunrise, the tithi, the nakshatras and the seasons to avoid — right in your browser.

  3. 3

    Shortlist and confirm

    Download or share the dates with your family, then confirm the exact lagna muhurat with your pandit.

What is a shubh vivah muhurat?

A muhurat is an auspicious window of time, and a vivah muhurat is one chosen for a wedding. In many Hindu families the wedding date is decided with the help of the panchang — the traditional almanac that tracks the Sun and Moon through the sky. Picking the date usually happens in two steps: first a shortlist of suitable days, then the exact time of the ceremony, the lagna muhurat. This tool helps with the first step.

What makes a day auspicious for a wedding

Nakshatra

The Moon passes through 27 nakshatras, or lunar mansions, spending about a day in each. Classical texts on muhurat favour eleven of them for marriage:

  • Rohini, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha and Uttara Bhadrapada
  • Mrigashira, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha and Revati
  • Magha and Moola

Rohini and the three Uttaras are known as fixed (dhruva) nakshatras and are traditionally linked with stability, while gentle stars such as Mrigashira, Anuradha and Revati are linked with harmony and affection.

Tithi

A tithi is a lunar day, measured by how far the Moon has moved ahead of the Sun. Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi and Trayodashi are favoured. The rikta (“empty”) tithis — Chaturthi, Navami and Chaturdashi — are avoided, as are Ashtami, Amavasya and usually Purnima. The bright half of the month, Shukla paksha, when the Moon is growing, is preferred over the waning Krishna paksha.

Weekday

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday — ruled by the Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus — are preferred. Sunday is accepted by many families, while Tuesday and Saturday are generally avoided.

Seasons when weddings pause

Kharmas

While the Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius) or Meena (Pisces), roughly mid-December to mid-January and mid-March to mid-April, weddings are traditionally put off. The season ends with Makar Sankranti in January and with the Sun entering Mesha in April.

Chaturmas and Devuthani Ekadashi

Chaturmas runs from Devshayani Ekadashi in Ashadha to Devuthani (Prabodhini) Ekadashi in Kartik — the four months when Lord Vishnu is said to rest. Devuthani Ekadashi, when he wakes, and Tulsi Vivah around it open the new wedding season, which is why so many weddings cluster in November and December.

Adhik maas, Holashtak and combust planets

  • Adhik maas is an extra lunar month added about every three years to keep the lunar calendar in step with the seasons.
  • Holashtak is the eight days before Holi, from Phalguna Shukla Ashtami to Purnima.
  • Venus (Shukra) and Jupiter (Guru) are closely tied to marriage. When either is too close to the Sun to be seen, it is called asta, or combust, and families wait for it to rise again.

Regional traditions differ

India has many calendars. North India mostly names months the purnimanta way, ending each month at the full moon, while much of the west and south uses amanta months that end on the new moon — the convention this tool follows. Customs vary too: many Tamil families avoid the month of Aadi, many Telugu and Kannada families avoid Ashadha, and Chaturmas is not observed for weddings everywhere. Use the switches to match your family’s practice.

From a date to a muhurat

Treat the list as a well-founded shortlist. Your pandit will usually check the exact lagna for the ceremony, and many families also look at the bride and groom’s own charts. With a few good dates in hand, those conversations — and booking a venue — become much easier.

Frequently asked questions

How does the Wedding Muhurat Finder choose dates?

For every day in your range it calculates sunrise for your city, the tithi at sunrise, the weekday and the nakshatras the Moon passes through until the next sunrise. A day is listed when a favoured nakshatra and a favoured tithi meet on a suitable weekday, outside Kharmas, Chaturmas, Adhik maas, Holashtak and the weeks when Venus or Jupiter is combust.

Why are there no wedding dates between July and November?

That is usually Chaturmas, the four months from Devshayani Ekadashi to Devuthani Ekadashi when Lord Vishnu is said to rest. Many families in North and West India do not hold weddings in this period. If your family does not observe it, turn off "Avoid Chaturmas" and those dates will appear.

What is Kharmas and when does it fall?

Kharmas (also called Malmas) is the time the Sun spends in the sidereal signs of Dhanu and Meena — roughly mid-December to Makar Sankranti in mid-January, and mid-March to mid-April. Weddings and other new beginnings are traditionally postponed until the Sun moves on.

Is Devuthani Ekadashi a good day for marriage?

Devuthani (Prabodhini) Ekadashi in Kartik marks the end of Chaturmas, and Tulsi Vivah is celebrated around it, so it traditionally opens the wedding season. Many families treat the day itself as auspicious. The finder lists it when the nakshatra and weekday also suit.

Why do some panchangs list different wedding dates?

Panchangs differ in the details they check. Some look at the tithi at the time of the ceremony rather than at sunrise, add yoga, karana and lagna checks, or include Tuesdays and Saturdays. Regional calendars also follow their own customs. Expect strong overlap rather than an identical list.

Do we still need a pandit?

Yes, for the final step. These dates follow the classical calendar rules only. The exact lagna muhurat — the time for the pheras or saptapadi — depends on the rising sign at the venue and, in many families, on the bride and groom’s own horoscopes.

Why does the city matter?

Sunrise, and so the tithi that governs the day, changes with location, as do the clock times when nakshatras begin and end. A date that qualifies in one city can occasionally differ in another, so choose the city where the wedding will take place.

Is anything I enter saved?

No. All the calculations run in your browser. Nothing you choose is stored or sent anywhere, and the results disappear when you close the page.

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